Archive for February, 2009

People ask the question “what is a good home business to start” as if there were a treasure map with “x marks the spot” listed on it. Find that “x” and you’ve got a home business. Well, often the “x” is on the tip of your nose! Your best choice is a business is one [...]

I have had an iPhone for about one month. I got one for myself and my wife. Frankly – it’s addictive. I love the applications to turn this device more into a computer than a mere phone. My wife loves Yahtzee and I love Tetris. As you search through the app store it makes you [...]

Connecting with your audience by text message is all the rage. Most businesses do it by having the customer text first. Some spammers just steal phone numbers however they can. But this service Txtsignal.com lets you have people sign up on line for text messages for a particular group or purpose. I can see its [...]

If you have a viable home business you may have wondered – “should I incorporate”? Usually the reason cited are the tax benefits. A home business has after all been called the last tax shelter available to the average person. Of course all legitimate business expenses are tax deductible whatever form you operate under. In [...]

Marketing in Bad Times… and Good C.J. Hayden, MCC Okay, so we’re in a recession. Now what? Is it time to throw your marketing plan out the window? Cut your prices? Close up shop and look for a job? Hmm, none of those choices sound too wise if we’re in for a stretch of poor [...]

Getting traffic and sales on the web starts when we learn to “scratch where people itch”. Here’s how the Answer Analyst Tool actually DOES that. As you can see on the video it helps you RESEARCH answers. But it also helps you FIND what people want to know about. Wouldn’t you like to know if [...]

Right now, the Wall Street Journal is saying that small businesses are cutting costs through renegotiation. I think the article is worth reading and trying. For instance, I heard of a home business person who planned to save money by slashing an extra phone line. When she called to cut off the line entirely they [...]

People learn in multiple ways. Some like to watch, some like to listen, some like to read. Some like to listen and follow a printed text because of the old saying “Get it in writing”. From a marketer’s perspective, video and podcasting are fast and easily done, but you’ve only derived part of their value [...]

Should you start a business now instead of waiting to get the axe? Nick Sturge who runs a business incubation project in the UK says it’s less risky to start your own business using the resources of a business incubator than to stay in the corporate world! Is that true or is he just looking [...]

The website “Cartridge Save” has done an analysis of the best cities for people who make their living as telecommuters. Click through for the full list of 20 cities the rationale behind the picks… Top 10 1. San Francisco, CA 2. Austin, TX 3. Raleigh-Durham, NC 4. Vancouver, Canada 5. Seattle, WA 6. Copenhagen, Denmark [...]