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Happy Thankgiving
in Home Based Business, on November 27, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 315245 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Take time out from your business to enjoy your family and friends and count your blessings. In today's tough times, every one counts! Once you've filled up and gotten your Black Friday bargains, get back to work a...
Working at home can be key bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on July 26, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alex Slobodkin
Moms of young children may do it to spend more time with their families.
Some workers may prefer it as a life-style choice allowing more time for family and personal pursuits and as way to save gas money in these trying economic times.
For boots...
Unitended Consequences
in Biz Plan Hacks, on July 9, 2008
Watch out for those unintended consequences.
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Unintended consequences is something that happens when we get so excited about an idea we have that we fail to do enough research to see what will happen if we implement the idea. No matter what the size of organization, it seems that...
What if?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 30, 2008
How dependent are you?
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If you haven't noticed, there were no postings on this blog for the last couple of days and this because my high speed internet service went down and was out for about 36 hours. There were no storms in the area or anything like that to explain why t...
Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket!
in Home Based Business, on March 14, 2008
Sure it may be a cliche but it's true. Let me explain. This morning I got a bit of a scare. A client of mine, and my highest paying one at that, emailed me to let me know his bosses were throwing around that dreaded phrase "budget cuts". Ugh! Fortunately it turns out whatever ones a...
10 Marketing Tips for Home Based Businesses
in Bizinformer, on December 27, 2007
Once again a New Year arrives - a chance to evaluate all aspects of our business and certainly our marketing efforts will come under scrutiny.
All Business offers 10 tips for marketing your home based business. None of them are rocket science, but like the most basics aspects of our every day li...
Business Relationships
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 22, 2007
Having good business relationships is vital to the survival of your business.
You will need to build relationships with others on a daily basis. Even if you are working from home and doing everything online you must have good business relationships in order to grow and acquire more business.
A...
Dun & Bradstreet 出价 5500 万收购 AllBusiness
in Wangtam, on 2007-12-08
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Dun & Bradstreet 日前宣布出价 5500 万美元，收购来自于加州的 AllBusiness.com 。AllBusiness.com 是一家商业信息企业，Dun & Bradstreet 预测它将在 2008 年增收 1000 万美元，以及 2009 年的投资回报。Dun & Bradstreet 主要服务有信用调查、应收款管理、营销信息、增值产...
Befuddlr: A Fun Image Scrambler
in Wangtam, on 2007-12-07
- Befuddlr: A Fun Image Scrambler
- 对 Vista 最满意的是 Mac 用户？
- Zipidee Acquires TotalVid to Grow its Digital Marketplace
- Archimy: Online Web Charts
- 德国法院撤销禁令 T-Mobile 停售无锁版 iPhone
Archimy is a service for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions. With Archimy, you will draw the grap...
Talking Avatars...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 6, 2007
SitePal Review - Case Study Reveals Huge Improvement In Conversions
Here is a great article on how you can have a speaking avatar on your website.
As stated many times, you as a small business owner have an advantage over bigger businesses as you can adapt to new technology faster than th...
Seven ways to blog your bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on September 12, 2007
... I'd argue that the worst thing a blog can do is hard sell your product and Greg Sterling of AllBusiness is in my corner on this one .
Greg recommends:
If you're a local realtor ...
Seven tips on managing a bootstrapped family business
in BootStrapMe, on September 9, 2007
...special interpersonal dynamic involved.
Here from the Arjen Moon blog via Denise O'Berry at AllBusiness are author Edward Hess's seven tips for managing a family business, bootstrapped ...
11 key questions for outsourcing bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on September 5, 2007
Outsourcing can be a key strategy when bootstrapping a business.
In an article in The Tennessean and then again on his " The Entrepreneurial Mind " blog Jeff Cornwall, director of the Belmont University Center for Entrepreneurship explains:
Bootstrapping operating costs through o...
Work at Home Entrepreneurs Share Invaluable Tips in Managing a Home Business
in Home Based Business, on March 10, 2007
...alable merchandise or if clients visit the office, says Frank Ross, home-based business adviser for AllBusiness.com, an online resource for small and midsize businesses.
After some of these back- off...
Ideas How To Grow Your Business
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 9, 2007
NFIB has a great article titled New Horizons in 2007 with five ideas to grow and expand your business. I must say that I am not convinced that these lists of ideas to expand or grow your business are that useful because most entrepreneurs I have met do not lack ideas, they lack the time,...
Putting a Terms of Use Agreement on Your Website
in Bizinformer, on October 24, 2006
... Thanks to SmallBusinessBrief.com for tipping me off to this article.
Just like in traditional brick-and- mortar stores, libraries, parking lots, and amusement parks, you need to post notic...
8 Items Every Business Needs
in Bizinformer, on September 29, 2006
... AllBusiness.com frequently has interesting and helpful articles and I especially liked this one: 8 Collateral Marketing Items Every Small Business Needs. .
Sometimes it's helpful to have a ...
Keep your day job
in BootStrapMe, on September 16, 2006
...at new venture starts really humming.
Ignore the first few graphs of this bootstrapping post from AllBusiness.com . For regular readers of this blog, it's old news.
But don't miss that firs...
