Time Change Could Be Trouble
The first change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) since 1987 is looming, and it could cause havoc in your business IT systems if you don't act now. DST starts almost a month SOONER this year (2nd Sunday in March instead of 1st Sunday in April) and last ...
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PayPal Entices Small Business
PayPal has launched a product aimed at helping small and medium businesses accept online payments securely and cost-effectively. The Website Payments Pro product is the first non-hosted payment suite from PayPal, a subsidiary of online auction gian ...
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Pithy Insights On Startup Marketing
Most Startups Have A Marketing Problem: Most startups I know today do not have a technology problem. It is much more likely that they are capable of building a product than they are marketing that product and finding customers. Seek L ...
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Corn Socks
Clothing made from corn could be saving hundreds of North Carolina textile jobs from heading overseas. Four North Carolina factories now produce socks and scarves from a corn-based fabric. The product is especially popular in Japan.The machines humm ...
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Negative Keywords And PPC
Most people don't pay near enough attention to negative keywords. Or maybe they stick in words like "free" or "cheap" but usually that's not enough. Sometimes the total success or failure of your PPC campaign hinges on the proper use of negative keyw ...
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The new niche: Hair care for men without
The same week a Los Angeles salon owner was pleading with Britney Spears not to buzz her head, barbers were laying tracks across the scalps of all sorts of men at the Aidan Gill for Men salon in New Orleans.“We have at least one man coming in for a h ...
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Why the Most Important Success Ingredient Has Nothing to Do With Google!
100 years ago, in 1903, the Wright Brothers achieved their monumental goal of flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.Most people don't know that there were quite a few other people trying to build an airplane at the same time. One was Alexander Graham ...
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5 Ways to stop being late
The reason I know so much about being late is because recently, I have been late a lot. So I have been telling myself that each time I am late I have to honestly think about what sort of behavior is causing me to be late, and write it down. The write ...
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Teens and media: a full-time job
According to a study released this week, Americans aged 13 to 18 spend more than 72 hours a week using electronic media--defined as the Internet, cell phones, television, music and video games. Because teens are known for multitasking, their usage of ...
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7 Tips to Speak With Ease
The words public speaking strikes fear in the minds of otherwise competent and confident small business owners. There are many ways to increase business exposure so why bother to overcome your speaking jitters? Stepping up to the podium not only posi ...
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