Archive for the 'Trends' Category

Web Auctions like Ebay are helping Middle Americans recover from the vagaries of today’s economy according to this article…
Al Losey, a corporate trainer at a Detroit auto parts maker, lost his job six weeks ago in what could be another down-and-out story from a hard luck corner of the American economy.
Instead, Losey, and his wife [...]

Small businesses should realize that there’s an opportunity here it seems to promote yourself for free if you can get listings in Froogle or provide the comments about your business.
Home businesses may want to align with popular “brick and mortar” businesses so that your products or services are sold through them for a referral fee or commission and [...]

Rich Mullins describes the backbone of America… our small business owners in comparison to, say, the Big Wigs of the Fortune 100.
It pays to ponder the differences between the two creatures… governments cater to the latter. That’s why the government calls a “small business” has 500 employees or less: other businesses aren’t even on the [...]

According to the UK’s Telegraph Cornwall England is the latest location noted for it’s changing demographics thanks to the spread of broadband internet access and telecommuting.
Savannah GA has attracted telecommuters through a joint task force approach, Cornwall’s growth has evolved simply because of the availability of broadband and improved transport to other areas of the country.
After [...]

MSN (via Franchise Business Opportunities) ran this article on “start easy with a franchise or business opportunity”. Supposedly that’s always the “safe way” to get into business.
There are great “shortcuts” involved in starting a franchise if you have the money up front.
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about his franchise.
He [...]

CNN Money reports that many folks are finding big city wages while enjoying small town living.
The Creative Coast Initiative is a partnership that promotes the Savannah, GA area and which has attracted many telecommuters from Atlanta based companies.
Rural communities are looking at teleworking as a way to increase their own revenue base without large expenditures in [...]

I remember reading years ago that when a society - like the U.S. - produces more lawyers than engineers, then we’ve stopped being productive and entrepreneurial and entered into the cannibalistic phase just before cultural demise.
This article though, takes the opinion that the rise in the number of lawyers is a reflection of the lack of confidence in [...]

Yes, there is a key to boosting your retirement savings by as much as $1.2 million dollars according to ChristianBusiness.net’s Steve Kroening… yet it has nothing to do with the stocks picked.
In the study the key difference that improved long term yield was the relative management costs of the mutual funds. Low cost funds produced [...]

I’ve mentioned the Penturbia theory before… it’s an attempt to predict where the next boom counties will be.
As I look at the book, my rural county is NOT supposed to “boom” but because we have low property taxes and no state income tax, our Local Chamber of Commerce receives 2 to 3 calls per day [...]

Apartment Owners are no longer just looking to build and buy local apartments according to Real Estate Journal. Instead they’re looking high and low - or across the country to be more exact - for bargains.
Landlords in California, for instance, are moving torrents of money into Arizona, Nevada, Texas and other states. Many Californians believe [...]