Well, it looks summer is almost over and the kids are going back to school for many of you work-at-home parents. Summer can be quite disruptive for business as our focus shifts to non-business activities.
So maybe it’s a relief to finally have more time to spend on building your business. This second half of the [...]

Ever been to a website that offers an online chat session? I’m sure you have. Initially I thought why add one more thing to your site to confuse the visitor when all they need is just a regular email.
Actually that’s not true. Online chat is much more service-oriented and friendly. UZoom has a chat software [...]

Almost every weekend, we drop by our favorite computer store on our way home to check out what’s new there and to buy the 101 compact flash drives and other computer parts we always seem to need from them.
Lately we’ve been stopping by as usual but nine times out of 10, we find the store [...]

I read recently that Starbucks is planning to/are closing down 600 of their under-performing outlets. Wow, that’s a lot of outlets. It just shows how tough it’s going to get with all these price increases.
In order to survive, businesses are going to have to come up with ever more creative ideas. Besides the regular bonus [...]

As I was writing my previous post, I got an unsolicited call from a lady offering air-conditioning service. These must be hard times indeed if companies are resorting to cold calls and marketing gimmicks like the balloons I mentioned earlier.
Drastic times call for drastic measures, I suppose. So it’s either they come up with an [...]

I grabbed a loaf of raisin bread at the bakery. The tag said $1.40 but when I got to checkout, the clerk rang it up for $2.00. I asked if it wasn’t $1.40. She said she’d get someone to check it.
It happened that the manager was passing by and he offered to check. He came [...]

Have you noticed your online business slowing down as the weather warms up? Some businesses are particularly resilient and some even thrive in these months.
Well, if yours is the kind of business that slows down over the summer months, maybe it’s time to organize a sale to promote business and drum up your sales.

There are many reasons why we procrastinate. One of them is that we don’t like a certain task because it’s mundane and boring, and so we keep throwing it to the back burner.
Yes, unfortunately many of the tasks we have to do in our home business like sorting out files, photos and doing routine backups [...]

The weather’s warming up for many of you and soon it’ll be time to go offline - for a bit, at least. Get out, spend some quality vacation time with your loved ones, …
It’s also a good time to finally get to the things you’ve been tossing to the backburner. Like putting a new business [...]

Today is Mother’s Day and I notice that some stores at the mall seem unable to cope with the demand. There are long lines at checkout, gift-wrapping counters, restaurants and I’m pretty sure some gift items are out of stock.
Mother’s Day is an annual event like Valentine’s and Christmas. A great opportunity to rake in [...]