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Motivation Pictures

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:06:05 GMT

Your motivation pictures are examples of intrinsic motivation, the first step to build a new business.

Benchmark Business Training

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:45:24 GMT

Benchmark business training sets a standard for your business career training.

Website Privacy Policy Statement

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:45:37 GMT

Looking for a sample website privacy policy statement. Check out this sample.

Mobile Advertising Marketing

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:05:26 GMT

Have you heard the latest from Google? They will be offering a way to measure how many Web hits your site will get. The article was in the Tuesday, June 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal (page B1).

Interested in getting quick business information from your cell phone?

Have you heard about the ChaCha?...

"If You Have ChaCha And a Cellphone, You Have Answers"
Walter S. Mossberg, "If You Have ChaCha And a Cellphone, You Have Answers", The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 24, 2008

ChaCha is a service where you can make a free phone call to ChaCha and ask a question. ChaCha will then send you a text response with your answer. The only fee you pay is your cell phone charges for text messages.

An interesting way to get answers on the go.

Interested in more ways to use your cell phone for your business? Have you checked out the permalink in this blog for Mobile Advertising Marketing?

Video

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:55:12 GMT

Is easy video recording possible? Yes!

What's the latest and greatest product to help you easily record video?

"It's a lowcost, easy-to-use camcorder for the YouTube age, made by an outfit called Pure Digital Techologies."
Patrick Seitz, "Flip Video Maker Plans To Go Public", Investor's Business Daily, Monday, April 21, 2008, page A5

The Flip Video Camcorder is a point and shoot camcorder that lets the user easily share their video with other users. You can literally connect the device to your pc and then upload it to a video site like YouTube.

You can also use this device as part of your Viral Video Marketing Strategy. To find out more about this device thru the Investor's Business Daily article. How can you incorporate this device into a marketing video strategy? Have you checked out the Viral Video Marketing Strategy permalink in this blog?

Business Start Up Grants

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:57:02 GMT

Business start up grants are available. However grants to start small business ventures are only available for one type of business.

Types of Motivation

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:05:43 GMT

There are different types of motivation like a motivation speech, to encourage you in your business day. Here are some suggestions.

Marketing Research Survey

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:04:18 GMT

A marketing research survey is crucial to understand your customer needs. Here is a sample survey.

Business Name Ideas

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:02:46 GMT

Your P.E.T. goals provide a roadmap to develop your business concept from your business name ideas.

Home Business Internet Income

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:57:13 GMT

Home business internet income provides multiple ways to monetize your business concept.

Web Site Marketing Strategy

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:54:33 GMT

Web site marketing strategy allows you to start a web business based on your unique business concept.

Start A Business From Home

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:47:04 GMT

Start a business from home. Small business ideas for those who have what it takes to start a business from home.

Bookmarks code upload

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:48:54 GMT

Nationwide Internet Connectivity

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:04:12 GMT

Nationwide internet connectivity allows you to access your online business when you're away from home.

Video Capture Software

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:04:24 GMT

Video capture software. How to capture streaming video for your internet video marketing strategy.

Home Computer Business Idea

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:00:58 GMT

Home computer business idea? How a business computer information system can be set up to support your business idea.

Mobile Advertising Marketing

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:46:45 GMT

Mobile advertising marketing is using GPS tracking software to interact with targeted traffic. Here's how it works.

Viral Video Marketing Strategy

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:41:02 GMT

Viral video marketing strategy: How to spread your business message on the internet using video.

Small Business Ideas

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:24:34 GMT

Small business ideas? Think of this as a small business start up guide for suggestions to develop your business model.

Affiliate Marketing Help

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:52:33 GMT

Affiliate marketing help to use as part of your affiliate marketing plan

Internet Marketing Email

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:48:38 GMT

Internet marketing email. An email marketing secret.

Customer Service Tips

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:13:24 GMT

Customer service tips to help you connect to your customers.

Start Up Franchise Opportunity

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:21:18 GMT

Start Up Franchise Opportunity. Is this something you are searching for?

Mom Entrepreneur

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:21:17 GMT

A Mom Entrepreneur or Mompreneur is a growing influence in the business world. Are you one of these new influencers?

Postcard Marketing

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:48:04 GMT

Postcard marketing adds a personal touch to your follow up with customers. Do you have a postcard marketing strategy?

