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Score Big Bling on Your Next Vacation

Have you ever dreamed of being showered with diamonds? If so, you probably figured the bling would come courtesy of your sweetheart, not a chain hotel. But that’s exactly where you can win a whole lot of sparkle beginning September 28th. Holiday Inn locations in the United Kingdom are celebrating their 60th anniversary by placing real diamonds worth nearly $40,000 under select guests’ pillows. The diamonds will be left in hotel rooms throughout Europe, including Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Belgium and the Netherlands. What’s more, you don’t have to stay more than one night in order to win. As added … Continue reading →

Your Home Based Business Is Quick And Nimble

One great thing about owning and operating your own business is that you do not have to get anyone’s permission to make changes to the way that you do business. When you are in charge of everything about your business, you can adapt quickly when you sense that there may be a better way of doing things than the way that you are currently doing them. This adaptability can give your home – based business a competitive edge against other, larger businesses that are unable to change as quickly. One way that you can adapt is to add new products … Continue reading →

Freebies For You – Week of March 5, 2012

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It is always nice to unexpectedly discover a “freebie”. Suddenly, an item that you wouldn’t have looked twice at if you had to pay for it looks a whole lot more tempting. Many companies offer “freebies” as a way of getting customers to take notice of their products, (and perhaps buy some of it later). Here are a bunch of random “freebies” for you to go get this week. Disney will send you a FREE Cruise-Planning DVD. To get it, you need to fill in the form on their website. You can opt-in to receiving email from Disney about updates, … Continue reading →

Re-Evaluating Your Cold Weather Fashion

The only upside of having to endure this week’s brutally bitter, inhumane winter temperatures (we’re talking 30 below wind chills, folks) is that families can score cheap food from McDonald’s. Thanks to Ronald’s “Cold Days, Hot Deals” promotion, parents can save some cash by purchasing one Big Mac at the regular price and getting the second for the price of the previous day’s noon temperature. For example, if the mercury only gets up to 3 degrees today, then tomorrow, the price of a second Big Mac will be a mere 3 cents. What’s more, if the mercury doesn’t climb above … Continue reading →

Health Insurer Pays Customers Who Save Money on Health Care

Health insurance companies are interested in saving money. Sometimes, they achieve this by denying claims. A health insurer in Massachusetts is trying something different. The insurer will pay patients who save them money by finding less expensive health care options. Typically, when you purchase a health insurance plan, you pay money to the insurance company. You pay a certain amount of money per month for your premium. Your health insurance company, in return, is supposed to cover at least some of your medical bills. In the past, it was unheard of for an insurer to actually pay their customers for … Continue reading →

Another Tip for Attracting Customers to Your Ecommerce Business

The other day I mentioned that one of the best ways to attract more customers to your home – based ecommerce business is to do things that challenge customers’ perceptions and assumptions about purchasing things online instead of in the store. One way that you can do that is, as I mentioned the other day, challenging the assumption that shopping online means paying a lot in shipping fees in exchange for the convenience. Today, I would like to talk about another way that you can set yourself apart from your online and brick and mortar competitors – customer service. While … Continue reading →

Growing Your Facebook Fan Page Series, Part 3

Growing your fan page will be work but it can be fun. You will have a chance to meet new business owners, bloggers, and customers. Enjoy the process. The more you enjoy it the more your page will be contagious. Yesterday we discussed the importance of tagging and making those in your core group feel special. Do not misunderstand and think these actions are disingenuous. If your actions are simply for the cause of self promotion then it will shine through and any benefit to these methods will be lost. You need to be sincere in helping your customers and … Continue reading →

Don’t Forget To Check Yourself

Forward motion is very important in your home based business. As important as it is to keep producing as much work as you can, it is also important to periodically evaluate the path that your home-based business is taking. By setting aside a little time at regular intervals to evaluate whether you are headed towards the goals that you have set for yourself and your business, you can make sure that you are always moving in the direction of your dreams. A good rule of thumb for how often to assess your progress towards your goals is to do it … Continue reading →

Take Care of Yourself to Take Care of Business

When you are running a home-based business, it is natural to want to focus on the business side of things like getting customers, doing work, keeping your books and files in order, and so on. There are other important things to keep in mind though, even during your working hours no matter how precious few those may be. Things like eating and sleeping may seem like they are only tangentially related to the work that you do. Of course, if you have ever tried to power through a work session while you are starving or get just one more thing … Continue reading →

Another Step Towards Opening Your Home Based Business

After thinking a bit about the suggestions that I wrote about yesterday, I realized that that I should talk a little bit about the importance of doing these smaller steps close enough together so that you can build momentum that will carry you through those crazy initial days, weeks, and months after you are open for business. I would suggest that you complete one of the steps each day, or every other day. Of course, you may need to tailor that suggestion a little to your schedule but it is important that you not spread them out too much because … Continue reading →