Why The Post Office Is Broke
Well, it's official, the Post Office is broke! It is stopping Saturday deliveries of your mail. You'll only be able to get a letter five times a week now, instead of six. Does this bother you? Do you still send mail? How will the lack of Saturday deliver affect your life? To many, it won't make much of a difference. They send emails and pay their bills online. But that isn't everyone in the United States. It makes you wonder why the Post Office is so inefficiently run that they are losing money. The answers may actually surprise you.
Categories: Business Tags: anthrax killer, Congress, post office, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, postal service, Postmaster, simpsons stamps, unibomber, usps
5 Things We Lost In 2012
Every year, I look over the previous twelve months to see what is no longer with us. Things become obsolete every year. Times change. Just like the horse and buggy aren't a big business today as they were 125 years ago, we make progress. Here is a list of things we said adios to in 2012. All of them are not technology based, but I'd be interested in hearing what you can add to the mix.
Categories: Business, Home and Living Tags: apocalypse, Apple, cloud, japanese river otter, kindle, mayans, New Year's eve, New Years, Twinkie, twinkies
The Best In Social Media Web Sites
Being a blogger and a "Web Guy", I am always playing around on different social media web sites. Hardly a day goes by that I do not use the web sites found on this list below. Why? Because they bring people to the sites I promote and those people click on ads. In turn, In return, I get paid money and can keep doing what I love: Blogging. It's all one splendid circle. In business, I get asked a lot as to which social networks people should get involved in. There are hundreds of them out there and that doesn't include all of the social bookmarking sites available, as well. So where, as a blogger or businessperson, do you start? How about with these...
Categories: Business, Reviews Tags: empire avenue, facebook, google, linkedin, pinterest, social bookmarking, social media, social networking, The Social Network
Ways To Make Money With No Experience
We live in a very rough economy. Times are tough and people are trying to make ends meet. You might be one of those who lost their job and have been unable to secure another means of employment. What can a person do if they lack experience or cannot find work? How about going to work for yourself? You have probably seen the ads online where you can make money from home, but are not sure which offers to go after. Here is a list of five work-from-home opportunities with a review of each. Note: These are not get-rich-quick deals. As with any job, you have to work at them to make money. The benefit of these opportunities is that you can make money with no experience.
Fortune 500 Companies Using WordPress
I use WordPress for almost every site that I build. If you are unfamiliar with this program, it is a content management system (CMS) that allows the business owner to edit and manage their own web site. When I first started using WordPress to build web sites for companies, I had some push back from my clients. Some said, "It's a blogging software, I don't want to blog." Others thought the system was too amateur to be used on their web site. If the site didn't cost them $5000, then it wasn't good enough for them. How wrong they are! Not only have I worked on web sites throughout the United States, I've created WordPress sites for companies doing business in Ceylon, the United Arab Emirates, and Dubai! It seems that larger corporations are also following suit. Here is a list of Fortune 500 companies that using WordPress for their web sites.
Categories: Business Tags: content management system, facebook, general electric, google, pepsi corporation, ups, wall street journal, wordpress, yahoo
New Traffic Streams Through Using Pinterest
Pinterest is the new social media site that has been taking the world by storm. Already, it has exceeded the growth rate of Facebook (but not the numbers) as people use it to share recipes, stories, and images. Is there a way to use Pinterest for your small business? Can you generate traffic by adding Pinterest to your web site or blog and get people interested in what you have to say? I’ve been using Pinterest for about six months now and I’ve found that not only does it generate traffic, it brings a whole new group of people to your web site. I highly recommend the book to the left. It has helped me get a better understanding for my business through the use of Pinterest and it is selling for only $6.76. Here are five tips that I've learned about Pinterest that you can use for your web site.
Categories: Business Tags: bulletin boards, facebook, pinning, pinterest, pinterest to sell, selling with pinterest, social media, twitter
