Archive for February, 2007

SalsaBootCamp to sell instructional video clips online

When Evan Margolin launched Salsa Boot Camp to sell instructional video clips online, everyone he knew told him it was a crazy idea. Why would people offer up their credit cards to him – a dance teacher known only to his students in San Francisco – when they could watch thousands of dance videos for [...]

Niche, Online Business, Start-Up

VOIP a Good Idea for Small Business?

You probably get alot of mail trying to get you to convert your small business phone service to VoIP. This is an action you don’t want to take lightly. Make sure you consider the options and the risks before you move your lifeline to your livelihood to VoIP service.

RESILIENCY & RELIABILITY. VoIP is dependent [...]

New Technologies, Usuables

25 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs

Inc. magazine goes behind the scenes with 25 entrepreneurs who best exemplify the extraordinary drive, creativity, and passion of American business. Top 25 list, coinciding with Inc.’s 25th anniversary, spans the gamut of the entrepreneurial world, from spectacularly successful household names, such as Russell Simons, to Laima Tazmin, an extraordinary talented teenager who runs a [...]

Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, Off-The-Wall

Tap Into Your Own Talent

As an entrepreneur, you often jump at any chance to expand your business. However, your business’s biggest and best asset is you. It’s your expertise that makes your business unique and leads to the most efficient growth opportunities.
Find what you do brilliantly, and do more of it.

Tap into the innate power behind what makes your [...]

Ideas & Opportunities, Strategies & Execution

Charge Lockers

A ChargeBox is a set of lockers designed to charge batteries of phones and other mobile devices.
Created by British Boxbrands, ChargeBoxes have six lockers with each locker containing four different chargers. The user picks the appropriate locker for their device, opens the door and attaches the device to a charger inside. Payment is then made [...]

Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, New Technologies, Niche

12 Steps to the Perfect Direct Mail Piece

Direct mail is still a wonderful way of targeting customers. It’s not as easy or as inexpensive as Spam, but it’s a lot more effective, predictable and trackable.
Here are the basics of a strong direct mail campaign.

Target your audience carefully
Use the “you” word as often as you can
Send your letter under the “President’s” signature
Make a [...]

How-To, Marketing & Sale, Strategies & Execution

8 Tips to Get Your Business Found

Some small business owners don’t see the value of online advertising because they aren’t interested in attracting website visitors worldwide. Local search changes all that.
Studies show that the majority of small businesses draw customers from within a 50-mile radius. The good news is that a variety of tools make it easier for your business to [...]

Business Resources, Marketing & Sale, Online Business