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For Getting Web Traffic, Content is King
Want a free or low cost way to drive traffic to your website? Get word of mouth advertising, add content, understand what Google looks for and be sure your site is user friendly, says Marshall Brain, creator of How Stuff Works www.howstuffworks.com. Clearly, Brain knows whereof he speaks. Of the world’s 634 million plus websites, his is ranked 658th. “How Stuff Works got its initial … [Read More...]

Dog’s Sensitive Eyes Launch Multi-Million Dollar Business
When their handsome Border Collie Midknight began missing his catches at Frisbee, Roni and Ken Di Lullo suspected the dog’s eyes might be overtaxed by the bright California sun. To see if their hunch was correct, Roni found an old pair of tinted goggles and added straps that went above and below Midknight’s ears to secure them. Lo and behold, Midknight’s Frisbee form came back … [Read More...]

Success After Sixty: Pouchee Purse Organizer a Huge Hit
When Anita Crook opened her 2004 Christmas gift from her son, the furthest thing from her mind was launching a business. The gift, a lovely purse, was very nice but had no interior pockets. "I knew I’d never use it unless I could find a way to organize my things,” Crook says. After searching fruitlessly for a purse organizer, she sat down with pen and paper and designed exactly what she … [Read More...]

Wendy Robbins Can Make Your Scalp Tingle
It’s impossible to listen to Wendy Robbins and feel blue at the same time. Robbins, who went from being homeless to being a millionaire and to star alongside Kelly Ripa in the TV series “Home Made Millionaire,” is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking. “I believe that thoughts and feelings lead to action which creates results,” Robbins says. “Write your goal down and say it … [Read More...]

Success After 60: Women’s Automotive Connection
Gail Dunn founded the Women’s Automotive Connection for one reason: The disdain for women she saw while working in body shop of a car dealership. “I saw it in all departments, says Dunn. “I had customers who’d bring their cars to the collision department and ask me to drive them over to the service department. Those cars had no body damage, the women simply didn’t want to deal with the … [Read More...]
Seniors Strike Back

Success After 60: Women’s Automotive Connection
Gail Dunn founded the Women’s Automotive Connection for one reason: The disdain for women she saw while working in body shop of a car dealership. … [Read More...]
Mompreneurs

Wendy Robbins Can Make Your Scalp Tingle
It’s impossible to listen to Wendy Robbins and feel blue at the same time. Robbins, who went from being homeless to being a millionaire and to star … [Read More...]
Money

Bootstrapping and the Strategy of Hanging on by Your Fingertips
If you are dreaming about an angel investor who will hand you a multimillion dollar check to bring your brainstorm to market and make you an overnight … [Read More...]
Against all the Odds

Richard Branson: From Jail to Billionaire
When the world thinks of successful businessmen, often the same names come to mind: Mark Cuban, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson. While … [Read More...]
Lifestyle

Selling Products from a Truck as an Independent Business
Coffee, hot dogs and ice cream are not the only things you can buy on the street anymore. Selling from a truck has branched out into many different … [Read More...]
My Business

Made in America: A Look at Keeping the ‘U’ in U.S.A.
Made in America products have, unsurprisingly, been rapidly disappearing over the last two decades due to a mass exodus of company outsourcing. Taxes, … [Read More...]
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The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency
— Bill Gates















