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Seen that? - New Elder Scrolls Game Won't Sink into Oblivion
in PCGamers Blog, on November 13, 2009
... able to swoop up [...] Read More To Soar We Must Expand Our Horizons at Bizinformer Here is a quote worth reading and re-reading: Take the ...
Sen. Dodd's New Banking Bill Would Reshape the Financial World
in Bizinformer, on November 11, 2009
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In October of 2008 Alan Greenspan conceded that an unregulated free market would not regulate itself as a matter of self-interest on its own part... “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, mysel...
Seen that? - How Much Is Your Blog Worth?
in BlogWealth, on November 10, 2009
...ok at your ads and click on [...] Read More Is Your Blog Star Rising? at Bizinformer I met with a customer today who bemoaned the fact that ...
Seen that? - Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales
in The Digital TV Weblog, on November 8, 2009
...rk operators [...] Read More INSIGHTS into Growing Your Business at Bizinformer Welcome to Accel Sales Partners who have created a new blog...
Seen that? - A Question Of Ethics
in Bizinformer, on November 6, 2009
... A Question Of Ethics at Bizinformer This morning's The WallStreet Journal has a cover article (subscription required) about the prescription dr...
Seen that? - $100 Hamburger
in The Aviation Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...o know the owner, [...] Read More SPONSORED POST: Settlement Capital at Bizinformer Settlement Capital is one of the advertisers on BizInfo...
Seen that? - Business Plan Outline
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 24, 2009
...also ensure [...] Read More Business Model or Plan: Which Do You Use? at Bizinformer Dan Sitter brings up an interesting point this week in ...
More Internet Regulations to Come?
in Bizinformer, on October 23, 2009
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I'm sure it's been said in other places, but Venture Chronicles articuled the anxiety of the online business world well recently when it discussed the general feeling that more Internet regulation could just be a matter of time... I am a proponent of net neutrality but in t...
Seen that? - Why the SBA may not be the best bet for entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on October 23, 2009
...Read More U.S. Entrepreneurs are "Opportunity Entrepreneurs" at Bizinformer U.S. entrepreneurs specialize in building innovative bu...
Seen that? - Small Business Taxes
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 23, 2009
...Plus SignatureVisa [...] Read More More Tax Help for Small Businesses at Bizinformer The most terrifying words in the English language are: ...
Seen that? - Registration Open for Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo
in BlogWealth, on October 21, 2009
... [...] Read More Cleveland Bloggers Represented at Blog Expo in Vegas at Bizinformer I just get done writing about the Akron blogger group a...
Seen that? - How Do You Spell That?
in Bizinformer, on October 20, 2009
... How Do You Spell That? at Bizinformer The name of my company used to be Accelerate Business Group. I liked the name and thought it accurately descr...
Seen that? - Big Business Blogs?
in Small Business Unplugged, on October 11, 2009
...s from a select group of small [...] Read More Top 100 Business Blogs at Bizinformer Following is a great listing of the top 100 business bl...
The US Chamber of Commerce Faces a Meltdown
in Bizinformer, on October 11, 2009
When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently took a strong stance against federal policy and legislative proposals to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, several companies left the Chamber in protest. The event has brought scrutiny to bear on the Chamber’s president, Tom Donohue.
A number of ...
The Rich Not Quite So Rich At the Moment
in Bizinformer, on October 1, 2009
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A recent Forbes article points out that America's richest people have become a little less rich as a result of the recession. VentureBeat took a look at the numbers... Warren Buffett's wealth took a dive this past year, losing $10 billion in value on his shares in B...
Taxes: A Big Picture
in Bizinformer, on September 13, 2009
Get Rich Slowly had an interesting post recently that presented the big picture of the US tax situation.
The article puts corporate income tax in its context in the larger revenue picture for the Federal government. According to the blog post, 9.5% of Federal revenue comes from corporate income t...
Cloudsourcing: Cloud Computing and Your Small Business
in Bizinformer, on August 31, 2009
It seems like every few weeks we end up talking about cloud computing and its impact on business.
Cloud computing has a lot of potential for the business world. It can make your office mobile because you can access your data and records from any computer terminal. It can cut your hardware expens...
Healthcare: the Impact on Small Business
in Bizinformer, on August 25, 2009
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The debate over healthcare (and health insurance reform) is far from over. A piece of proposed legislation, H.R. 3200, has gotten a lot of scrutiny. But there is no single, unified bill before tghe whole of Congress yet. So the impact on small business (or anyone else, for that m...
Google's Caffeine Worries the Business World
in Bizinformer, on August 12, 2009
Google is going hyper - and businesses are worried about it, according to BusinessWeek. Google is rolling out new "under-the-hood" search technology, codenamed "Caffeine," that could change how your company ranks in its search results. For those businesses that live-and-die bas...