CW Blogs 被华盛顿邮报选中成为合作发布新闻源
in Creative Weblogging China, on 2006-08-21
这次事件要从 Creative Weblogging 与华盛顿邮报及新闻周刊的互动活动（WPNI）说起。
因此，Creative Weblogging 的 Executive Editor：Anita Campbell 想要在此与大家分享一些具体细节。
上周，华盛顿邮报悄悄地在他们的主页上，推出了新的 Sponsored Blogroll（进入 华盛顿邮报网站 主页后，查看右栏）。Creative Weblogging blogs 将在新的 blogroll 中脱颖而出。也就是说，Creative Weblogging blogs 每月将有可能被介绍给华盛顿邮报 800 万名读者。
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Creative Weblogging on Washington Post site
in BootStrapMe, on August 20, 2006
...39; section on the right.
Creative Weblogging shares the new status with two other blog networks, AllBusiness, Champions of Small Business , and the Bootsnall.com Travel Network .
For now, Campbe...
Creative Weblogging Blogs To Appear On Washington Post Sponsored Blogroll
in TJ's Weblog, on August 19, 2006
...e get from the bloggers out there. We have 3 partners at launch. Creative Weblogging, BootsNAll and AllBusiness. They each have tons of high quality blogs under their wings and have been great to work...
Creative Weblogging Blogs To Appear On Washington Post Sponsored Blogroll
in Creative Weblogging, on August 18, 2006
...e get from the bloggers out there. We have 3 partners at launch. Creative Weblogging, BootsNAll and AllBusiness. They each have tons of high quality blogs under their wings and have been great to work...
Let me blog for your business
in BootStrapMe, on August 1, 2006
So, why does your business need a blog? Well, a boat load of people smarter on this subject than I am have the following insights.
A blog can:
• Draw an attractive demographic and be an inexpensive way to increase your company's online exposure
• Serve as a great marketing tool but not ...
A Two Step Formula For Business Success
in Bizinformer, on July 18, 2006
Step One: Focus. Don't try to be everything to everyone. I call this the duck approach to business - ducks can run, walk, fly, and swim...none of them world-class. In an animal world decathlon, a duck might be the entry to bet on, but there are few to no decathlons in business.
Kno...
Drop shipping puts the virtual in virtual store
in BootStrapMe, on July 11, 2006
A while ago I promised readers a post on drop shipping and have been derelict in getting to it because of pressing business.
Simply put, drop shipping is a technique allowing retail businesses to place single orders for merchandise with wholesalers after they have already sold the item to a...
Blogs serve as low-cost, high impact marketing solution
in BootStrapMe, on July 9, 2006
...with limited resources enabling them to get their message to a worldwide audience.
Quoting fellow Allbusiness expert Greg Sterling , blogger and business consultant Paul Chaney notes :
Blogs that...
More Visits to Your Website Or Business Isn't Necessarily The Best Thing
in Bizinformer, on May 15, 2006
From Seth's Blog ...
So, here's your choice:
You can have a billboard in Times Square (seen by 2 million people a day), or you can be the Keynote speaker at the Allen & Co. annual millionaire media mogul retreat, listened to by about 150 people for an hour.
A no brainer? I...
Closed For Business Forever - Who Cares?
in Bizinformer, on May 2, 2006
If you closed business today and never opened again, how long would it take your customers to find-out? What would be the impact on your customer's business if you disappeared and never returned?
If the answer is not much, you're in danger of disappearing...at your customer's will.
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Amazing Cash Flow Success In One Month!
in Bizinformer, on April 27, 2006
... I mentioned a few weeks ago I am participating in AllBusiness.com's 6 for 06' program - I'm the cash flow expert working on a business problem of the same name.
Cash flow is an inte...
A Tremendous Volume Of Practical information You Can Use To Grow Your Business
in Bizinformer, on April 3, 2006
... Between April and September, AllBusiness.com is chronicling the progress of the 6 companies selected for 6 for '06. Each company is working with an expert consultant to turn its biggest busine...
You Have To Do Something Different In 2006, If You Want Your Business To Grow
in Bizinformer, on January 18, 2006
Yesterday, I wrote a post on another blog about sales and marketing plans for 2006. The gist of the post is you shouldn't have a 2006 growth plan that's based on working harder at the things you did in 2005:
Working harder rarely results in meaningful change. Sure, you can get a bum...
Do You Need A Shrink?
in Bizinformer, on January 3, 2006
I'm not a fan of psychiatry. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just don't like it. Truth be known, I'm afraid of it. Afraid I'd learn what's really going on inside my head. But a Business Shrink ? Makes good sense to me.
The Business Shrink explores the s...
Small Businesses Many Happy Returns
in Bizinformer, on January 2, 2006
The weeks and days before Christmas are busy times for businesses of all sizes. It's near as busy the weeks following Christmas. This is such a week. A week of more customer returns.
Sizes that weren't quite right, colors that weren't liked as well as thought, and duplicate gifts ...
Need An Easy To Use and Understand Business Form?
in Bizinformer, on July 26, 2005
... protects your business and interested parties. It's necessary...even if it's often evil.
AllBusiness.com offers an excellent assortment of practical and easy to use forms for every busines...