Check out www.VictoryGasworks.com. It is a social network on alternative energy and biomass gasification. It holds the promise of being a worthy social network with lots of information about biomass, gasification and saving our earth.
Our energy crisis could be solved with not only the work of corporations but individual inventors.
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Posted by Social Networking News on August 11, 2008 at 7:00am —
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Looking fierce is never on the short list for all of the sexy earth conscious people that walk around in New York, LA, Milan or Paris. A drycleaning business in Portland however has got one up on everyone. They are turning people's old t-shirts, jeans, whatever into new shopp…
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Posted by Design Spotlight on August 10, 2008 at 11:00pm —
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Here are 5 more excellent reasons to work from home:
1. Have you tried filling up your suv?
2. With these gas prices hurting your bosses bottom line he could understand now more than ever why you are asking to work longer days so that you work only 4 days out of a week. If not,…
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Posted by Mommy Money on August 5, 2008 at 11:47pm —
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Who hasn't heard about how bad the economy sucks. Well now even Vegas where nothing ever hurt it is feeling the pain. A major casino just slashed 40,000 jobs. Let's see their real estate market CRASHED!!! Now their jobs are being slashed.
Why didn't it hurt before for Vegas when everyone else was hurting? The local economy is no longer mostly gaming related. There are now regular jobs not casino related that take up a higher proportion of their economy so now Vegas suffers like every where else…
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Posted by In Business on August 1, 2008 at 10:11pm —
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The economic downturn and rising prices is causing more and more people to stop spending. They are taking their money to pay off debts or increase their savings which further stumps any kind of economic recovery. This is according to a study by Reuters and the University of Michigan.
However, looking at these gas prices and the higher prices for everything...who can save? The worsening job market, banks reluctance to lend and ridiculous oil prices is causing consumer sentiment to be nothing ros…
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Posted by In Business on July 19, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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I am constantly bombarded with questions about making money online and which internet business to start. There are so many to choose from and the list of options is astounding. Now factor in all of the scams and now it is a maze of fake and real internet business opportunities for you to…
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Posted by Mommy Money on July 16, 2008 at 6:00am —
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Everyone wants to age gracefully and as a work from home Mom, having time for myself can be mere minutes. My routine "me time" things went out the window like working out 5-7 times a week, cleansing my face and really watching what I consume.
Now that the fire is letting up a bit as my children get older my face shows the signs of abuse. I haven't cleansed, moisturized, toned etc... my face in a long time. I looked up consumer reviews on the best anti-aging face creams and an inexpensive one ca…
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Posted by Mommy Money on July 15, 2008 at 11:32pm —
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Time just flies by. I get up in a blur and go to sleep in the wee hours of the morning and yet my to do list gets longer and longer. What I've discovered is that it doesn't make a difference whether I stress out big time or just let the little things go. When I allowed stress to command my days and my deadlines drive me bananas, I kept getting sick and i think I aged 20 years.
When I finally made the revelation that being stressed did not equal more quality output things have gotten better. Eve…
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Posted by Mommy Money on July 13, 2008 at 12:41pm —
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It's always easier to ignore the hard things in life. We have already begrudgingly gotten used to gas prices that are over $4 a gallon and normal families losing their homes to foreclosure. Whenever a big event like a big bank goes down then it makes us notice once again that the economy is still really hurting.
IndyMac once one of the largest lenders in America was taken over by federal regulators. This thrift bank grew big during the recent real estate boom and specialized in Alt-A no doc or…
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Posted by In Business on July 12, 2008 at 2:38pm —
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As the mortgage crisis continues and more homes are falling into foreclosure, banks are looking at alternate ways to make money. Since the interest rates for home loans are so low and they are getting scrutinized under a microscope, banks are now turning to credit cards as a source of making big income.
As more Americans are financially squeezed and turn to their credit cards to pay their bills, the credit card companies are sending out more offers to do balance transfers with a minimum 3% fee…
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Posted by In Business on July 2, 2008 at 10:51pm —
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Before the boom in gas prices, people would buy a home further and further into the suburbs to afford a bigger home and avoid the smog. Now with the onslaught of enormous gas prices, people are now returning to urban cores or finding homes that are closer to their jobs. Sitting an hour in t…
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Posted by In Business on June 19, 2008 at 12:00am —
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This is the definitive guide to understanding whether working at home for a company or owning your own online business is right for you.
