Archive for July 23rd, 2008

  • Compare Cell Phones Lens Moves Up On Squidoo - Day 2

    Ok, yesterday the new lens on “Compare Cell Phones” was @#156,000. Today it’s here: # 36595!
    Nothing really.
    It’s only hope is if it attracts search engine traffic which remains to be seen.
    But a little attention and traffic goes a long way.

  • TeachingSells.com Closes Its Doors! Part 2

    In case you didn’t see this yesterday, I’ll be posting more information as I get it.
    I’ve liked the program so much because I’m so tired of the “shlock” stuff out there. Lot’s of people want to make money on the internet but they don’t want to so it by selling the junk everyone else sells. [...]

  • Are Women Leaving The Workforce?

    I don’t quite understand this New York Times article.
    Women seem to be leaving the workforce in droves. They say it’s the bad economy. Don’t bad economies force more women to work who’d otherwise stay home?
    Here’s their explanation:
    After moving into virtually every occupation, women are being afflicted on a large scale by the same troubles as [...]

  • 5 Cans Of Sugary Drinks Daily May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk

    Here’s something about how sugary drinks may lead to Alzheimer’s.
    (I think of fizzy soft drinks when reading this, but if your addiction is sweet tea, it’s just as bad and may encourage kidney stones!)
    When you’re working from home do you find yourself guzzling lots of sugared soft drinks?
    My problem’s not the sugar, it’s the caffeine.
    This [...]

  • Weak Dollar, Soaring Exports?

    According to my friends at the Agurban Institute who track this material 97% of exports comes from small and mid sized companies (remember that in this definition, “small” business is 500 employees or less!). Here’s really good news though. Most of these have 20 or fewer employees!
    In fact, they say, exports are keeping US manufacturing [...]

  • Telecommuting Not Working For Everyone

    You mean telework isn’t working for everyone? Well, we knew you can’t exactly fight fires from home. You have to show up for that job. Hmmm… where else might telecommuting not work too well. According to the FederalTimes.com one big problem area is when walk in customers can’t get service.
    Housing and Urban Development [...]

  • How Twitter Helps Customer Service Dilemmas

    This is cool. A web designer had to work at home because of a sick child.
    Here name brand cable internet is down. She can’t work.
    She goes through the voice mail jungle and gets no help.
    She can’t work.
    Customers can’t contact her.
    So she uses her Blackberry to log on to Twitter, leaves a message for her customers [...]

  • Fort Worth & Other Municipalities Allow More Work At Home

    As you’ll note from the blurb,  it’s a variety of factors at work - demand for employees, looming exodus of the older “Baby Boomer” generation, the demand to be “environmentally friendly”, etc.  Some places want to cut down on traffic, cut down on the need for real estate for parking garages, etc. Now may be [...]