Archive for January, 2010

CNNMoney.com via the Business Opportunities Blog Entrepreneurial spirit and parental advice don’t always jibe, but sometimes mother does know best. It was Heather Key Tiller’s mom, Susan Foxworth, who in 2001 noticed the FOR RENT sign on an empty store at 47 John St. as the two left a nearby French restaurant. At the time, [...]

If you’re trying to get into your first home, often the biggest obstacle is the “down payment”. You’re paying rent that exceeds a mortgage but that lump sum (even with an $8000 tax credit program these days) eludes you. If that’s the situation you find yourself in, you might consider a “Rent to Own” or [...]

From the Business Opportunities Blog Out of luck and out of jobs as the nation slowly tries to emerge from a recession, many Americans are finding in Conan O’Brien what they can’t find elsewhere — dignity in telling The Man to take a hike. WalletPop reports in O’Brien’s fight to keep his job as host [...]

As noted in the South Florida Business Journal when unemployment rates spiked to 11.2%, they triggered automatic increases in the unemployment taxes  paid by employers. How much did they grow up? From $8.40 per employee to over $100 per employee with so little fanfare that employers who’ll have to pay the bill didn’t even know [...]

This is from Newsweek: Strange Jobs That Could Earn You $100,000 Per Year 1. Ethical Hacker (you could do this at home) 2. Cotton Gin Operator (I live in a place they still grow cotton. My only surprise is that someone’s earning good money at it! But this is only “weird” to a city slicker.) [...]

When people come to Kauai looking for a wonderful place to spend their vacation, they know the single best real estate office to contact for kauai vacation rentals – Bali Hai Realty. Located at 5-5088 Kuhio Highway Hanalei Bay, Hawaii 96714 you can always drop by or please call ahead for rentals at: (866) 400-7368. [...]

I’m on James Martell’s email list. I’ve heard of him for years. I get his emails. I think he probably has a lot of valuable information to offer, in fact I know he does. He’s got a good blog and gives lots of information away for free. This offering is simply for the newbie with [...]

Hi, I’m testing some new software to run classified ads on a WordPress blog… You can help me with my test. This is a site geared towards just city, but since it’s free, and your ad is searchable by the major search engines and FREE, then you may want to post your classified add here [...]

One of the major mistakes I see new would be online marketers doing is A) Buying a domain name B) Building a website C) Then wondering why nobody visits One of the crucial keys for mastering any niche are the backlinks to any given domain and that includes their “anchor text”… So even if you [...]

My online friend Jack Schultz has a great newsletter. Here’s the Archive. He’s a voice for small town America and the small business owner. I will be posting some of his comments. Here’s another one… The Senior Market Bladders have never been bigger or badder. Same with vision care, cosmeceuticals and pretty much every other business associated [...]