[caption id="attachment_52" align="alignright" width="174" caption="Market to those who love you. "][/caption] Ever notice how, in our youth, we always seemed to want to date the people who wouldn't g...
We are all assaulted by print ads from the time we get up in the morning until we go to bed at night. What makes certain ones stand out from the crowd or, at least, not be ignored? Actually, it is not...
We're told to network. Unfortunately, network is four parts work, three parts net. That's not enough for me. I like to enjoy what I do more than 42 percent of the time. Do we not put...
Since my job offers a flexible schedule, I work from home on Fridays, and I make it a short day. Just before I wrapped things up yesterday, my wife asked me to drive her to the doctor's office. As I t...
If you're a domestic designer, marketer or business owner, you've undoubtedly lost jobs to your much cheaper oversea competitors. This is most evident in the freelance bidding-war marketplace, w...
As the owner of what can only be called a small business I am perpetually working on a tight budget. One of the problems with a small budget is that I seem to have to know more about every product I p...
We've all seen the get-rich-quick schemes. Despite the fact that these are often scams, the businesses behind them are highly successful. Unfortunately, many who purchase these "programs" buy into th...
Printing. It is a short little word. Only two syllables. Who would have thought that an eight-letter word could be such a headache? How many four-letter words can you think of to describe the whol...
My business is not what you would call traditional. I sell in all 50 states. Nothing new there, but my product is individualized for each group based on their geographical location. The product varies...