Entrepreneur:
Best Facebook Apps For Business Entrepreneurs
“There are more than 35 million active members on the hot social networking site Facebook–and that’s a marketing and networking opportunity too large to ignore. A lot of entrepreneurs maintain profiles on Facebook, whether it’s to keep up with colleagues, hunt for business partners and employees, or just get their faces and […]
WSJ:
The WSJ has a good article on how to market a small business in a economic slowdown. In the article they give 12 ideas:
1. Target optimistic entrepreneurs
2. Position yourself as a sales driver
3. Run “likely to leave” models
4. Offer self service
5. Intercept businesses before they make their next move
6. Leverage social-networking trends
7. Earmark entertainment/hospitality spending […]
TechCrunch:
New startup Mixx, which went in to private beta just two months ago, may be finding itself with the right product at the right time. Digg users, including top contributors, are showing an increasing amount of frustration with the Digg community, and many are leaving.
Chris McGill, formerly the General Manager of Yahoo News and more […]
Associated Press:
Landy Ung and her boyfriend, Wan Hsi Yuan, 27, run their online coupon business, 8coupons.com, from their 500-square-foot New York studio apartment, meaning headquarters is, effectively, their couch. The business, which text messages discounts to users’ mobile phones, keeps Yuan and Ung, who is 28, up until 3 a.m. most nights….
Ung and Yuan have put $30,000 into […]
The Arizona Republic:
When Debbie Frank decided to go into business for herself, she gladly took on the challenges that come with being an entrepreneur.
Since the debut of her D. Frank Designs boutique this spring, she has had plenty of them.
“If people think they’re going to open up a shop, put up a sign and hope […]
Blogto.com:
This year’s eBay Canadian Entrepreneur awards were announced recently, and Toronto-based vintage t-shirt slinger James Applegath picked up a silver. Hundreds of eBayers enter the annual competition, now in its third year, vying for the $5000 top prize. Applegath received second place honor and $2000 for his eBay store, Defunkd.
Former proprietor of the Queen Street […]
Entrepreneur:
“Q: I am interested in producing targeted coupon books for my community. Do you have any further research on this topic?
A: If you’re interested in pursuing the coupon publishing business, franchises are available, but this is a business you can start without a franchise. However, you will need the help of someone with desktop publishing skills to […]
FoxNews:
“SayNow’s service, slated to formally launch next month, lets celebrities receive voice messages and send ones en masse to those who have subscribed to be a part of their fan community. Each celebrity gets a phone number that fans can call to either record a message or listen to one left by the artist.
The service is […]
Cincinnati Enquirer:
“Carla Eng has some advice for budding women entrepreneurs: Have a solid business plan, fight adversity and don’t give up.
As owner and president of Abstract Displays Inc., Eng has used that strategy to help her Blue Ash-based trade-show exhibit company experience explosive growth. And that’s after she overcame cancer six years ago.
The company’s revenues […]
Xconomy:
“Hubspot, a Web startup in Cambridge, MA, is all about saving businesses from their own ignorance.
It’s nobody’s fault that the rise of the Web has changed the way people find products and services in urban America and left so many entrepreneurs stuck in the era of direct-mail marketing or the Yellow Pages. But for a […]
