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[2005-05-27] Oh, What a Web We Weave
Once considered to the best of all communication mediums, the Internet has allowed seemingly small businesses to launch into larger, once-unreachable markets. You have heard the stories… A flower company opens an online store and within a few months, experiences large growth. A pottery maker posts a few photos and the orders come rolling in. An antique dealer cannot keep enough products in stock…
[2005-05-14] Getting More From Your RSS Feed
Ever since I started this blog in July 2004, I've used the free FeedBurner service as a means of enabling you to easily subscribe to the blog's RSS feed.
[2005-05-13] Light Sweet Crude Makes Nice Sweet Drop
Light sweet crude dropped briefly below the $48 mark to 47.95 before heading back up $48.20 this morning. Brent North Sea crude is up 12 cents in London to $48.40 a barrel and gasoline futures down slightly at just over a penny a gallon.
[2005-05-12] Differentiate and Dominate
Quite often small business owners will ask me to reveal the most powerful marketing strategy I have seen. I can say without hesitation that the most powerful marketing strategy has little to do with advertising, direct mail, web sites, referrals or blogs.
[2005-05-12] Oil Futures Tank Amid Rising Inventories and Lower Demand
Light sweet crude plummets this morning after reports from the IEA yesterday that demand worldwide was down substantially from last year. The price of light sweet crude in New York went down as low as $49.10, over a dollar less from the close yesterday.
[2005-05-12] Glazer Aims To Put United in The Goal
Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers began his bid for ownership of the Manchester United football (soccer) team. The $1.48 billion deal will give him complete ownership of the team.
[2005-05-11] Oil Prices Start To Slide After IEA Says Growth Slid
Crude oil futures started dropping this morning in early morning trading after the IEA said oil demand had dropped in the U.S., China, and in Europe. Light sweet crude has already dropped over 74 cents this morning to $51.33. Brent North Sea crude has dropped 64 cents to $50.79 and gasoline futures are also trading down over 2 cents at $1.48 a gallon.
[2005-05-10] Are You Ready to Own and Operate a Business?
How often has someone thought of starting a business based solely on the fact they think it will be easier than working for someone else. Fact is, owning and operating a business can be one of the most grueling experiences you will have. Granted, there are many advantages, but unless someone has actually run a business there is much to consider before you make that decision.
[2005-05-06] OpenOffice Is Open Season on MSOffice
Sun Microsystems and some volunteer programmers have done something wonderful. They come up with a FREE office suite program. It's got a word processing program called Writer that reads documents from Word and WordPerfect. It's got a spreadsheet program called Calc that will open will open Excel files.
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