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The Charleston Post and Courier:
Armed with a wand of superheated steam, Charleston’s self-proclaimed goo-buster sets out to eradicate the rainbow of petrified chewing gum that has become a sticky form of folk art in the city’s Market area.
Entrepreneur David Samios calls himself The Charleston Gum Guy, and he’s looking to build a niche industry removing [...]
Trent At TheSimpleDollar.com:
Spend less than you earn doesn’t just mean cut back on your spending.
It also means striving to earn more income when you can, because the real goal is to maximize the gap between your income and your spending and then use that for a greater purpose (saving for your goals).
In a down economy, [...]
The Boston Globe:
Millions of singles are suddenly jumping on the online dating bandwagon, despite the fact they may not be able to afford to go on as many actual dates these days - or expensive ones, anyway. Online matchmaking services - even those requiring fees to join - have seen an unprecedented increase in memberships [...]
Entrepreneur.com:
Most franchise owners will tell you that they could have easily saved quite a bit of money from the costs incurred opening their first units.
This begs the question: If this is such a universal truth, then why didn’t the franchise companies show them how to save this money as part of their training?
The answer is [...]
While this isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned clothing that was vintage, or vintage inspired, Papa Soul is the first business I’ve interviewed in this category that caters to men.
By creating a balance of truly vintage pieces and the brands of today, they are able to offer men a sense of fashion that is unique [...]
Have you ever wondered how URL shortening websites like TinyURL, bit.ly and is.gd make money? Me too.
There’s an enlightening conversation taking place on Hacker News about just that subject. The short is, they don’t make any money.
They don’t. To be honest the majority of url shorteners don’t make any money at all. I [...]
The Wall Street Journal:
When 25-year-old Justin Rockwell was laid off from his job as a Web developer last fall, he began scrounging for freelance gigs.
He also found himself spending a lot of time on Twitter, answering Web development problems for fellow Twitterers.
Eventually, Rockwell realized there was a market for his services on Twitter. Now he [...]
photo credit: Olof S
Consumers’ conversations have changed. What’s important to them has changed. The stories of their lives have changed and it seems like no one is paying attention. For example: If consumers are talking about eating out less often, then having “fun†at Applebee’s doesn’t seem like it fits (especially if mom or [...]
photo credit: antwerpenR
Once people believe others are coming in to sell them, they recoil, put up defenses and begin to rehearse reasons they don’t need whatever it is you’re selling. They may disguise this or do it under the surface, but it’s there. Chalk it up to a basic human emotion: We don’t want [...]
Springwise:
Created by Belgian marketing and design agency Fosfor, the Boobox is a prototype for a stand-alone machine that distributes product samples.
Consumers interested in getting one simply send a free SMS, in exchange for which they are given an activation code.
That, in turn, gives them access to the sample.
Unlike most vending machines, the Boobox is completely [...]
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