In a great article from Business 2.0, learn how to greatly increase the odds of success in launching your new business. Broken down into four key phases, this article outlines what it takes to get started on the right foot.
On a personal note - this is a great article and well worth reading if you are considering starting up a new business or venturing out on you own.
… invite you to take a seat at the table as they listen to your ideas for West Virginia's future. May 31st, 630pm-8:30pm.
Our photographer, Joe Mandeville, did a breathtaking job of capturing some moments and memories of a lifetime. Kristen and I are so excited to share some of these with you, our family, friends and acquaintances.
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Great info from AllBusiness.com and Keith Rosen an Executive Sales Coach: Here is a short and sweet primer on how to make the most impact with the 20-40 seconds you get to communicate with someone via voicemail.
Our good friend Skip Lindberg of Maple Creative tells it like it is. Here is his 5-step program to track the effectiveness of your marketing.
Sometimes a simple tool or method, well used, is worth far more than a complicated process poorly implemented.
May 31st to June 1st at Stonewall Resort. Teaming to Win is a regional conference devoted to advocating and advancing teaming among businesses and organizations to win contracts, provide services, or develop products. Teaming to Win 2006 will be the seventeenth annual conference. Each year brings interaction with government agencies, innovative activities, new learning opportunities, and the ability to network with old and new friends.
Here is a example of how easy it is to upload and share a video using YouTube. This is a one and a half minute video clip of the WOWK news story covering the awards ceremony and the back story of Paul's receiving this award.
From BusinessWeek Blog Article : 'According to Hitwise, YouTube's marketshare of visits increased 160% over the past three months, keeping it well ahead of MySpace Videos.' If you have not heard of YouTube - wow - Founded in February 2005, it is the most popular video sharing services with over 40 million people watching videos each day.
From Forbes: 'Thinking about starting a business? You’re not alone. Every year, thousands of Americans catch the entrepreneurial spirit, launching small businesses to sell their products or services. Some businesses thrive; many fail.' Here is a great one-page list for serious entrepreneurs to consider.
More resources are online from Nolo including a great selection of Legal and Business Books, Forms and Software.
From ComScore Networks: In launching comScore World Metrix, the company announced that 694 million people, age 15+, used the Internet worldwide from all locations in March 2006, representing 14 percent of the world’s total population within this age group. This number marks the first worldwide universe estimate based on a consistent methodology across all countries.
Top Global Properties
comScore also issued a sneak preview of the top 15 media properties worldwide, with MSN- Microsoft Sites topping the list with 538.6 million global users, followed by Google (495.8 million users), and Yahoo! (480.2 million users). Yahoo! Sites led all global properties in page views with 137.2 billion page views during March, followed by Google (108.7 billion page views), and MSN- Microsoft Sites (96.2 billion page views). comScore will officially begin releasing World Metrix statistics with the issuance of May data in June.
Begun in 2001, Wikipedia has rapidly grown into the largest reference website on the Internet. The content of Wikipedia is free. They currently host over 1,153,602 articles in English. This is one of the most useful resources on the Internet.
I would encourage you to make it one of your main bookmarks and/or resources when doing any type of online research.
Try it out now - just search it for any topic - you will be quite amazed at how comprehensive of a reference tool this is.
"Last year, the mint made 7.7 billion of them — more than the number of all the other coins it produced. In the first three months of this year, the pace of penny production rose to an annual rate of 9 billion." this article says.
The first rule of business or personal finance?
Make more than you spend…
Here is a collection of 70 free legal channels that you can watch from your browser. Includes Game Network, Tv Cartoons, Horror Channel, Comedy Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Lifestyle Network, and a lot more. read more | digg story
It's amazing to me to see in the past 3-4 weeks almost every channel and broadcast network create some sort of online offering.
Yes. It is really very, very free. There's no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached. read more | digg story
Also - get a ChatCable™ for only $9.99 and you can use your existing lightweight cellular headset with your computer to voicechat!
From BusinessWeek Online: Backed by VC cash, a former FCC official's startup is out ro provide no-fee, ad-supported wireless service. About 40% of U.S. households surf the Net over so-called broadband connections.
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I truly believe that having high-speed internet is an key contributor to enabling people to connect, communicate and create new opportunities for themselves to grow and prosper. The challenge of the digital divide is showing up more and more in America. Projects like this can help change that.
From (Reuters) - Online sales are expected to rise 20 percent this year to $211 billion.
The article states, "Last year, online sales rose 25 percent to $176.4 billion, with 28 percent growth in online purchases excluding travel. Total Internet sales in 2004 and 2003 reached $141.4 billion and $114.1 billion, respectively."
The question that this drive into my mind is, "What are you and your company doing to respond to this new online marketplace the global opportunity (or challenge) that this presents?
Just $399 with the rebate - One of the highest-rated SmartPhone's ever - the Treo 700p is now even more new and improved!
It's pretty incredible how they do these video review now of new products.
The Treo platform is one of the most productive business tools I've ever used.
From Business Week: "Only a tiny percentage of the many women-owned businesses break the $1-million threshold in annual revenues. An ambitious program aims to change that."
A new organization www.makemineamillion.org , wants to create a national community of one million women dedicated to growing their companies to $1 million by 2010.
The article states, "According to your data, 97% of women entrepreneurs own businesses that generate under $1 million in annual revenues…The numbers are for privately held enterprises included in 2002 U.S. Census data. …What she found is that around 3% of women-owned companies — that's 242,000 out of a total of 10.6 million women-owned firms — earn $1 million or more annually. Roughly three times as many male-owned companies — 818,000 of them — bring in $1 million or more annually."
From Fortune: Here is a list of every Fortune 500 company since 1965.
From BusinessWeek: Plummeting Viewership. Advertising Adverse. And a price war with the networks - Are DVR's killing network TV? This is a great article that really makes you think about your television advertising budget and some of the viewing trends racing our way.
Personally - I know how dramatically the DVR has changed my own viewing habits. No longer slave to the a specific time or channel - I get to watch the shows I want, when I want - and just zip right through all the commercials. It's a convenience and freedom unlike I've ever had with any traditional media. You really have to ask yourself what this trend will result in with advertising rates and network broadcasting.
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