Ah, the garage sale! That little slice of suburbia that ties communities together, brings friends and neighbours to your doorstep, and helps your turn the cast off flotsam of bygone years into money in your pocket. These familiar scenes of summertime are a great way for people to buy the stuff...
Once upon a time, in 1969, there was a young woman who had a dream of starting her own company. She had ideas, talent and work ethic to spare but what she didn’t have was cash. After careful research she found that marketing would cost more than all the other aspects of her business...
I’m Ok, You’re Not Ok — Why You’ll Probably Never Be Rich
I can already tell a few things about you. You’re the kind of person that doesn’t let a little hard work hold you back. How do I know?
The people who want everything to be easy, read the...
Well, not really my secrets, only a business plan that I honed out of constant trial and error that is currently netting me thousands in profit. I spent the greater part of a month putting together a guide that lists everything that Ive done from start to now that has mademe such a huge...
Your home office should be planned carefully, as the right equipment and office furniture will not only save you time and effort, but money, too. Old or inconvenient office furniture results in a messy workspace, loss of productivity and can eventually lead to back or wrist pain. When you depend...
Whether you are a graduate looking for your first job, or a seasoned professional searching for a new opportunity, using the Internet is a great way to begin a job search. Using online job sites offers certain advantages such as easy search-ability, and when the system finds a reasonable match,...
Banner Stands are a high impact, inexpensive and attractive medium of advertisement. They are usually found at exhibitions, trade shows, retail stores just about anywhere the potential customer can be attracted by high wattage graphics.
The attractive thing about banner stands is that...
Knowing the difference between short run printing and print on demand is a key point to be able to understand comprehensively these two printing services. Short run printing and print on demand are somewhat alike, in terms in process perhaps. However, these two has their own...
I’m Ok, You’re Not Ok — Why You’ll Probably Never Be Rich
I can already tell a few things about you. You’re the kind of person that doesn’t let a little hard work hold you back. How do I know?
The people who want everything to be easy, read the...
Garage Sale Pricing – Strategies For Easily Pricing Garage Sale Items To Sell
How to price garage sale items is always a source of concern. If your pricing is too high, then the stuff won’t sell, pricing that is low means poor profits. What you want is a nice balance so that...
In the movie “You’ve Got Mail”, the sub-plot aside from the love angle is that the heroine (played by Meg Ryan) was forced out of business when the big-time bookstore owner (played by Tom Hanks) moved into town.
Meg’s character owned a quaint little bookstore...
Small business marketing is not like taking a family vacation.
Did anybody take a family vacation this summer? Do you have children of your own, or do you remember what it was like when you were a kid taking a trip somewhere?
I can still remember the family vacations as a...