Will the Recession Ever End? Dave Goldman Doesn't Think So...
in Bizinformer, on August 7, 2009
Dave Goldman published a piece recently on the recession . He thinks he's a realist, I suspect. I see him as more of a pessimist. But he has some thought-provoking reasons for why he thinks the recession is here to stay for a while... The US consumer can't get out of a hole. The blogger...
Google's Chrome OS Should Have Entrepreneurs Salivating
in TJ's Weblog, on July 31, 2009
Google's new Chrome OS operating system should set up some mouth-watering opportunities for entrepreneurs, according to Entrepreneur Dot Com. Why? Because the possibility of web-based applications becoming more popular simplifies life for software developers and creates the possibility of the ...
A Look at Health Care Reform
in Bizinformer, on July 31, 2009
The conceptual dust and confusion that surrounds the issue of health care reform at the moment is exceeded only by the emotion the issue generates. So it seems like a good time to examine the issue - first, what's being considered.
There is currently no final Bill in either the House or t...
Selling Domain Names
in The Search Engine Weblog, on July 29, 2009
Can you make a living just selling domain names? BusinessWeek took a look at the business of buying and selling domain names recently. During the early years of the Internet, there was furious competition for web site domain names, accompanied by lawsuits and huge sums paid for well-known names....
Regulating PE's & VC's? Treasury Wants To...
in Bizinformer, on July 20, 2009
The US Treasury Department proposed a bill earlier this month that would regulate venture capital, private equity firms and hedge funds that had more than $30 million in assets. Registration with the SEC would mean more detailed reporting. Firms would have to periodically disclose their as...
Chrome OS: The Fight is Finally on for Microsoft and Google...
in Bizinformer, on July 10, 2009
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Two of the giants of the technology world have finally come to blows. And the battle may reshape the industry and impact every business that uses computers.
Okay, that sounded dramatic. And Google's move into operating systems has been a bit of a surprise to everyone but the ind...
Taxes on e-Commerce? States Giving it a Try...
in Bizinformer, on July 6, 2009
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VentureBeat had a report recently on state efforts to collect sales taxes on e-commerce. Laws have been proposed, passed, signed, vetoed and in some cases abandoned in New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Hawaii, California, Maryland, Minnesota, and Tennessee.
Not long ago t...
Your Company Website
in Bizinformer, on June 30, 2009
I talked yesterday over at BizPlanHacks about getting customers through your company website. Do you have a company website? You should.
SimplWeb has an online course available to help you start a website. They describe it as "a free 7 part guide to creating a killer content site that ca...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in The Dating Weblog, on June 30, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a dating website and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 30, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of hotel and airline booking services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major c...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 30, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of banking and financial services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major co...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 30, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of Web hosting services that look useful for your business, but you're wondering who's behind the site and where its owners stand on a variety of environmental and social issues. Where do you go to find out?
With t...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 30, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a name-your-own-price travel reservation service and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major ...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in I got Spam?!, on June 20, 2009
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Where is your most annoying spam coming from? How do you contact them about it (or turn them into someone)?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ability to find out just exactly who is behind a particular website h...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in Bizinformer, on June 20, 2009
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Whether it's online commerce, advertising or trading in Internet properties and domain names, the Web has come to play an important role in 21st Century business.
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ability to ...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in Web 2.0, on June 20, 2009
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You've found a new interactive website that you really like. It allows you to post information about your hobby or business and it lets other users build on what you post, adding to the content. But you're not sure how much traffic it actually gets and, more importantly, ...
The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 19, 2009
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A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of Web hosting services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether its bandwidth will adequately serve your clients. Where do you go to find out?
With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has ...
Virtual Goods and Real Value
in Bizinformer, on June 19, 2009
Have you paid money recently for a new outfit for your Second Life avatar? Or to send a friend a teddy bear on Hi5? We talked not long ago about virtual currencies . Now VentureBeat has an article out on virtual goods. And they say that while the actual good might not be "real," their v...
Wal-Mart Promises to Promote Women. Do you Believe Them?
in Bizinformer, on June 11, 2009
BusinessWeek had an article last week on Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke's promise to promote women. Seeking to counter Wal-Mart's image as a company that sells mostly to women yet is overwhelmingly run by men, new Wal-Mart (WMT) CEO Mike Duke pledged at the company's annual shareholder con...
A Cybersecurity Czar
in Bizinformer, on June 6, 2009
A couple of sources ( Wired , Venture Beat ) commented last week on President Obama's announcement that his administration will create a cybersecurity czar. Most saw the action as a positive step. And among the beneficiaries, the business world stands out.
Time is money. Regardless of the rea...
