Archive for March, 2010

Will you be a Local Influencer? What if it paid $10 per month plus the potential for additional commissions? You can sign up to be a Local Influencer via this link. I was intrigued by the page… I’m wondering “Why would anyone want to pay me for the use of my address in this zip code?” [...]

If now is the time to invest in your home business or small business, it doesn’t hurt to see what kind of savings you might be able to find.  Recently, for example, my mother decided to get a new laptop from Dell. She found a good deal but I can’t help but wonder if perhaps [...]

When struggling with the aftermath of an injury, not only will you deal with the financial devastation of the loss of work, but also the bills that mount from increasing medical bills. Laws, court procedures, and statutes of limitations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. If you are injured while visting (or if you reside) in [...]

Does your business need help getting “Traction”? Here’s the book you need – the Traction Book! Best of all, it’s free! This book demystifies how businesses get traction. It’s made up of interviews with successful entrepreneurs and investors. All the interviews will be available here, for free. The book will have transcripts, synthesis, and an [...]

It’s rare when affiliate marketing makes the mainstream news, but Amazon.com is big business, so when Amazon shut down all their affiliates living in Colorado, it became national news. As ZDNet says The states are eyeing Internet retailer taxes as a way to balance budgets and giants like Amazon are in the crosshairs. The latest [...]

Well, we’ve been reviewing the websites of lawyers and even a plastic surgeon. Tonight we’ll do something different and review the site of some other professionals – some Bergen County dentists. My first impression is that for a professional’s website, this is really well done. Visitors are immediately greeted with audio, a nice picture frame [...]

Need inspiration? Need mechanical knowledge for a project? Want money making ideas? 137 years of Popular Mechanics are freely available online according to Wired. It is available through Google Books. I’d embed one here, but couldn’t find an embedding link on these publications.

It’s interesting to see how family businesses evolve. In this case we’re talking about a family with the last name of Lorts. Their business is furniture since 1966. With a name like “Huckaby” myself, I can’t really say their name is too funny, but it’s not as “every day” as “Smith” or “Jones”. Like most [...]

If you’re trying to  START a business but can’t find seed capital you may be wondering … “could one of those ‘peer to peer’ lending outfits help?” But you’ve hesitated because, well, you don’t know what to expect… Here’s a great article about someone going through the “peer to peer lending” process for the first [...]

Are local governments shutting down home based Independent Contractor positions? Government entities (state and Federal) have a vested interest in making sure as many people as possible are classified as “employees”.  That makes sure 1) Withholding taxes are collected for state and federal income taxes “off the top” from the employer. 2) Social Security and [...]