Archive for July 14th, 2008

  • Ford Sues The IRS For $445 Million Back Interest

    You know the old saying… “If a dog bites a man, that’s not news. But if a man bites a dog, well that’s news.”
    By that definition, this is news. The man is biting the dog so to speak.
    Ford sues to collect interest $445 million is sought from IRS
    When  you’re down to $40 billion in cash [...]

  • Press Release: Entrepreneur Days Offers HomeSchool Families Work At Home Training

    It’s August 15-17 and you might want to check it out. I’ve only read the press release and, as always, you must make the choice whether this is “for you”! But were I near Atlanta or seeking to reach this market, I might drop by myself.
    Here’s the press release.
    Here’s their Squidoo lens 
    “Presentation topics at this [...]

  • Collecting Money In A Down Economy

    Michelle Dunn has some tips on collecting money in a down economy and shows some clever, if annoying stickers.
    When I was out in Montana, a small local cafe and wi fi hotspot listed the names of people who had to “pay their tab” before they could do more business there.
    When I was doing consulting, I [...]

  • A Direct Marketing Conundrum

    I opened my email box today and saw an email titled
    “Write Killer Emails That Will Force People to Act”
    Because I clicked “delete” without being “forced to act”, will the universe now implode?
    Or is marketing never quite that simple as writing “Killer Emails”?

  • The Top Overall Cities For Doing Business 2008

    Here’s a listing of the The Top Overall Cities For Doing Business 2008 by Inc. Magazine/Newgeography.com -July 2008
    It’s not your list of Big Name cities at all. Cities like Houston are 28 on the list.
    The top city? Midland, TX…
    Number two – St. George, UT… where is that?
    When the top cities to do business are places [...]

  • This Business Prospers In Bad Times

    Philadelphia Business journal has an article on Good Will: One Place Where Bad Times Are Good. The hard times caused by rising gas and food prices is making their “business” jump.
    It is an interesting case study on how discounters can prosper in hard times. Of course, if people donated all their used goods to [...]