Many people are on the search for real work from home businesses and the exact how to steps to get to work from home. It actually has two components.…
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Posted by In Business on June 13, 2008 at 2:30am —
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Social networks are very powerful focused audiences that advertisers can tap knowing their ad dollars are reaching their exact audience. In a few years, it will be the well established niche social networks aht gt bought up left and right so it might as well be you. How can you capital…
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Posted by In Business on May 28, 2008 at 1:59am —
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Making money online is the siren call that many are drawn to and yet many have found it much harder than it looks. Why? Because like anything you are talking about a real business not just a microwavable meal. Anytime you see a get rich quick opportunity where you don't have to do a th…
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Posted by In Business on May 27, 2008 at 2:02am —
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After spending several days trying to contact Yahoo's billing department and being on hold for a minimum of over an hour to three hours before I give up, it has really revealed how Yahoo is cheap. How can they expect business owners to get anything done when they have to suffer while on hold for a billing person? On top of it they have been billing me incorrectly for a long period of time. On their site it says that I should be billed once a year but they're billing me every month!
I've tried t…
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Posted by Mommy Money on May 20, 2008 at 8:37am —
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Have you checked out the gas prices? I remember last year when I thought that $3 gas was expensive. Now it looks like we are headed towards $5 gas. The oil rich countries are laughing all the way to the bank and President Bush's talk with them didn't make a dent. They actually just turned h…
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Posted by In Business on May 18, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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This housing crisis is not new news however when you think of people who go into "foreclosure" it is becoming surprising. Foreclosure and bankruptcy is no longer for a small group of people or completely irresponsible people but mainstream Americans.
An unforeseen illness or layoff…
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Posted by In Business on May 12, 2008 at 11:30am —
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You need to be aggresive at all times with expenses but even more so during a Recession. Think you've spent a dollar? Nope, you've spent more than that when you factor in that that dollar was an after tax dollar plus the opportunity cost of what else you could have done with that mone…
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Posted by In Business on May 6, 2008 at 6:00am —
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From the time that your child(ren) were born you thought about saving for college. That's the wonderful good news about it all at least you had a plan. The bad news is that its just not enough with Inflation and the rise in tuition it seems every year. Clever students and parents are st…
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Posted by Mommy Money on May 5, 2008 at 8:00am —
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Watching the news you would think that every business is languishing during this Recession. Not so! Here are 5 Industries that is seeing a boom in business.
1. Bail Bonds - The more that prices go up the more crime we'll see. It's one thing when you can't buy a gold chain and another…
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Posted by In Business on May 4, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Target marketing, in the social media space, is the most powerful way to get your message heard by an engaged audience. The power of online communication is that people parse themselves into precise groupings and pull through the messages that pertain to them. Gone are the days of loo…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 30, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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Its a social media world… so be social. That includes your marketing too.
How many times has a well meaning PR firm or a corporate lawyer turned an engaging dialog into swiss cheese in the name of ass covering? That might be an industry standard approach in the analog world, but in th…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 25, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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Running a restaurant is no easy feat. There is the short life span of ingredients and how to predict what will be ordered most so you don't run out of it. Now add in the factor of a run on rice and now the slim margins of a Restaurant owner is under question.
Any Asian restaurant has rice…
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Posted by In Business on April 25, 2008 at 7:30am —
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As Moms, we are always searcing for the best cream and lotion to apply on our children after their baths. After using countless face creams and lotions I have found that Cetaphil face cream does well with dry skin. What I like about it is that their is no perfume and it feels light on the…
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Posted by Mommy Money on April 23, 2008 at 6:00am —
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The Recession has caused many to really look at their expenses. One of the first things to go is upgrading your interior design. This doesn't have to be the case. It can be a few inexpensive changes that can really add a new dimension to your office space.
