Archive for April 29th, 2008

If you’re going to experiment with Direct Mail Marketing using Priority Mail (a good way to get attention if used with discretion on high value customers), I suggest you try soon - before May 12th to be exact.
That’s when postage rates go up AGAIN…at least for some products.
On May 12 we will adjust prices for […]

Entrepreneur: via Dane’s blog
Here’s some inspiration for you “mompreneur’s” out there.
After 15 years as a flight attendant for United Airlines, Denise Bein was offered a five-year leave of absence following 9/11. In that time, Bein raised her children and began to toy with a new kind of handy bag for the kitchen.
In fact, QuickSeals started […]

Here’s 5 good tips
From Start Up Nation
1. Put your contact information in a prominent location. You want to look like a legitimate business. This is a no-brainer, right? But I’m amazed at how often I have to hunt around on a Web site for a phone number, an e-mail address or a map for directions. […]

Some one sent this to me and attributed it to the humorist Dave Barry… sounded funny enough to be his!
Dave Barry on the Economic Stimulus Package:
Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will
send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government […]

Do you say you spend 10 to 30 hours per week on marketing to find new customers?
Are some of your best prospects people who are moving into the area from “out of town”?
Do you want to meet a higher income clientele for your business and think corporate executives might be a good target market?
Would you […]

You may recall I asked for some help to send books to prisoners.
Well, I’m back in jail again!
This time it’s once weekly at a county jail doing job seeking workshops for a couple of hours and for the most part doing alot of computer familiarization.
Got any business start up books you want to share? (They […]

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There’s lots of good general information on the website, but here’s the burning question I think you really want to know:
Q: How do I find a telework job with the Federal Government?
A: The USAJOBS website lists all available Federal Government positions. Positions that may be telework eligible are not generally designated differently than other […]

Note: The editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal asked me to remove the content of this post, and I have done so at his request.
You may still be able to read the story at this link Poughkeepsie Journal

This is from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Richardson (R-Hiram), sent a memo to state House staffers Friday announcing a trial teleworking schedule over the summer. The House’s 120 secretaries, researchers and other staffers will work one day a week from home to save fuel.
Here’s my suggestion: Since most lawmakers never actually read any legislation they […]