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Opportunities RSS FeedsHappy Independence Day - photo credit: mugley As entrepreneurs, Independence Day, the 4th of July, means more to us than just fireworks and barbecues. It is the freedom to try out new ideas and opportunities. It means freedom to succeed because of our own ingenuity and resourcefulness; to find a need and fill it! This Independence [ ]...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Solar Business for Everyone - photo credit: Jesse Wagstaff
Want to get into the solar business but don’t know anything about electricty? No problem, says the NY Times, neither do these guys:
Technology advances and falling prices for solar technology have opened the gates for solar installations by businesses with no background in electricity generation.
Energy generation “is not our primary [ ]... Protect Your Business From Identity Theft -
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It is so important these days to worry about identity theft not only in your personal life but especially in your business, maybe even more so in your business. Think about it, all the credit and charge cards your business contains, set up lines of credit for your business, hackers obtain a [ ]... What Angel Investors Wont Tell You -
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In recent light of credit crunching down so much and the economy going down the toilet rapidly, we have all seen several articles posted on where to find additional help and financing such as with Angel Investors. However, as with any area of finance even Angel Investors have their bad points about [ ]... Must Have Social Media Tools -
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While today yes there are so many different web tools to choose from and you don’t need every single one, there are also many that a business definitely can benefit from and should have for their business. Below are a select few of the web tools for social media that I think [ ]... Friday Fun Poll: Twitter Apps -
There are hundreds of third-party apps available for Twitter. Below are five apps.
Which is NOT really a Twitter app? (At least not yet.)
Twaitter
Twitletter
Twititon
Tweepular
Twicli
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The answer will be revealed Monday. Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.
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From Business Opportunities Weblog.... Landing That Perfect Start-Up Dream Job -
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In today’s economy people are wondering what extra steps they should be taking in order to land that dream job of theirs, or even just to land A job in general. There are so many candidates going for the same job that many people feel they should practically be able to [ ]... Work These Biz Books Into Your Summer -
Advertising Age:
Tom Martin over at Advertising Age shares some of his biz book favorites for summer reading.
Enjoy the summer and the books. If you don’t see your favorite here, add it to the comments.
How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market by Gerald Zaltman.
I read this book a few years ago and [ ]... Turning Down Special Requests -
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I recently came across a blog posted on Seths Blog where he takes the point of view that you should never turn down special requests. That you need to treat all customers differently because they are not all the same. While i agree with his point of view on yes, customers are different [ ]... Go Ask Alice?. -
Inc.:
Brian Wiegand is no stranger to start-ups. His first business, BizFilings, launched in 1996 from his basement and later sold for $15 million to a public company.
He and business partner Mark McGuire went on to start two others. The most recent was Jellyfish.com, which caught the purchasing eye of Microsoft only 18 months after [ ]... Learn To Travel Cheaper -
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If you travel a great deal for your business or even just a few times a year then you now how expensive this can be, after you put together all the air fair, food, gas if you drive, renting a car, taxi cab fees, dry cleaning services, tips and more it adds [ ]... Turn The Recession Into Revenue -
The District Chronicles:
Several tips for turning the recession into revenue:
1. Take it small scale at first. We’re not talking comprehensive business plans and venture capital commitments. Step one would be to get yourself online. Creating a Web site for your business or to tout your skills is neither difficult nor expensive, and it’s a great [ ]... Start Leaning On Your Financial Advisors More -
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If you have a financial advisors, then you should already be listening to their advice, taking it into consideration, if you aren’t then you need to start. After all what else did you hire this person for if not to take advice from them on your businesses financial matters?
Entrepreneur.com suggests that many [ ]... Biz Poll Results: Where Do You Get Your News? -
On Monday, we started a poll that asked readers where they got their news.
Six percent said they got their news from newspapers, four percent from radio, 13 percent from TV and a whopping 77 percent from the Internet.
This was demonstrated this past weekend with the sudden death of Michael Jackson. The Internet was designed [ ]... Overstock Kills Affiliate Programs In 4 States -
The Wall Street Journal:
Overstock.com Inc. informed its marketing affiliates in four states — California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island — that it is ending its business with them to avoid collecting sales tax.
Lawmakers in the states have passed or are preparing to pass legislation that would require companies to collect sales tax if they [ ]... Chickens Are Hot in a Recession - photo credit: Faye Pini
BendBulletin:
Back in the early ?80s, when the nation was gripped by recession, Duane Schiedler and his wife, Julie, retooled their cabinet shop to churn out geodesic-dome greenhouses.
Fast forward more than two decades and the Schiedlers are at it again, only this time they?ve expanded. In addition to compact greenhouses (they?ve ditched [ ]... Writing A Business Plan -
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Is having a business plan important, yes it is very important, but is it so important that you have to stress yourself out to the point of needing a sedative, not it’s not. Many are intimidated by having to write a business plan, this should not be the [ ]... Who To Hire And Who Not To Hire -
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We have all seen the high increase in un-employment and the high increase in people fighting for the same job. You place an ad in the paper or even online and the next thing you know you have about 30-60 applicants for ONE position. So how do you choose? Just Tell [ ]... SchoolOfMusic.com - SchoolOfMusic.com recruits music teachers and then provides music lessons in students' homes, teachers' home studios, and after school programs. Their bizop is a must see!... Obtain New Clients With All Your Old Work -
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Imagine getting new clients all the time using old work you?ve done in the past. How easy would that be? Wouldn?t it be nice? You can do just that ? by having a great portfolio, located on Men With Pens.
In business it is true that you need to show off in order [ ]... Babyglow: Life-Saving Invention -
Suffolk Free Press:
A landlord from Long Melford is cracking open the bubbly after signing a multi-million pound contract for his “lifesaving” invention.
Chris Ebejer, 42, who runs the Melford Inn, said he had a eureka moment six years ago when he woke up on the couch one morning and saw a documentary about babies not being [ ]... Do Small Business Communities Benefit With Twitter? -
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Some small business owners, especially those that live in relatively small towns as well wonder if they would even benefit at all from using Twitter. Given it is such a huge and well known program on the Internet today, they wonder if their small business would even pick up on its [ ]... The Power Of In-Between Technology -
Fast Company:
Why Redbox is the biggest movie-rental company you’ve never heard of? Its secret: the power of in-between technology.
Redbox — founded in 2002 as a division of McDonald’s and purchased by Coinstar this year — runs 15,000 machines in stores across the country and plans to have about 20,000 in place by the end of [ ]... Make Recycling More Accessible By Charging for It -
My guest post is up on Cisco Webex’s Ideas in Motion blog. It’s about starting a nationwide for-profit recycling business. Here’s a snippet:
This is not just an eco-friendly possibility but would also be a profitable business, because unlike most municipal recycling programs, the business would charge consumers to pickup and remove their recyclables. [ ]... Online Shop Brings ?Hope? To Eco-Friendly Soapmakers - Did you know that everything you put on your skin is absorbed into your body? That means the shampoo you use, the ink from the pen you used to jot a note on your hand, and your skincare products all find their way into your body. For some that might not be a [ ]... Add your link - Submission Guidelines Copyright © 2009, Home Business Software. All Rights Reserved. |
