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Work At Home

This Weeks Work At Home Jobs

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Dynamics CRM Consultant- $80-120k- work remotely! Nigel Frank International Inc. - San Francisco, CA Dynamics CRM Consultant 80120k work remotely Microsoft Dynamics MS Dynamics CRM Consultant work from home 80000120000 Work on some of the most prestigious Dynamics CRM projects in the US performance related bonus career progression and work with Dynamics CRM 2011 MS CRM Consultant [...]

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Entrepreneurship

Business Opportunities in Internet Publishing

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

All eyes are on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga. Clearly it’s the right time to start a website. The Internet publishing industry is expected to hit $72 billion in five years. Why it’s hot: More people than ever before go online for information and entertainment. Every day, almost half of all adult Internet users read web [...]

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Julie Howard, It’s A Preemie Thing: Mom Builds Business Out Of Near Tragedy

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Julie Howard had waited her whole life to have a baby. And in an instant, her dream quickly turned into a nightmare — both she and her baby almost died during the delivery process. But the harrowing ordeal also served as Howard’s inspiration to start It’s a Preemie Thing, a business that helps other families [...]

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Entrepreneurship

11 Best Business Opportunities By Industry

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Industries such as residential construction, mobile games, and big data will provide the best business opportunities in 2012. Starting a business is always risky, especially if your business is trying to swim against the larger economic tides. That’s why many savvy entrepreneurs take a broader view of the forces shaping supply and demand before taking [...]

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Social Media Marketing

6 Tips to Boost Your Web Presence

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

If these tactics worked for LanceArmstrong.com, they can work for your business. If you built your website a few years ago it’s time for an update, if for no other reason than the fact that usage patterns have changed dramatically: The number of mobile Internet users is expected to surpass the number of desktop users in the [...]

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Social Media Marketing

Finding the Best Time to Post to Social Networks

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Managing social media for your business can be a tricky endeavor. Which pictures should you share onFacebook? What industry news should you tweet about on Twitter? What topic should you blog about on Tumblr? And on top of knowing what to publish on which social network, another big question business owners struggle with is the best time to post. [...]

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Home Based Businesses

Lucinda Yates, Designs By Lucinda: Finding Inspiration For Her Business In The Trash

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Lucinda Yates’ childhood home in Portland, Maine, was the summer hangout for all the neighborhood kids, with whom she would play and plan activities like carnivals for charity. But when Yates was 16 years old, a sudden family tragedy destroyed that idyllic home life — and by the time she was 25, Yates was living [...]

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Entrepreneurship

Forget Reality TV. Business Owners Benefit from Local Contests

Posted  May 20, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Loads of business owners would love to get the kind of publicity bonanza an appearance on a national TV show brings. Turns out, the TV-contest format is spreading rapidly into the real world — and business owners may get a boost just by entering local competitions. Like their TV counterparts, competing in a local contest can get [...]

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10 Time-Saving Apps for Moms

Posted  May 17, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Give yourself a gift every mother can use: more time. These tools can help. These tools can deliver just that—though you don’t need to be a mom to use them. VolunteerSpot VolunteerSpot is a free online coordination tool used by busy moms, teachers, or anyone who needs to coordinate participation from others for activities like help [...]

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Facebook IPO Got You Eyeing Entrepreneurship?

Posted  May 17, 2012  by  Mecca Bey

Some guidelines to help you decide if this is the time to jumpstart your new venture. Facebook’s IPO will likely spawn a new generation of entrepreneurs. A number of Facebook alums have already invested in their own start-ups, but there are millions more young people who will now look to create the next big thing. [...]

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How to Get Your Content Shared More on Pinterest

You signed up for Pinterest, the popular online bulletin board, thinking it’ll be the next great social networking platform for your business. You’ve already pinned a few pictures that relate to your company. But now wha...
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9 Startups That Raised Millions Of Dollars From Thousands Of Strangers

Kickstarter is a place where entrepreneurs and artists can post ideas and raise money from other users.   Pebble, the most funded Kickstarter project to date, raised $10.2 million in less than one month from 67,000 peopl...
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Workaholic? Maybe You’re Really a Successaholic

Think you’re an incorrigible workaholic? A Harvard professor suggests you might actually be addicted to success. And that’s a good thing. The latest science on how habits are formed, and broken, according to New Yo...
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How We Founded myYearbook

It’s one of the 25 most-trafficked webites in the U.S., and it was founded by a pair of siblings in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Catherine and Geoff Cook explain how they did it.   It’s hard not to wonder just what ...
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The Key to Start-up Success? Be Boring

You may not live for accounting or operations details. But ignoring them (ahem, Groupon) will put you in a world of hurt. As of last fall, Groupon had the biggest IPO by a U.S. Internet company since Google. Shares selling fo...
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