Lowering your home equity loan rate can free up cash flow for your business. With the recent run-up in real estate prices, a lot of business owners have used their home equity to secure loans that they then use to finance their consulting businesses.  In a previous post, I shared some thoughts about getting a […]

As part of my series on consulting ideas, here’s a great idea from real-life. Melanie Osmack owns and operates Fit4Two, a prenatal and postnatal fitness company. Her company offers people the chance to be their own bosses by working as prenatal and postnatal fitness instructors or as franchise owners. Melanie’s a great example of someone

Spending a little too much time in your home office? Check out this wearable sleeping bag (look under designs). Perhaps I should add it to my list of office gadgets I can’t live without. It looks pretty cozy and perhaps would make a great addition to my winter consulting gear! “Sleeping bag you wear” from

I started dreaming of working as a consultant when I was in university. The idea of running my own business was really appealing to me. I initially dreamed of working as a freelance writer, but eventually saw myself as a consultant for the high tech sector. I loved the idea of helping foster technological innovation,

Explain New Year’s, asks Ivar, who recently read my post on personalized business Christmas cards. New Year’s is celebrated in many cultures as the passing of the old year and the beginning of the new year. And many people like to send New Year’s cards, instead of Christmas cards or December holiday cards, because New

The best multifunction printer shopping tips occured to me AFTER I bought my Brother MFC 4420C multifunction printer.  I don’t exactly think I purchased the best multifunction printer, as I mentioned in "Office gadgets I can’t live without. I’ve had a lot of trouble with print quality and cartridge errors and the printer runs out

Personalized business Christmas cards can be a great gesture during the holiday season. Although I recommend using more neutral holiday greeting cards, as opposed to Christmas cards, sending out any sort of card serves as a great marketing tool at end of year. Obviously, you’ll want to start thinking about sending cards out well in

Cash prizes abound over at Problogger.net. Darren Rowse will be launching a new group project soon, and some of his sponsors are offering cash prizes and other goodies to entrants. If you want to take part, go check out his site. He’ll be announcing the competition in a few days. My submissions to past competitions

Become a grant writing consultant and help non-profits succeed. If you become a grant writing consultant, you’ll help non-profits write grant applications for funding from governments, foundations, benefactors, lotteries and other organizations. Becoming a grant writing consultant usually means you have experience in working for non-profit organizations or for funders. However, sometimes someone with a