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The Register (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
UK danger zones named London is the biggest single centre for credit card fraud with southeast London - particularly Thamesmead (SE28) - becoming notorious as the place with the most fraudulent activity in the UK, according to a new survey.…
The Register (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
How not to cannibalise your sales HMV is planning to put kiosks into some of its stores to allow customers to order out-of-stock CDs and DVDs which will be fulfilled VAT-free from the Channel Islands.…
Small Business CEO (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Working from home, especially with children, can be quite challenging. Organizing a productive work space and schedule is a definite must. All Business touches on this subject in their article titled, “Ten Tips for Setting Family Ground Rules for Your Home-Based Business“. I definitely can relate to the need for an established routine and sticking to it. [...]
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Aaron decided that the best way to tell his story was to turn his web site into exactly one (non-scrolling) page. I think that boundaries sharpen the mind. And if you have a one page web site, why not try turning it into ten pages to see what happens. Draw anything for $2? I think it's a brilliant way to turn the pricing model of art on its head, to gain a following and to practice your drawing. On...
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
TRENDBIRD: Edopter is a unique concept that attempts to combine crowd-sourcing with internet buzz to predict new trends. It’s called “social trendcasting.” The way it works, is by allowing users to generate “trends” according to what they think will catch on. Some trends are “cewebrities” (pictured below), “Batman: The Dark Knight,” and “tap water.” The user who makes the trend writes a “pitch” -...
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Webinars and webcasts are a key tactic in lead generation toolkit. The challenge with webinars is that if you don't do a super job, attendees will bail on you and they may never register one of your events again. That's why I found this chart What Causes Webinar Attendees to Bail? (available until July 21st) by MarketingSherpa useful. According to their research here are the top reasons attendees...
Small Business Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
My Internet connection is down again today. It is now day 10. On the first morning after the heavy rain storm when my connection wouldn’t, well, you know, connect, I didn’t think anything of it. I had a meeting out of town, packed my computer and my notes and headed to the car. On day [...]
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Let’s pretend … you live in a small town, population 1,200. You operate a BBQ joint open only on Saturdays in this small town. The townsfolk describe your brisket as “ transcendent meat .” By the early afternoon you’ve sold all 300 pounds of the meats you smoked. Your day is done and your customers are happy. Business is manageable, profitable, and more important, enjoyable. Then all of a sudden your...
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
A few years ago we wrote about UK-based Omlet and its hen-and-coop kits for urban or suburban gardens. Recognizing that a chicken-keeping venture can be daunting for those who have never done it before, however, an Australian contender is now offering a short-term rental option that lets customers try before they buy. Sydney-based Rentachook manufactures and sells a variety of coops, as well as selling...
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Social Equity Venture Fund (SEVEN), just launched a competition to develop new indicators and models for investment in emerging market small and medium-sized enterprises. The competition is open to everyone, and is offering $50,000 in funds awarded for the best ideas. Entrepreneurs in developing markets often cite a lack of financial capital as the biggest barrier to growing their business. This...
flyteblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've never been a fan of giving guarantees on search engine optimization. Sure, it would be nice to promise that we can get a client on the first page of Google, or that their traffic will increase 100% or their...
Computer World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lextron's IT group took the money the firm would have spent on maintenance and instead implemented virtualization to improve application performance, increase IT efficiency, cut power and cooling costs by 45% and make disaster recovery as easy as pushing a button.
The Register (Free subscription) | yesterday
No spike in titsupometer The number of UK technology firms suffering financial problems was up 371 per cent for the second quarter of 2008 compared to last year.…
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trash is always a problem at summer music festivals, and Denmark's Roskilde Festival has typically been no exception. After the 2007 festival, it took more than 500 people several weeks to clean up the heaps of garbage left behind—at a cost of more than one million euros, the festival's organizers say. That's why this year's festival, which took place earlier this month, promoted the slogan "Less...
