Archive for 2008

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. [...]

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 [...]