Income Diversification

Diversification is a concept that I’ve embraced most of my life ... alternative income — some popular ideas include investing in a rental property and starting a business.  However, it could be as simple as building up your investment portfolio, starting a CD Ladder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:17:08

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Presidential advice: Carve out time to think

Now that the festivities of the inauguration are over it’s time for President Obama to get to business with the mountain of issues his ... the challenges (at least in part) that he is going to face in the near future. In the business world there is so much advice available that comes from people who have never started a small business in their lives [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:00:14

“Techie” Interview Series 2 - Matt Rodela

I have not known Matt Rodela for too long.  I starting following his blog, yfncg ... of starting his own consulting business. Bio: I have 7 years experience in the information technology industry, including 4 years in the US army as a trumpet player and computer technician [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:12:07

More on Good Habits for Success in 2009

“Good Habits”. Lets delve a bit deeper: Constantly evaluate everything you are doing Develop the habit of constant awareness and evaluation ... When I started in business for myself, I thought I was being frugal enough, but I wasn’t.  Almost any other small businessperson has learned the same lesson.  For any purchase, no matter how small [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:55:09

My 30th Year, reflected upon on my 31st birthday

Luke & me at my 30th birthday party, mere hours after we got engaged. I had to wear my ring on my thumb because it was so big ... I dislike getting older. Maybe because I was in a great place in my life, pursuing my coaching certificate, starting this business, and being in the most amazing relationship in my life - a healthy, stable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:02:20

Solopreneurs - Get Real; There Is No Secret!

By Audrey Burton Tired of working so hard and not making enough? Are you looking for the secret to success? It's time to get real! ... , do-able plan we can all get behind, without spending a mint. To start a business that will make ... all the responsibilities that come with running an actual business. If you just want a hobby where you barely break [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 07:02:07

all sorts of Promotional Merchandise

If you own a small business, you probably already know that marketing is really important ... if you start a new business. Visit the web site over at ideas by net dot com and learn ... . Getting the word out there about your business is one of the most important aspects of business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:00:54

Yahoo Auction - Starting an eBay Business for Dummies, Second Edition

Want to pick up extra cash? Explore opening an eBay store? Unload your dusty disco albums or the collection of antlers in the basement? ... advantage of new automation tools, this guide will have you selling successfully on eBay faster than ... with online auction management services and software, including a list of 16 popular sites [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:45:24

Is your boss having a laugh?

From the Sunday Times:IS YOUR BOSS HAVING A LAUGH?Learning to enjoy your job boosts productivity but such training is often the first to be cut, writes Mary Braid.Have you heard the one about the bank shelling out money so a consultancy called ... lightening up can create real business results.It starts at the recruitment stage. One study of 737 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:31:00

Finding More Time For Yourself

We’re all aware that finding time for ourselves is important ... the balance between operating your business and growing it. Nose to the Grindstone One of the reasons people start a freelancing business is to make money. That’s probably why you began working [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:00:05

United Moms

I have so enjoyed getting to know many of you moms out there who, like myself have a small business ... way about supporting moms in business. We are thrilled to help promote other moms and we started ... everyone the opportunity to find great businesses for services and products! Yippie! It's a win [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 22:05:00

There Will Be No Eco Fatigue in 2009

Though the topic of eco fatigue seems to come and go, according to Trendwatching.com, all is well in Ecoland ... companies will shift from product providers to service providers. The growing need for consultants that help everyone from businesses to consumers go green is sure to be a popular new business to start [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:26:01

Wholesalers Set Up Shop Online

The Wall Street Journal: When sales at his wholesale business started to wane, Eli Mechlovitz decided to take a direct approach. Mr ... of mosaics made of glass and stone, as much as the wholesale business typically sold in a busy month, Mr ... who are hesitating to, say, buy that new tile in the home-improvement store will be enticed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:09:54

Friday Memos

Friday_Memos_Roundup - One more week to nominate a small business or nonprofit for WSJ’s Top Small Workplaces 2009 recognition. Nominate one here ... entrepreneurs can turn for help with starting their business. WSJ Sunday - How might new SBA ... . BusinessWeek Any other interesting or important small-business items we missed this week? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:16:31

How To Start A Business On-Line- Finally There Is A Way!

by Steven Bennett Do you find yourself wondering how other people get ahead and have achieved success? ... , it is the business of advertising products for others at a substantial commission. Affiliate marketing ... new world opens up to you, and before you know it you will have more ideas than you could ever pursue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:21:52

Was your current job/business started for the wrong reasons?

Ever make an investment or start a venture because someone else told you it was a smart idea?  Have you been proposed the can’t miss idea? ... of starting a business.  This reason doesn’t resonate with the W2 earner as much because they are bound ... able to make a little money on a short period of time or a very small percentage were very fortunate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:27:40

Need a Professional to Do Your Taxes? How About a Virtual CPA?

Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck wrote an interesting post today about the state of today’s tax preparation ... that they were not complex. I imagine if my blogging income picks up or I start my own business ... his practice by word of mouth, which seems like the right thing especially since it’s a repeat business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 17:00:54

How To Start A Profitable Work At Home Business In 5 Simple Steps

business Josh Bradley asked: For many years people have been looking for a way to turn home offices, dens, ... around the globe who are looking to cash in on the new Internet and Home Business revolution. But how is your average person supposed to find work at home business success? Although many think that it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:26:25

How to Jump-Start Your Coaching Business with Your Blog

If you want to run a real business online and make money, coaching or consulting is one of the best business models there is. I should know. :) ... no-where. Reading several of the most recommended blog business reports helped very little,  simply ... that fit the unique challenges of my business. After the consulting call with Michael, I can now see [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 03:15:11

The Safe Harbor of a Niche Business

I'm at the first day of our Roundtable Meeting in Puerto Rico this morning, and the subject of the economy came up, as it always does ... who was waiting to buy would buy. Sales have really been just fine. It takes a little creativity ... have a member who sells real estate coaching who is doing extremely well. He started his business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:01:39

Moms: You Can Make Money with a Recipe Blog

by Nicole Dean Blogging has become a world-wide phenomenon that is giving many people the opportunity to earn real money online ... skills required to start blogging about cooking. Of course, you have to enjoy cooking. You don’ ... business that will start producing income for you and your family. Make Money by Selling Products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:45:47

Casual Inspiration

As I find myself, and many of my friends, in amidst of our ‘thirty-something’ years, ... Shanta following a move from big-city Alberta to small-town British Columbia. I met her while ... as her career. Shanta first developed her idea to start her own culinary business when she was trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:38:18

How To Make Your Blog Boom Regardless Of The Economy

This is a guest post by Shane Lashley, who blogs at www.InnovativeEconomy.com. If you have any questions for Shane after reading this article ( ... . Many other countries are experiencing strong growth in their development of IP and their reliance ... their value. Traffic Is Value (more…) How To Start An Internet Business & Make Your First [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:30:56

Get Ready To Begin Creating An Online Income

In these bad economic times more and more people are asking themselves ‘How can I make extra money from home? ... business using the Internet and it can be difficult to decide which is the best way for you to start internet business. You have to be very careful with these programs, although there are a lot of people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 08:47:52

Where's the Disconnect?

Working in the trenches of PR, I receive a lot of training-related emails ... Started with Business Blogging” and “PR Writing for the Web.” On the one hand, I am heartened to see ... of communications. Personally, I don’t sign-up for these courses. And the folks at SHIFT who have attended [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:01:28

Living the New Plentiful in 2009

Enough doom and gloom already! The New Year had barely started when the business section of my local newspaper offered readers a cynical New Year’s ... to this negativity and found the answer in a blog post by Marshall Goldsmith, business coach: “ ... to it then deprivation. Gergen and Vanourek, the authors of Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:37:49

Ottawa to the rescue! Just not for you

I feel so much better now. The “Conservatives” are planning to launch a $20 billion stimulus for the economy ... or what have you. But that’s not how governments approach the people with such ideas. They don’t have any. Robert ... new jobs in some sort of crazy spending scheme? Here’s my idea–if you want to start a new business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:23:00

Book Review: Good to Great

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Other Don't As a young guy interested in business and wanting to start my own, ... by the researched companies are as follows. Level 5 Leadership: Great companies have a CEO where ... : Be brutally honest objectively. Identify your core competencies. I'm sure Lehman and Citigroup would [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 20:00:01

College Student Invents Affordable Solar-Powered Fridge

The refrigerator made by British college student Emily Cummins isn’t really new – the idea has been around for ages, but for some reason, ... to the UK to start a business management course at Leeds University. She had hoped to take engineering courses but was denied due to lack of proper qualifications, as supporters around the world call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:00:20

Frugality is the fastest way to a better bottom line

It shouldn’t be the only way you’re improving your bottom line, but it does give results, fast ... , should they choose to, could do much better by starting a business that paid them hundreds per hour ... Starbucks, and clipping coupons will help. And it helps immediately.  The week you take lunch to work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 05:00:24

Starting a Home Based Business? You Deserve A Break!

When your motivation is strongest, the last thing you want is to take a break, but the benefits of "down time" are an enhanced ability to focus, capacity to work faster, renewed creativity and a good mood ... support, or business coaching then reading a magazine or watching the scenery will be refreshing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:16:37

The Tiger That Chased Satyam To Shame

He was born to a family of farmers from Bhimavaram, near the city of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. His father moved to Hyderabad in the 1960’s to start a textile business and buy more land ... in the pages of Indian business history as the perpetrator of one of India’s biggest corporate frauds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:51:35

What would you tell this professional about starting a blog?

