Small business advertising idea #1 – looking at advertising your small business? Here’s a great small business advertising idea. Try printing up bookmarks that advertise your company, services, products and contact information. Go to your local library and leave the bookmarks in books related to what you do. Small business advertising idea in the real […]
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Make money with sewing — as I said in my post, Money Making Hobby, many people make money doing what they love. My doctor tells me that her friend makes money with sewing. She’s a sewing consultant, if you will. A sewing consultant? You bet! She runs seminars at community centers, where she educates other
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Money making hobby — it may sound like a new idea, but making money from a hobby has helped people for generations. With the advent of the Internet, the money making hobby has shot to the forefront — but it’s hardly new. For example, people like the Bronte sisters made money from writing, one of
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Money making hobby — it may sound like a new idea, but making money from a hobby has helped people for generations. With the advent of the Internet, the money making hobby has shot to the forefront — but it’s hardly new. For example, people like the Bronte sisters made money from writing, one of
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Men want more family time, according to an article on working parents in the Guardian. A survey quoted in the article suggests 70 percent of men want a 50/50 partnership. I’ve previously noted that consulting can bring work-life balance. During the course of my consulting career, I’ve run into many parents who got into freelancing
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Stop advertising and go with referrals — that’s the suggestion from Robert Ellis of Smart Strategies (link expired). He and his company have sworn off advertising. They now only accept business from referred clients: Some time ago we decided to quit accepting new clients unless they had been referred. We took down the signs on
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I discovered some Google search results that smack of sexism. 1. Go to Google. 2. Search for one of the following: she discovered she created she built she voted she nominated she engineered she operated she paid she invented Before delivering the results, Google will reply, “Did you mean he …..?” 3. Now repeat the
Via Daniel Miessler’s blog, I found this humorous story about how he once offended a client (link expired): I was at a client recently who’s (sic) business is providing electricity to a local city. We were trying to figure out what caused a piece of hardware to fail and as I was going over options in
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15 ways to quit your job — looking to make the jump to full-time consulting? Take a look at 15 Ways to Quit Your Job. No matter what your reasons for quitting, I strongly recommend trying to preserve the relationship with your old employer. You never know when you may run into them again. For
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Second job on your mind? Consider these five reasons to pick up a second job. Top 5 reasons to get a second job Turn your money-making hobby into a second career – try setting yourself up as an expert in social media, cosmetics, fitness, online research, weddings or anything else that intrigues you. Diversify your
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