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs Business Boom

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:25:24 GMT

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs are never too old to start a business. Do you have that perfect idea that will meet baby boomer job market needs?

Sample Start Up Business Plan

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:07:58 GMT

Sample start up business plan to provide a roadmap for the growth of your business.

Home Business Network Marketing

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:38:41 GMT

Home business network marketing can be challenging. Have you checked out this page and its network marketing tip?

Voicemail Greeting

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:30:00 GMT

Voicemail greeting suggestions when you leave a small business voicemail.

Survey Info Now

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:28:19 GMT

Survey info now answers the question: How to create a marketing research survey for immediate impact?

Information Technology In Healthcare

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:23:51 GMT

Information technology in healthcare is a field that has tremendous growth potential. With the aging baby boomers this is more critical than ever!

Email Autoresponder Marketing

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:21:49 GMT

Email Autoresponder Marketing: An autoresponder basics tutorial.

Effective Business Communication

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:20:24 GMT

Effective business communication with your customers must focus on their needs. Here are some suggestions to make the most of that communication.

Ecommerce Statistics

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:18:44 GMT

Ecommerce Statistics. Helping you to understand surveys and statistics for your business.

Data Business Form

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:16:47 GMT

Data business form. Small business start up information to document as you connect with your customers.

E Book Publishing

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:02:10 GMT

E Book Publishing is a way to send an electronic product to your business customers.

Business Logo Ideas Define Your Business

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:36:02 GMT

Business logo ideas represent your business concept in a simple but powerful way. Here are some suggestions to create a business logo.

Blog Adviser

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:07:05 GMT

Blog tips from a blog adviser on how to create a blog.

MLM Training Material For Your Network Marketing Business

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:34:49 GMT

MLM training material for a little known, misunderstood system that has tremendous possibility for business success if done correctly.

Start Up Business Plans

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:39:31 GMT

Start up business plans are critical when your business is ready to go big time. Have you talked to your BLT professionals?

Small Business Tax Help

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:35:46 GMT

Small business tax help is important. Do you know all your small business tax deductions?

Small Business Tax Laws

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:35:31 GMT

Small business tax laws is part of a law discussion you will have with your business tax lawyer.

Government Contract Jobs

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:30:11 GMT

Government contract jobs are a business resource worth considering. Do you know how to get in the government contract database?

Ecommerce Bank

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:28:23 GMT

Suggestions to find an ecommerce bank when you open your online business bank account.

How To Blog RSS Feed

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:39:46 GMT

How to blog RSS feed and understand the RSS XML is one of the challenges of individuals who want to use blogs. Here are some tips about the RSS XML.

Lead Generation Marketing

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:29:37 GMT

Lead generation marketing is part of your Home Business Lead Generation

Computer Software For Small Business

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:22:32 GMT

Computer software for small business: Some additional recommendations from a techy friend.

Laptop and Mobile Business Tools

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:48:46 GMT

Did you hear the news for May 7, 2008...

"Sprint, Comcast, Google, Time Warner and Intel Join Forces in New Broadband Joint Venture"
Amol Sharma and Vishesh Kumar,"Big Tech Firms to Invest in Wireless", The Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, May 7, 2008, page B1

This is a $3.2 billion venture to bring fast WiMax service in a cellphone like service. For more information you can check out the permalink from this RSS feed.

Can you imagine the possibilities with WiMax?

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"Intel Announces New Chip for Small Computers"
Laurie J. Flynn, "Intel Announces New Chip for Small Computers", The New York Times, Monday, March 13, 2008, page C4

Intel's newest chip is called the Atom. This chip is designed to be a low-cost, compact, energy efficient chip for $300 compact computers called netbooks.

What does this mean for the business owner? Portable computers are getting smaller and more powerful. This will make your business even more mobile for the future!

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"We want devices talking to each other through one or two layers of protocols, as the wired Internet does. That's a very important step in achieving our vision of a wireless world."
Dipankar Raychaudhuri
Director, Rutgers' Wireless Information Network Laboratory
John Cox, "A Wireless Network Think Tank -- With Toys", NetworkWorld, February 4, 2008, page 14

So a device like a radio can talk to other devices thru the internet. How does this benefit the business owner? What this does is minimize disconnected internet signals. So the radio acts as a key component to strengthen and transmit the internet signal. This can definitely help the mobile business owner.

In fact the government is passing legislation to encourage Federal workers to be more mobile. This mobility will allow the employee to participate via telework. So mobile work or telework is the wave of the future and now!