Internet-communication I got an email today from someone in Switzerland wondering if she should start a business blog:Dear Patsi: I am a counsellor and life Coach based in Geneva, Switzerland. I have had my own practice for 11 ... out as online diaries, but a business blog isn't about writing personal stuff, rather should be used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:08:05

Designer In The Spotlight: Umberto Micheli

Designer In The Spotlight (DITS) is a weekly feature that I run every Sunday (or more) ... team was let go, one by one. This forced me to start my own small business and so initially marketing ... . I have a Degree in Advertising & Design Communication. I work for a number of clients ranging [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:00:57

Shanghai considering offering permanent residency to "qualified experts"

If you can prove to China that you're a "qualified expert" on something, ... on which talent from all over the world can work and freely start up their own business," Han told ... for development in the city," he added.  To qualify, applicants need to hold a Shanghai Residence Card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:30:00

Huntington Learning Center

Named a “Top 25 Performing Franchise” by StartupJournal ... that are passionate about business and education also find the franchise model offered to be one that they’ ... a 5 week training program before getting started. Once the business has been launched, they will offer [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 13:34:36

Picasso moments

Photo: Bull and unicorn I started to make wooden toys in my late twenties ... that it couldn’t be rocket science. After a bit of a hiccupy start the business was reasonably ... . I had never looked under its tail. So I picked up the small wooden beast and examined him carefully. Beneath [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:06:42

58, 68, or 78; It’s Never Too Late

  I received a call yesterday from an old friend who I haven’t spoken to in more than 10 years ... from him, he would be there. With that said, he is an old friend. We started in the nail business ... a pair of jeans. While he had a sense of humor and could laugh, he was very serious about business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 13:54:51

Bridging the Gap between Idea and Application

Think with me for a moment about the transitions we experience.  A transition is from one place to the next ... . End the bickering. Start a business. Help a child. Each of these desires is an idea in our mind ... me for a very long time. I'm a very slow reader. I read looking for how to apply the ideas that the author [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 05:45:48

Obama leads out in early days.

1/23/09 -- We have seen a great deal of purposeful activity by the Obama administration since the start of business on Tuesday. What can we take from what we see and hear, both explicitly and implicitly? How is our new President doing, so far?Calm -- One of the best newspapers in the business, The Financial Times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:00:00

14 Must-Have Resources to Get Your Small Business Off the Ground

The hardest thing about small business is getting started ... wildly successful, enjoyable home businesses. She doesn’t do much coaching any [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 17:54:26

Network Marketing and the Bad Economy

http://networkmarketingnow.com/building-your-business/prospecting-sponsoring/network-marketing-and-the-bad-economy/. ... business opportunities in general. Others feel just the opposite, because they reason that people cut back on expenses and are less likely to invest money to start a home business. I believe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 03:43:19

Necessary Recommendations About Africa’s Freshest Online Auction Marketplace

We are an Ebay and bidorbuy alternate South African auction website. We have: NO SIGN UP FEES! NO LISTING FEES! NO END OF AUCTION FEES! ... to start an online business? Looking for GREAT bargains on the net? Well you have definitely found ... business by giving the possibility of all auctions to end with a sold item, because they will start [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:42:43

Someone recently asked me to write a post summing up our family's story so that new-comers to the blog could easily find it ... for our local paper and is just starting his own graphic design business (logo anyone??) He is also an awesome coach, and he coaches middle school football and high school indoor and outdoor track [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:33:00

3 Key Principles to Internet Marketing Success

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Regardless of how much you know when you first start your business, there will always be other ... than no marketing because at least you are getting the word out about your business. With bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:36:21

New Kids on the Block: Lake Macquarie & Melbourne

Starting out in business is never easy (at least we’re yet to hear from someone who says it was) ... , that are still less than one-year old. For those of you already in business, think of it as a heads ... in Charge: Penny Cantle Business name: Zenana Women Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Launched: June [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:59:25

What Is The Definition Of A Home Based Business

by Psuedor Q. Marfinm If you look at the literal meaning of “home based business” you begin to get some insight into just how many different ways ... to other people. Some other service businesses that people start and run without a lot of training include ... at home. If you have a computer and access to the internet you are only limited in ways to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:40:14

No more walks to church, big guy

By this time, the professionals in the mainstream press are starting to settle down, ... business of criticizing the new administration — from the cultural left. But before we move on, I feel ... as the 44th president of the United States, Obama needed to travel three blocks from his temporary home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 14:05:36

Only 6 Days Left…

….until all the bonuses are all gone… Check out the amazing bonuses you will receive if you pick up a copy of  The Fat Blasting Boot Camp Program ... Your Personal Comeback by Christine Spencer-Certified Life Coach for Women Launch Ebook cover ... your life around. The Change Starts With You. 5) Fit Business Woman -Workout Log by Angie Jones [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 18:38:57

How NY Lawyer Became the Pie Lady

Felicia Klein Fisher grew up in the New York City suburbs, hoping and expecting to be a lawyer. After graduating from St. John's University School of Law in 1995 and spending more than a decade as a commercial litigator in Manhattan, she wasn't looking to start a small business in… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:40:55

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