Here are 5 tips to spruci…
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Posted by Design Spotlight on April 22, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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What does it mean if the current student loan crisis acts as the breaking point to where parents and students can no longer afford to send their kids or go to College? Will this damage the future of America's dominance of the world economy?
That begs the next question which is "how rele…
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Posted by In Business on April 22, 2008 at 6:00am —
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What hope that has been left after the onslaught of the mortgage crisis, credit squeeze, Recession woes, Inflation, price of gas and increase in the cost of living is being strangled by the teetering student loan crisis. Sallie Mae the nation's largest student lender reported that it los…
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Posted by In Business on April 20, 2008 at 6:30am —
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Maintenance at Twitter caused the web 2.0 and web messaging company to be crippled. Messages weren't being delivered. What does that do to people's trust in Twitter to get out there messages in a timely factor?
Nothing in the short term since it is still a very popular messaging system with wide adoption. The only thing for management to figure out is if head's need to roll over this disruption.
When a messaging company that survives on its users to get their messages out fails, once is alrigh…
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Posted by Social Networking News on April 20, 2008 at 5:00am —
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Marketing with social networks is the new frontier in digital marketing, but New Media is a “new beast” that requires a new approach.
Social networks work. Advertising on them doesn’t.
What does that mean? Despite the huge audiences and fantastic growth rates of social networks, the adver…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 19, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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This is a question that is relevant to any aged child. Many parents have been sending their children K-12 to private school and paying what is equivalent to a brand new car for the privilege. The reasons they give is that they want their children to have a better education. What they ne…
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Posted by Mommy Money on April 18, 2008 at 9:30am —
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In a traditional Push / Pull marketing campaign you push your advertising content out and use the marketing message to create a buzz that causes consumer demand to pull sales through the pipeline. With an innovative campaign it can be very effective, but it can also be very expensive t…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 15, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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Ah...culture...it changes everything. When you want to do business in India, here are 5 must know tips that will lead to your happy dealings with them.
1. There are many festivals in India due to the fact that their are several religions and they all have their own festivals. Some ar…
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Posted by International Business on April 10, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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Doing business in India takes an understanding of their views on setting meetings and how to negotiate. Let's start with meetings. You need to formally set up meetings in writing well in advance. You should also call to confirm them on the phone. Definitely be aware of their holidays…
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Posted by International Business on April 7, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Social Networks are a powerful force in the online realm. Their growth is defining the future of the internet. People long for community and recognition and social networks provide both. Once you have developed a rabid fan base through Expertisement, consider giving them a place to form a community around your brand.
Social marketing through community building offers some great advantages. Here are a few.
Testimonials and social proof that money can’t buy
Brand building- Brands earn premium pr…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 6, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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1) Increase your search ranking and search engine visibility- We get your content to the top of the search engines where your customers can find it. We also make the content link back to your main site where it raises your search engine ranking and brings in even more traffic.
2) Turn your biggest asset– Your knowledge– into your marketing message- People are searching out answers to their questions. You will stand out among your peers by answering those questions instead of shouting “Buy from…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 5, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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You can’t become a recognized expert until you are first recognized.
The old way of getting people to find out about you is through advertising and “pushing” your message on people whether they want to hear it or not.
The new way of getting people to find out about you is by using web 2.0 to turn your knowledge into valuable content (tutorials, interviews, presentations) that INTERESTED people find and “pull” through the internet in video, podcast or blog. This form of marketing and public rel…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 4, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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As a busy Mom I want everything filtered for me. News, information, best quality, most bang for the buck, best tasting etc... Costco acts as a filter for its consumers. The beauty of Costco is that it not only gets people to spend huge amounts of money there, it also gets them to pay a m…
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Posted by Mommy Money on April 4, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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Many Indians are now taking on the Western greeting of a handshake. However, if you really want to greet an Indian with respect to their Indian ways then greet them using the namaste. Bring your palms together at chest level with a slight nod of your head.