"Being able to offer a telework option can help agencies keep experienced employees who may be willing to remain if they can do so from an alternative workplace"
Ann Bednarz, "More Federal Workers Telecommuting", NetworkWorld, February 4, 2008, page 12

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"The mobile world has much greater reach than the wired world internet; Google sees this as the future"
Avi Greengart, Principal Analyst, Current Analysis
Chris Gonsalves, "Searching For Google's Master Plan", NewsMax, January 2008, pages 68-69

NewsMax had an interesting article discussing Google's plans for the mobile market. According to the article Google is investing in 4 areas:

-Google search on mobile devices
-Social networking
-Wireless advertising
-Obtaining a wirelesss network

The business pc market is definitely transitioning to more mobile platforms...

"Americans in 2007 bought more laptops than desktop pcs, a first"
"The Bottom Line", The Week, January 18, 2008, page 44

Find out more about business technology by clicking on the permalink in this bloglet!

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:04:10 GMT

More and more baby boomers are reaching the age of retirement.

Are you one of the them? If you retire early you will face some challenges.

"...boomers who stop working risk running out of money - a risk that could esculate if they take Social Security benefits early"
Sandra Block, "Boomers Eagerness To Retire Could Cost Them", USA Today, Monday, January 14, 2008, pages 1A-2A

So what's a boomer to do? Why not turn a passion into a hobby like Lisa Daley did...

"For a lawyer turned baker, the recipe for success means more than good cookies"
Toddi Gutner, "Turning Pie In The Sky Into Reality", BusinessWeek, January 21, 2008, pages SCO7-SCO8

So how do you get started?

The Permalink in this bloglet links to a web site chock full of helpful hints to build a new business (whatever your age).

Can you imagine what it will be like one year from now by starting your business journey today? What have you got to lose?

Monetizing Your Blog From a Blog Adviser

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:30:22 GMT

"There are no rules or limits in blogging...Your earning power is only limited by the traffic you can attract"
John Chow,www.johnchow.com
Mike Hogan, "Digital Edge, Blogging For Dollars", Entrepreneur magazine, February 2008, page 52

Yes you can make money just by blogging! John Chow makes money just by blogging about making money. His income increased from $353.00 per month to an annual amount of $300,000 per year.

Blogs are increasing at a rate of 175,000 new blogs a day. Blogs are considered conversational marketing.

"...in five years, conversational marketing will attract as many ad bucks as traditional channels."
Mike Hogan, "Digital Edge, Blogging For Dollars", Entrepreneur magazine, February 2008, page 52

Are you and your business part of the blogosphere?

Interested in more information? Have you checked out the permalink from this bloglet? The permalink directs you to a page that explains how to blog rss feed for more blogging information.

Ready to make money from your blog?

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"Blogs Help Firms Get Out Their Word"

The above quote came from the cover page of the Monday, January 14, 2008 edition of Investors Business Daily.

The IBD article discussed the importance of knowing what others are saying about yourself on blogs. Blog comments can impact a company's bottom line.

So how can a business owner manage online blog information? A few suggestions:

1. Subscribe to Google Alerts. Google Alerts send you email updates of online subjects you're interested in. So enter information about your business in Google Alerts. It's free.

2. Respond to positive (or negative) blog news immediately that impacts you and your business.

"Blog news travels faster than dry leaves can ignite into a wildfire"
Gary Stern, "Don't Let Blogs Pop A Firm's Reputation", Investor's Business Daily, Monday, January 14, 2008, page A8

3. How do you respond to blog news immediately? Take positive action and document your response on your own blog. Two-way communication with your market is critical to business success.

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Are you a dedicated blogger? Are you making any money with your blog?

"If you're not making money off your blog, 2008 might be the year"
Kelly K. Spors, "Users Can Customize Appearance of Spots, Use Video and Audio", Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, January 15, 2008, page B6

You can add audio and video ads to your blog. There are new services which allow you to do this. With blogging it is important to have multiple streams of income with your blog (just like with your site).

The amount of revenue you obtain with your blog is dependent on

"a site's traffic, the trustworthiness of its content and the relevancy of the ads"
Kelly K. Spors, "Users Can Customize Appearance of Spots, Use Video and Audio", Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, January 15, 2008, page B6

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For more information about blogs check out the permalink in this bloglet.