Archive for May 31st, 2010

  • Tips on Choosing A Self Publishing Platform

    Amazon’s CreateSpace and Ingram’s Lightning Source are both well known services. Book expert Steve Weber offers his tips on choosing a self publishing platform. My bias is that if you want to see if something will sell before you publish, TEST YOUR BOOK ON KINDLE! But just because it doesn’t sell on Kindle doesn’t mean [...]

  • What Works In Social Media Advertising?

    Mashable had this interesting article on Social Media Ad Stats While social media holds great potential for targeted advertising, not all advertising venues and formats are equal. Here’s the summary: Surprisingly, the study suggests that banner ads may be the best choice for advertisers that want to push a product. However, for campaigns that want [...]

  • Memorial Day 2010

    According to the AmericanMinute.com, this is the origin of “Memorial Day”: Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of both the Northern and Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. This was the origin of Memorial Day, which in 1868 was set on MAY 30. In 1968, it was moved to the last [...]

  • Success Made Simple Why Amish Businesses Thrive

    As I was doing some reading, I cam across this book… Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive. I always enjoy visiting different Amish communities whether they’ve been in Tennessee, Ohio, or Pennsylvania. I enjoy seeing Amish culture where families work together. For the most part the Amish work at home, [...]

  • iPad’s Surprising Business Appeal

    What’s your first take on the iPad? Expensive toy? Bunch of baloney? Another form of Apple self indulgence? Or business tool? I don’t have one… I’ll wait till the new versions come out. I do have an iPhone though and use it constantly for business and professional purposes as well as personally. So I’m not [...]