The Time is Now...
in Bizinformer, on May 29, 2009
Lisa Barone over at Small Business Trends had a piece earlier this month on a webinar called "Just Start - Getting Your Business Started Right." And according to people running the webinar, now is the time to get your small business started. It may not seem so smart to start a busi...
Entering an Era of Virtual Currencies?
in Bizinformer, on May 23, 2009
There's money. People (me included) carry it around in their wallets and save small pieces of it in the ashtrays or cup holders of their cars. And they buy things with it - hamburgers, gasoline, and sometimes other small things. Then there's checks and credit cards. We pretend they're ...
Working with a Web Designer
in Bizinformer, on May 19, 2009
It's getting harder and harder to have a business and not have a web page. But most businesss owners don't really have the in-house talent necessary to create a site on their own. So they find a web designer...
Entrepreneur.com had some good tips recently for working with a web designer...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
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A vast number of news sources have been covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times , Agence France Press , The Washington Post , Financial Times , Mother Jones Bloomberg...
Can Ztail reinvigorate Online Shopping?
in Bizinformer, on April 23, 2009
I'd usually look for a more techie sort of forum to discuss a company like this, but the Ztail business model is what I found intriguing about this article.
Ztail is a relatively new company that has begun to guarantee the resell value of items you purchase online. The TechCrunch articl...
Will Karen Mills Make a Difference at SBA?
in Bizinformer, on April 8, 2009
BusinessWeek had a piece last week on Karen Mills, the newly confirmed head of the Small Business Association. She promises to reinvigorate the agency. Mills nevertheless inherits an SBA that languished under the Bush Administration, which cut its funding by about 26% since 2001 and sliced sta...
Revisiting FAS 157, Again
in Bizinformer, on April 2, 2009
Back in January we reported on how changes to FAS 157 were putting a hurt on financial institutions and many businesses. Now those rules are being softened, according to BusinessWeek . After intense pressure from lawmakers and some factions of the financial industry, the Financial Accounting Stan...
How to Get Federal Contracts for Your Business
in Bizinformer, on March 27, 2009
I came across this piece recently: Contractors Reveal Their Secrets . I've been involved in the past in applying for Federal grants. So this quote struck a chord with me: "Applying for government contracts is a complex, confusing and often intimidating process."
The article provi...
Building Your Resume with Social Networking
in Bizinformer, on March 22, 2009
Dan Schawbel has a timely piece on Mashable at the moment on using social networks to build your resume.
Schawbel list 10 useful social networking sites to help you strengthen your resume and ( surprise! ), LinkedIn isn't the top of the list. Razume is a sight designed specifically to all ...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
I've been kind of distracted for a couple of weeks now with a variety of demands on my time that I somehow failed to see as converging all at once. I won't bore you with the details...
As I look back over the past couple of weeks, five BusinessWeek articles stand out that at least deserved ...
Japan's Economy Unravels
in Bizinformer, on February 17, 2009
The H Post is among a huge number of sources covering the sharp downturn of the Japanese economy.
If there was any doubt that this is a global recession, the economic news on Japan put an end to that this week. Tomoko A. Hosaka put it this way: Japan's economy contracted at the fastest pace...
Stimulus Hype: Sorting Out Keynes (Part III)
in Bizinformer, on February 15, 2009
So now there's a stimulus package pretty much in place. And whatever all the Right Wingers in the blogosphere may think about it, it's based at least partly on Keynesian economic theory. Will it work? Time will tell.
Bruce Bartlett (not a Bush fan), had an excellent column in Forbes late ...
Stimulus Hype: A Populist Plan? (Part II)
in Bizinformer, on February 9, 2009
I said last week that I'd spent a fair amount of mental energy trying to decide what to think of the stimulus battle and that it's not an easy subject to unravel. One of the articles that puzzled me a little was by Greg T. Spielberg over at BusinessWeek . It left me uncertain as to whether ...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
In recent weeks I have spent a considerable amount of mental energy trying to decide what to think of the stimulus battle. It's not an easy subject to unravel.
I've found a handful of interesting and informative articles that have helped shape my opinion of what should happen. But first, th...
Is Your Business Mentor or Idol on Twitter? How 'Bout your Competitors?
in Bizinformer, on January 28, 2009
Twitter has gotten a lot of hype and free press over the last few weeks. Some was good (it seems to have passed social bookmarking site Digg in market share) and some of it bad (a few dozen celebrity Twitter accounts got hacked recently. So is Twitter actually good for anything, from a busines...
Will Employee Micro-Blogging Help Business?
in Bizinformer, on January 26, 2009
Yammer : it's not a rare type of woodpecker or a new cocktail for yuppies. It's a micro-blogging tool similar to Twitter - but designed for businesses.
VentureBeat ran a story last week on the $5 million in VC funding yammer just got. I'd be interested to hear specific ways that Y...