When you are at your first…
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Posted by International Business on April 4, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Expertisement is using your knowledge and expertise as your marketing message. People don’t want to be “Sold”, they want to be informed and educated. When you share your knowledge of your industry in a way that adds real value to your audience, you become a trusted resource. Ans…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 3, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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You've got to love High Definition. Everything is so crisp and clear. This camecorder has a hard disk drive built into it so there are no tapes to mess with and keep track of when you are shooting. The lens is a Carl Zeiss and it focuses well.
The drawback with high definition is that m…
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Posted by Mommy Money on April 3, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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Advertising is the current way businesses try to reach new customers. They try everything from putting ads on the sides of buildings, inside bathroom stalls to paying to put an ad on someone's forehead. The problem is that people are running away from ads.
Advertisers right now run around like Dick Cheney on a hunting trip, peppering people with brand impressions until they fall down and give up their money. Then they move on to the next kill zone, I mean target market. The law of nature says t…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 2, 2008 at 11:00am —
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The most important part of a business plan is the homework you need to do before you write a business plan. That consists of researching, analyzing, and evaluating the business opportunity you’d like to pursue. Doing your homework will unveil the potential weaknesses and problem a…
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Posted by In Business on April 2, 2008 at 7:30am —
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India has been bustling these days with the opening of their foreign investment policies. The new middle class is enjoying a new found wealth and spending it on domestic and foreign goods and services. That means good news for you. Many businesses are also doing business in India beca…
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Posted by International Business on April 1, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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Recessions are a fact of the economic cycle. Despite their regularity, most businesses and households are taken by complete surprise by them. How will your company fare in a recession? Do you have a recession proof business?
Recessions are good. WHAT you say?
Yeah, if you are a rec…
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Posted by Expertisement on April 1, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Having a home office is a great way to own a company. You don't have to risk your neck in paying someone else's mortgage in paying rent and all of the other expensive bills that come with it.
Setting up a home office doesn't have to be any more complicated than a desk, phone, computer and printer. Start with what you've got and build up from there. Trust me, there are so many bills headed your way that the last thing you need is spend money on things that no one else will see.
A corporate mail…
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Posted by Mommy Money on April 1, 2008 at 8:00am —
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Once you’ve collected all the elements to write your business plan its time to start. A business plan tells a story. It is essentially a document that is broken into sections. Each section deals with an important part of the way you manage the business. If you don’t feel adventurous enough to just start writing one from scratch, there are many software programs that can do it for you. They will ask you questions then fill in the blanks for you. Once it is done you should go back and add in your…
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Posted by In Business on April 1, 2008 at 6:00am —
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Have you ever received 30 days free service for something or other? Did it make you more comfortable to know that you could try it out before being asked to pay? Giving away something of value to your customers is a great way to build trust and move them closer to a sale. When you do t…
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Posted by Expertisement on March 31, 2008 at 11:30am —
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Before you can even begin to write your business plan, you need to learn more about the business you want to start. What do you want to sell? What is the overall market like? Who are your competitors? What products or services are they selling? Where would your products or services lie against your competitors? What is your unique selling proposition? What do your customers want? Just saying you know that customers will want your widget is not good enough. Investors who read your business plan w…
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Posted by In Business on March 31, 2008 at 6:00am —
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As a full-time Mom and work from home Entrepreneur, making cookies from scratch is too hard to do. I've found that the tollhouse premade chocolate chip cookie batter is one of the best cookie doughs out there.
Follow the dicrections and they always come out perfect. It's a nice indulgen…
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Posted by Mommy Money on March 30, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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Most people have heard of blogs…. no not blobs like indistinct shapeless forms but blogs. B-L-O-G-S (spell it out articulating). However most people don’t know what it is or how to do it.
That is what we are going to cover today. What is a blog?
