Archive for December, 2010

Everybody knows what “Black Friday” is… the Friday after Thanksgiving (in the US) where retailers can go “in the Black” (profit) for the year in just one day of massive selling. “Black Tuesday” is not always so profitable. It’s the 2nd Tuesday of each month when Windows automatically updates all their “fixes”… and, sad to [...]

One of the issues work at home entrepreneurs face is how to quickly and efficiently upgrade their skills. Consider this scenario: You find you have a skill for handcrafting – maybe you make duck calls so efficient, other hunters envy your skills. You believe that, at least part time, you could make money producing and [...]

Here’s a list of the 10 Best Industries For Being Your Own Boss from Business Insider 1. Manufacturing 2. Mining, Oil and Gas Extraction 3. Transportation and Utilities 4. Leisure and Hospitality 5. Information 6. Wholesale and Retail Trade 7. Financial Services 8. Agriculture and Aquaculture 9. Professional and Business Services 10.  Construction As derived from [...]

I guess when you hear this story, you’ll think “I hate it when that happens!” The entrepreneur who missed this opportunity will live to see it destroy his core business it seems. From Dane’s Blog Netflix to Blockbuster: told you so. In 2000, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings flew down to Dallas to meet with then [...]

From Dane’s Blog: The New York Times reports that Mike Barrett does not have much of a yard at his two-story row house in Astoria, Queens. But that fact has not kept him from his new hobby of beekeeping — he put the hive on his roof. When it was harvest time this fall, he [...]

The industrial model of the big corporation, factory, etc. base their success on two basic elements 1. The division of labor that allows individuals to specialize in areas of their strength and 2. Economies of scale that allow overhead costs to be minimized For that reason, except in very small “niche markets” home production is [...]

With all the hubub about “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” being on TV, along with Palin as a media and political personality in her own right, I began to wonder if people would like Alaska style taxes down here in the “Lower 48″? Just imagine… if the US had the same kind of tax structure as Alaska, [...]

Some of my first ventures in online on marketing were during the Holiday Season! Now is a GREAT time of year to cash in and start making money for Christmas because NOW is when the money is flowing online. So how do you get started? I was able to start with only a basic website, [...]

Home business people are constantly looking for ways to promote their business. Here’s how one home based business used a website to advertise their home business opportunity: La Bella Baskets Representative builds network through exposure on HomeBusinessBug.com. La Bella Baskets offers income from the direct sale of gift baskets (retail) but also provides income through [...]

I’m not sure if social networks, games, and phones are ALL that matters, but it’s an important question… are we finding ways to make money from home today that have a reasonable chance of viability in the future? I just left a home based business where I spent $663 dollars this morning. The man started [...]