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The Best Direct Marketing Method

Email is the most popular and effective form of direct marketing available today. Remember when direct marketing was sole the distribution of catalogues, offers and letters via what we fondly now call snail mail? Snail mail is costly and environmental... Read >

Interesting Eating At Home

Eating is something we all must do. All around the world there are millions of people eating foods and dishes that we have never heard of. Using ingredients that are only native to the geographic area in which they live to provide nutritious meals. Th... Read >

The Advantages of Free Business Cards

When starting out in a new business you need to consider how you visually present yourself. One of the 1st things you will want to obtain will be business cards. The problem is business card printing can be a costly process and can only be considered a pu... Read >

Marketing With Facebook

The value of social networking has become more evident. Every day we hear a news item or a media program that refers to Facebook or Twitter. Though not the only social media on the Internet these two media options are the fastest growing therefore the ... Read >

Shove Over Paper Books Here Comes an eReader

The time has come to really make an effort to minimise the use of wood chip pulp to make paper. We all know we are in a global environmental crisis and we all know we need to make an effort to save our forests. This is one thing we all can do very easi... Read >

The Value of Auto-Responders for Email

How often have you subscribed to a newsletter or a report? Most of us have done so at one time or another. If you have then you have received your newsletter or report via an auto-responder. Auto-responders are certainly not a new Internet technol... Read >

How to Choose Your Web Designer

A business without a website these days is a very rare thing. Gone are the days where creating a website cost thousands of dollars. Today you can create your website yourself for less than $100 or have somebody create a website for you for less than $500.... Read >

Small Business Olive Branch

With so much information on the Internet now it is hard to know whom to trust with assisting you with taking your business online. In most instances you will read a little information and just take a stab in the dark. But, what if you could get all the... Read >

Cooking is Not Only for Cooks

Cooking, a pleasure for some a headache for others. It isn't so long ago that most meals were prepared and consumed in the home. With the changes in our society our cities now boast a range of eating opportunities outside the home. But what are the advant... Read >

Create a New Wardrobe

Once upon a time women had no choice but to sew the family clothes. There was no such thing as a shopping centre full of clothing stores. Now the options are endless. But, why still sew? Why bother? Well for the last 20 years the world of sewing has su... Read >

Sewing the New Fad?

Fashion Sewing is making a come back. 10 years ago the hobby/craft/passion of fashion sewing was waning. So why is it making a comeback? Is it money, the financial crisis or just a new fad? Well the answer to this question could be easily attributed t... Read >

Email for Business Series-Part 1: What Email Marketing Can Do to Boost Your Business

Email marketing is by far the most cost effective method of promoting any business. Any business, whether it be internet based or a bricks and mortar business. Unlike the spam mail you may be getting bombarded with daily in your email you can build a r... Read >

Can you make money from emails?

Is email the most underused method of communication on the internet? Or, is email the most overused method of communication on the internet? These are loaded questions and if questioned you would get a pretty even number of answers for both question... Read >

The Reverse Auction - Just add a Business Model

The Reverse Auction business has been around for sometime. There are a handful of businesses out there offering high quality goods via Reverse Auction. Most of these goods are supplied by top manufacturers and suppliers often making them a terrific barga... Read >

Earning an Income Part Time Online

Earning a part time income for some can be very difficult. There are families to look after and in some instances a full time job to attend. The internet is a crazy mish mash of entrepreneurs. Some are making money while others are just doing ok. One o... Read >