Blog or weblog is a constantly updated web site that chronicles information. It’s frequently updated and its conversational articles with a spot for diary-type commentary and links to articles on other web sites. It is usually a personal website that r…
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Posted by BLOG$ on March 30, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Purchasing an established business is a way many entrepreneurs own a business. This minimizes some of the pain and anguish that is associated with start-ups. It also helps with financing, you’ll have a much easier time securing capital from lenders by taking over an estabilished business. Many lenders will fund 50%-70% of the acquisition cost which drastically reduces the financial risk to yourself and your finance partners. How much the banks will lend is dependent on many factors like assests,…
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Posted by In Business on March 30, 2008 at 7:00am —
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The American appetite for digital content online is unending. People are spending more and more time online getting the information they want when they want it. The search engines are also hungry for quality content and push it to the top of natural search. Luckily for you, we now live…
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Posted by Expertisement on March 30, 2008 at 6:30am —
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This is a great invention when you want to do a quick disinfection of the common areas. You can find the disposable wipes in any cleaning section and any brand will do. Just make sure that it is meant to disinfect and kill bacteria.
These towels are premoistened and treated so disinfecting is quick and easy. It's so easy to do it everyday since they are so convenient. Just pull one out of the container and wipe down the counters, sinks, toilets, light switches, changing tables etc...
I've foun…
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Posted by Mommy Money on March 29, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Business ownership is as American as apple pie. It is the big dream of being your own boss and creating your own schedule. What many people don’t realize before they dive right in is that dream comes with a big dose of sweat, blood and tears.
When starting a business, every aspect of the business is unknown. Who will be your customers? What will they buy from you? At what price? Is it enough business for you to survive but more importantly prosper? How many employees will you need? When will yo…
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Posted by In Business on March 29, 2008 at 6:00am —
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Blogging is an inexpensive way for small business owners with a tight budget to have a presence on the internet without having to hire a designer/developer or learn web html. Don’t get me wrong, it is not only for small business, in fact fortune 500 companies are joining the band wago…
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Posted by BLOG$ on March 28, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Whether you are a wildly successful or a marginally successful business owner, there comes a time when you want to do other things. You start thinking about selling your business then one day you are actually signing the documents and its sold. The million dollar question is how do you properly price possibly years and years of effort?
The best way to go about selling your business is to have a plan before you ever put the for sale sign out in the window. You must understand the process of sell…
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Posted by In Business on March 28, 2008 at 7:30am —
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Summer is around that corner and that means its time to barbeque. As a busy work from home entrepreneur, one of the fastest ways to make dinner during my work day is to have a barbeque dinner.
You save time since there isn't that much cutting to do. All you have to do is a quick marinade and cook it all up. If you have a charcoal bbq then get the chimney stack for the coals. It works great and gets the cheaper coals white hot in a fraction of the time and without lighter fluid. Food tastes awfu…
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Posted by Mommy Money on March 27, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Motivating your employees is really quite simple but its simplicity could floor you. We know the secret building blocks inherently but most businesses don’t motivate their employees this way. More than a secret it’s more like building a house.
You need a great product that your empl…
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Posted by In Business on March 27, 2008 at 7:30am —
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There are several ways for your business to make money by having a business blog. There are direct ways like affiliate programs, advertisements, sponsored links or indirect ways by becoming an authority in your field so people buy your products or services.
Business blogs allows you…
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Posted by BLOG$ on March 26, 2008 at 11:30am —
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You and your partner are enjoying a conversation about work and the different things that you do when voila! You look at each other and think …let’s start a business together. What could be better than that? You know the intimate details of the other person. You know how they work… or…
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Posted by In Business on March 26, 2008 at 8:30am —
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Thank goodness for web 2.0. We live in the greatest era ever for anyone who wants to work from home or heck anywhere they want! As you eliminate everything that ties you down to a certain location you are eliminating everything that ties you down.
Internet faxes are a wonderful invention and helps you to receive faxes anywhere their is an internet connection. The faxes go into your efax inbox and waits for you to log in to get your faxes. All the faxes are saved as a pdf file so access to it co…
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Posted by Mommy Money on March 25, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Have you ever had a conversation with people and somehow found yourself talking about sales people? If you ask people would you ever become a salesperson professionally? It seems like 99% of all people get a look of horror and say “I could never do sales!”
What people don’t realize is that EVERYONE is in sales. You are constantly selling. You sell to your boss that you are worth keeping around. You sell to your friends that you are worthy of knowing. You sell to your kids that you are worthy of…
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