The Golden Palace Casino paid South Carolina resident Amber Rainey $4,000 to advertise on her pregnant belly. The SnoreStop Company gave Andrew Fischer of Omaha, Neb. over $37,000 for one month of advertising space on his forehead. While there are plenty of people willing to rent their body parts in exchange for lucrative advertising dollars, ther
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Small Budget Big Results
Posted by SmallBizGirl under AdvertisingFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 26, 2008 4:47 pm
Market Your Business on the Web
Posted by SmallBizGirl under Online MarketingFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 27, 2008 11:12 pm
What do all of the 2008 presidential candidates, the cast of Grey's Anatomy, and thousands of small business owners have in common? They all have profiles on MySpace, the popular social networking website. More than ever before, social networking sites such as MySpace are important resources for entrepreneurs seeking to market their businesses on
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Part of Their Nature
Posted by SmallBizGirl under Success StoriesFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 26, 2008 4:47 pm
Tom Szaky has often been told that he is crazy. At age 19, he dropped out of Princeton to start TerraCycle, a business revolving around selling an all-organic liquid plant food made from worm feces—and no, that's not a typo. When he first started out, he had a hard time raising capital and people often laughed him right out of the office. But thi
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Unconventional Inventions
Posted by SmallBizGirl under Success StoriesFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 25, 2008 7:07 pm
While most people try to get rid of their beer belly, Brooks Lambert is trying to sell you one. For as long as he can remember, Lambert wanted to be an inventor. As a child, his father would always ask him what he wanted to invent and his reply was “cool stuff.” He did just that when he created his quirky product, the Beerbelly through his busines
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Networking for Humanity
Posted by SmallBizGirl under TechnologyFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 10:11 pm
Imagine a world without cancer, hunger, AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis. While there is still a long way to go in the fight to cure these afflictions, scientists are getting closer to finding the answers thanks to something called World Community Grid.
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Federal Minimum Wage To Increase By 70 Cents
Posted by luckycharmer under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.npr.org 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 4:44 pm
More than a million low-wage workers will get a pay raise this week. The federal government's minimum wage is set to jump by 70 cents to $6.55 an hour on Thursday.
The hike is the second of three annual increases in the minimum wage that were ordered by Congress last year, following a decade with no increase.
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Do You Really Believe in the Future of Your Business?
Posted by ZaneSafrit under StrategyFrom http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 12:34 am
Steve MacGill, CEO of Peersight Online, shares how you can tell if You Really Believe in the Future of Your Business.
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Eight ways to get exactly what you want
Posted by JohnH under SalesFrom http://www.newscientist.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 12:35 am
Cajole your boss into giving you a raise, win someone round to your point of view, or persuade your partner it's their turn to put out the trash - getting people to do what you want can be very handy.
Persuasion is a key element of all human interaction, from politics to marketing to everyday dealings with friends, family and colleagues.
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Sales and Marketing: Radical Sales And Marketing For Your Small Business
Posted by TheProfitRepairman under MarketingFrom http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 12:36 am
The meaning of the adjective radical is "not bound by traditional ways or beliefs." Here are the "must dos" of a seasoned business unit's radical salesperson and marketer.
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Interview: Marta Kagan - What the F**K is Social Media?
Posted by jlawlor under Online MarketingFrom http://www.johnlawlor.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 12:35 am
Online strategist John Lawlor interviews Marta Kagan, author/creator of "What the F**K is Social Media?" -- a hugely popular presentation posted on Slideshow.net.
"What the F**K is Social Media?" has been viewed viewed 32,380 times in less than 3 weeks!
"It's been an exciting and eye-opening lesson in the power of a medium that's stil
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