FAS 157: Is it Killing Investment?
in Bizinformer, on January 19, 2009
On November 15th a new accounting rule went into effect. It's called FAS 157. It regulates how investments are valued by mandating that they be valued "fairly." And the whining and complaints have begun...
"Fair" is such a nebulous concept. Fortunately (I suppose), the new r...
Finding a Job with Social Media
in Bizinformer, on January 8, 2009
Mashable has a piece by Dan Schawbel ( Personal Branding Blog ) on how to use social media to find a job.
Schawbel is a little more upbeat about LinkedIn than I was last week . But he make some of the same points that I did: services like LinkedIn become more valuable if you actually need the...
Are You LinkedIn? Why...?
in Bizinformer, on December 26, 2008
Marianne Paskowski over at BusinessWeek took a look this week at the value of LinkedIn - and she concludes that, well, there isn't much value in it. At least not from a business perspective.
In fact, Paskowski seems down right cynical about social networking in general. She says it isola...
How to Keep Your Job: Personal Branding
in Bizinformer, on December 12, 2008
Personal branding could keep you from getting fired. At least, that's want Dan Schawbel over at Mashable thinks. His book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , looks at 10 ways personal branding can help you keep your job.
Schawbel talks about things like becoming the ...
Life's a Clearance Sale
in Bizinformer, on December 5, 2008
It's your store. Would you rather:
a). sell one thing-a-ma-bob for $29.99 (and net $10 on it)
b). sell two thing-a-ma-bobs for $24.49 each (and net $9 on the two of them)
or c). sell eight of these thing-a-ma-bobs for $20.99 each (and net $8 of the lot of them)?
Of course the obvious ans...
How Long Until EVERYONE Has a Store in Second Life?
in Bizinformer, on November 30, 2008
Four or five years ago I read a newspaper article about a grocery store in Blacksburg, Va., where you could pick out your items on a website, pay with a credit card, and drive down to there store and pick them up. One of the bag boys would have them already bagged and waiting on you. Blacksburg bein...
Yammer: Managing the Inbox and Keeping in Touch
in Bizinformer, on November 24, 2008
I heard a nice little piece on one of the radio shows today (can't remember which one) on Yammer - which TechCrunch recently described as "Twitter with a business model."
Yammer takes Twitter-style micorblogging and adapts it to internal business communications. Let's say you ...
Video Ad Tools: SpotMixer and Google
in Bizinformer, on July 8, 2008
To be persuasive we must be belivable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. - Edward R. Murrow © dmax3270
SpotMixer is an online video ad creation tool put out as a service by One True Media. For all of you small to mid-sized companies out there without...
Legal Technology Webinar
in Bizinformer, on June 19, 2008
As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza. - John McClane, Die Hard 2 © WorldIslandInfo.com
The International Technology Law Association is holding an ITECHLAW Media Webinar on June 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Registration is required.
The webinar promises to address ...
One Million Dollars in Free Business Advice
in Bizinformer, on June 18, 2008
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed. - lily tomlin © chrismear
Entrepreneurs from around the world listen up. Yourbusinesschannel.com is set to launch a new online television show where a team...
Cannot Blog Today - Waiting For Firefox 3
in Bizinformer, on June 17, 2008
And at the end of the day the Internet is still all about Software. - Marc Andreessen
Well at 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC), Firefox 3 was to be officially released . According to ZD Net , as of 10:14 PDT, GetFirefox and Mozilla were both down - I got a time out when I checked. The develop...
Productivity or Lack of Productivity
in Bizinformer, on June 13, 2008
I love deadlines. Especially the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams © denn
Procrastination is a much maligned trait . Abraham Lincoln, ultra-lawyer, told young lawyers never to leave until tomorrow what could be accomplished today while his wife, Mary, was acc...
Computing is Bigger in Vegas
in Bizinformer, on June 12, 2008
Las Vegas is Everyman's cut-rate Babylon. - Alistair Cooke © guspim
The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has brought six Microsoft Surface tabletop computers into its iBar ultra-lounge for use and play by bar patrons. Cool. I cannot wait to get out there and try it...
Free Real Time Stock Quotes
in Bizinformer, on June 3, 2008
Buy on the rumor; sell on the news. - Wall Street Proverb © C R
Now free real-time stock quotes are available at several places on the web.
Google announced yesterday that its finance pages will feature real-time NASDAQ quotes. The real-time quotes are part of a pilot program...
Webon - Free Web Site Construction
in Bizinformer, on May 29, 2008
"The road to success is always under construction." - lily tomlin © OiMax
It never fails to amaze me how the process of getting a presence on the Web is becoming easier. Lifehacker.com , again one of my favorite sites, recently had a post about Webon . This is an onlin...
