Archive for the 'Case Studies' Category

“Big Box” stores like Wal Mart and the big retailers aren’t the only ones who’ll be selling gift cards this Christmas. CNN/Money reports … For truckers who haul Santa’s loot to stores all over the country, what better way to express your gratitude than with a 7-Eleven gift card, for an 18-pack of Bud Light, [...]

Glenn Osborn, a Baltimore, MD, entrepreneur uses this criteria: I belong to a Baltimore Networking group. NRG. Networkreferralgroup.com – it’s actually grown to 6 states. I like it more than BNI and ALL the other groups I’ve visited because… A – You’re in and out with a fistfull of referrals in 60 minutes B – [...]

Glenn Osburn via the David Frey forum… A friend in Los Angeles bought a Jiffy Print store. To PUMP up sales from the Businesses in the surrounding Hi-Rise Office buildings. He looked for business owners ALREADY selling to the businesses HE wanted to sell printing to. He found a Pizza Store owner. The guy was [...]

This is an old post from the sowpub.com forum by Don Alm… There are lots of great ways to make lots of money. Unfortunately, they all involve selling of one form or another… even website monetized by Google Adsense are about selling Google on why your website has unique content or some other search engine [...]

PoliceAuctions.com is a membership site that lets you track pending government auctions and, if you’re the high or only bidder, find some “steals” to resell. I’ve just became aware of the site, but they seem to have a lot of content if reselling chattel (personal property) is your bag. A friend of mine had a [...]

What really sells online? Some people make money selling plumbing fixtures or rope or gift baskets. How do you know whether to sell that yourself to make sure you don’t end up with another “loser” project? There’s no guaranteed formula but I just ran across one of the best resources I’ve seen in a long [...]

My Photo Op Theory of Economic Development News states “Politicians believe economic development has occurred in proportion to the number of photo ops a company’s expansion provides.” It’s corollary is that “Economic Development occurs in smoke filled rooms at tax payers expense not on street level.” Take Nissan’s recent announcement about moving to Nashville, TN [...]

From Jensense New AdSense referral feature launched If you have wanted to make money by referring publishers to AdSense, yet haven’t been accepted into the AdSense & AdWords referral program, you are in luck! You can now earn $100 per new publisher, when they sign up for AdSense and earn $100 in revenue. When you [...]

Actually BOTH are important. And either can be “outsourced”. What normally happens is that someone with a talent, skill, or ability “opens shop” and assumes that their mastery of that field will automatically guarantee customers. Perhaps so, perhaps not. Here’s a case study posted on Creative Real Estate Online by Frank Chin pointed out to [...]

As New Orleans tries to rebuild, companies can find no workers. Burger King is offering $6,000 hiring bonuses in New Orleans. This has nothing to do with home business, but I just couldn’t resist! From the International Herald Tribune Burger King is offering a $6,000 signing bonus at its New Orleans outlets. Rally’s, a local [...]