Social Networking to ChipIn to a Good Cause- June 29, 2006 I have another great example of "social networking" and the way of the future web to share with you. How many times have you or some group you're part of tried to pool resources for a joint gift, planned fund raiser or just collect a contribution from each member We've all done it - and it usually involves chasing people around, reminding them, accounting for the funds and so on.Of course, someone found a way to harness the web to take care of these issues and make it incredibly easy to manage..http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/06/social-networking-to-chipin-... Book Recommendation: Instant Cashflow- June 18, 2006 Yesterday was a dreary Saturday afternoon and though I try not to be business oriented on the weekend, I was "in the mood" so I set off to Barnes & Noble for an afternoon of reading.I was looking for fresh ideas for increasing the number of leads I generated, improving the conversion to sales, and building repeat business with higher transactions - and Instant Cashflow proved to be the answer. I was able to literally read this book in one day. The first section puts in place an easy to...http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/06/book-recommendation-instant-... Get paid for consulting by phone- June 2, 2006 A couple months ago, I heard about a new web application service called Ether. The way it works, you set up an account, set your rates for consulting by the minute, hour or call, and are assigned a special phone number. You can also place a button on your web site or blog, and when someone clicks it, they enter their credit card info for the amount of time they want to speak to you, and you're connected. You can forward your Ether number to your cell or other number, and say, on the web site,...http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/06/get-paid-for-consulting-by-p... An affordable and robust mailing list application- June 2, 2006 Are you looking for a cheap or even free mailing list provider that you can use to create a subscription based list for your web site I might have just the solution for you, called YourMailingListProvider.The free version shows banner and pop up ads, though not in the newsletter you send out with it. The free version lets you have as many as 1,000 subscribers and one mailing per day (plenty for most micro businesses) - you just don't get all the extra customizations. But, the paid "premium"...http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/06/affordable-and-robust-mailin... |