Archive for 2008

Here’s some information from Apartment Tool Kits if you’re in the Real Estate or mortgage brokering business.

Top 7 Characteristics of First Time Home Buyers
Survey According to Latest 2007 NAR Survey

Purchase almost 40 percent of all residential real estate.
They have been the leading edge of home sales since 1995.
51% married; 25% are single females; 11% are […]

PRNewswire: via Dane’s blog.Entrepreneurial companies continue to be the engine driving the nation’s economy, generating an astounding $4.6 billion in 2007 revenue. The fastest-growing of those businesses are spotlighted in the 14th annual 2008 Hot 100 listing from Entrepreneur magazine.
Of the 100 companies that made the cut for 2008, 76% had turned a profit — […]

This Tip is from Marika Flatt, co-owner of PR by the Book, www.prbythebook.com. I’m so used to thinking “copy”, I frankly never thought of focusing on the very first thing she said here….duh!

If you’re looking for television exposure, you need a completely separate press release or pitch for TV outlets. The ideas you convey […]

Rothschild, the famous financier, is reported to have said never to buy until there is “blood running in the streets”.
Whether there’s blood or not, Americans are flocking to flea markets and Craigslist to sell prized possessions just to raise money to pay the bills.
This means that people with cash can be snapping up items […]

From WSLS
Send your employees home so they can get some work done. It’s the way to go, said Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen, who oversees a teleworkforce of  616 — or 62 percent of the Department of Taxation’s nearly 1,000 statewide employees. “It turned out to be an incredibly good business decision,” she said. Bowen […]

Peter Drucker talked about “Management by walking around”, maybe it’s time for marketing - or networking - by walking around.
Forget the social networks online May 1st, why not talk to the people you’d actually have to communicate with in person in an emergency? … That would be the people next door.
Here’s Becky McCray’s article on […]

This husband was killed while trying to protect his wife’s home business.

REINOFER Hughes got a second lease on life when he won the battle against prostate cancer two months ago.
However, two cutlass-wielding thieves cut short Hughes’s renewed life at his Lopinot home on Thursday night. He was killed from a chop to the neck and […]

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. […]