Archive for the 'Trends' Category

Did she really lose 54 pounds  on the Taco Bell Drive Thru Diet? Who knows, but if you use Micro Niche Finder v. 4 (This is an affiliate link) this is one of the results  a quick “hot topics” search picked up. In fact, I learned about it through Micro Niche Finder v. 4 before [...]

Fast Company has a preview of the new Google “Smart Phone” they’re rolling out in their latest bid to conquer the world of information. I thought it’d be of interest to home business types because I use my smart phone (an iPhone) for lots of daily uses, including business. I suspect that the more affordable [...]

Here’s a link to the Top 10 Yahoo Searches of 2009. Perhaps the fact that the Top 10 Searches are all about celebrities, games, and other distraction explains why we’re having the problems we’re having… we spend too much time thinking about STUPID STUFF! Michael Jackson topped the list in case you hadn’t heard! BUT, [...]

This video is a bit old, but it can dramatically show just how bad unemployment has become in the last year. Hopefully the page will go “viral”. It’s entitled The Geography of Recession It’s sad, but one of the reasons we keep writing to encourage business people in their endeavors.

This is a YouTube video from Yahoo! Finance. I put it here as a prediction for 2010 so you can make your own decisions about how to manage your own business and income. Here’s Peter Schiff talking about the false feeling of wealth we had through “bubbles” and what he expects will happen… As always [...]

Do you have business predictions for 2010? I’d like to hear them – please leave a comment! 10 Big Marketing Predictions for 2010 Here’s some prologue: Big brands, niche brands and entrepreneurs that survived the storm of 2009 are in an exciting position for 2010. It is going to be a time where innovative and [...]

A friend of mine who works at a “brick and mortar” automobile dealer has a unique job – he’s in charge of their online sales. Who’d have thought a local dealership in the “middle of nowhere” would have a sales person who is supposed to spend 100% of his time selling online? It just goes [...]

Intuit today released their findings on Small Business Optimism. Remember that Intuit’s idea of a “small business” is probably different than yours. When most of us think “Small Business” we think of a family business hiring a few employees – perhaps 10 or so. For government reporting purposes, a small business is any business under [...]

Does your home business get a big boost from the Holiday Sales season? If it does, it’s hard to predict what you might want to do this year to maximize sales. In years past, you might have thrown money into advertising and not worried about what worked and what didn’t because overall profits justified it. [...]

You have a business target in mind. You know that if you can meet Person X, you can likely do some business. But this person seems completely unreachable through ordinary means. The corporate voice mail tree sends you exactly where it’s designed to send you – to voice mail hell. If you could connect someway [...]