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Here are the contestants for the most “Slacker Friendly Businesses“!
Here’s their pitch:
Does your business offer a day-to-day existence that’s the envy of all? If you’ve beaten the system with a “lifestyle” business, this one’s for you!
You can see the existing contestants for “Slacker Friendly Businesses” and if you’ve “arrived” yourself and think YOU have the [...]

Christinelu is the founder of the China Business Network. She’s the one with the $500+ twittad listing!
Turns out she’ll be happy to trade her twitter profile for a pair of shoes.
I love it! Barter.
But what about Twittad’s override?

CNN’s Article “How Not To Sell Abroad” is really hilarious, unless these mistakes happened to you!
Such as, “The Quink Pen won’t make you pregnant”… might be a good headline in a convent.
Toyota’s “MR 2″ in French sounds like a French cuss word.
Coor’s marketing slogan “Turn it loose” in Spanish refers to a bodily function one [...]

You can see why here… which came from here…
This is from the Olympics in Bejing reportedly.
It’s a great reason to make sure you are using a human editor when trying to communicate to people who speak a different language!
Human translators- use this picture in your marketing!

How fast can you type?
Everyone wants to know if they cam make money in home medical transcription… Here’s a good test.
You have to be able to type a strong number of words per minute.
So take the test.
If you’re like me you have to take it once to see how it works. I’d get to the [...]

Since everyone’s in the predictions business, I thought I’d mention one or two I’m reading.
Here’s one article stating 2008 may not be so bad, in fact he says he sees “no real signs of recession” among other things. In fact he thinks 2008 might be as much as 10% better in some ways than 2007.
Forbes: [...]

Home Business Safety Tip # 329 In case of emergency, size 20 underwear CAN be soaked in water and used as a fire blanket!
Read the whole story at The Sun (UK) and even see this picture in a startling new dimension!

Image courtesy The Sun (UK)

Do you want to have fun?
Do you want to raise funds for your organization or make some money?
Do you want to spread your viewpoint wherever you or your friends drive?
How about making a Bumper Sticker?
Here’s one I made for Dane’s blog because my sub domain was too cumbersome for a sticker.

Thanks to the Web [...]

Addicted to Ebay?
Is your house filling up with stuff you bought on Ebay?
Would you rather shop an Ebay auction than talk to your family?
Maybe you just need some “Weird Al therapy” to help you laugh at yourself and get back into the real world.
Here’s “Ebay” by Weird Al!

I enjoy getting my Kiva updates by email. Since this blog is all about promoting small and home based business, I thought I’d put my money where my mouth is and support some entrepreneurs overseas with a microloan to get their business going.
I enjoy getting email updates when they’ve repaid part of their loan and [...]