Archive for 2008

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 [...]

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 [...]

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”?

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 [...]

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 [...]

The background and growth of the illegal “Debt Elimination” scams flooding the market is worth reading. It’s from Jon Christian Ryter
These scams aren’t to be confused with legitimate strategies for debt elimination which are basically telling you to pay off your debts in a systematic and tax favored way if possible.
The one’s he’s after are [...]

If you’re worried about Identity Theft, you may want to know about this site, SSNBreach.org.
According to the “About page”
This website is a free national registry of personalized data breach reports. Though it only covers a small percentage of the total number of reported breaches (roughly .2%), your Personalized Identity Exposure Report measures severity of personal [...]

Entrepreneurs seeking to do market research, improve their business processes, or otherwise in search of knowledge are finding a new ally in the Public Library. The Public Library, thought to be done in by the Internet, is morphing into a new kind of entity to adapt to the communities they serve.
This is a link to [...]

Adrian Ling is one of the most ethical online marketers around. He develops his own software and sells it at reasonable prices.
He’s offering a summer sale on his software and if you’re selling anything online, you should at least check out the savings.
Here’s the DISCOUNT PRICE LINK only good for July 10th - 14th!
It’s a [...]

You can see why here… which came from here…
This is from the Olympics in Bejing reportedly.
It’s a great reason to make sure you are using a human editor when trying to communicate to people who speak a different language!
Human translators- use this picture in your marketing!