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A Different Kind of Family Owned Business

Brett Holm started his working life as a machinist in a shop where the tools he bought were the ones he would eventually sell. Now, as a Snap-on franchisee, he says these are the tools that were “a lot better” than all the others.
“I originally found out about Snap-on as a franchise business from my […]

Whipping Your Website Into Shape

download squad:
No more excuses: let’s get your small business Website whipped into shape. People who are moderately online use the Web as their first search source.
Phone books are dead trees; if your business is not online with an easy-to-find phone number, I’m clicking elsewhere.
What do your site visitors want most of all from your site?
LET […]

Google To Offer Tool To Measure Web Hits

The Wall Street Journal:
Google plans to unveil a new service that measures Internet use, according to advertising executives who have been briefed on it. The tool is intended to help advertisers identify the best places to buy online ads by telling them which Web sites their target audiences visit.
Google’s approach, aimed at bolstering its ad-sales […]

Biz Resource: Shiptool

Lifehacker:
Find the cheapest way to send a package with web application Shiptool.
After providing the site with your shipping and destination addresses and package type, Shiptool scours UPS, FedEx, USPS, and DHL, and returns all of your shipping options sorted by price to help you find the cheapest solution to fit your needs.
The biggest thing missing […]

Biz Resource: “Biz Tool Kit”

Mine Your Own Business Blog:
Every so often we find something really useful to pass along to you and today’s one of those days. The site is called “Biz Tool Kit“, a service of the James J. Hill Reference Library.
According to their web site, “BizToolkit puts the best online information resources at your fingertips including […]

Biz Resource: Greenprint

DownloadSquad:
GreenPrint software launched a new free edition to help home users and non-profits reduce home and office printing waste.
Known as GreenPrint World edition, this edition has fewer features than other versions and includes advertising. The software works by analyzing every page of a document sent to the printer, and looks for banner ads, pages with […]

9 Great Tools For Achieving Your Goals

Mashable.com:
Sometimes we just need that extra kick in the rear to get our act together and achieve our goals. The nine tools profiled here are some of the best online goal trackers out there. All of them are free, and they all include motivational tools to keep you going.
* LifeTango - what really sets Life […]

Startup Claims To Read People’s Minds While They View Ads

ABC News:
Market researchers have long sought people’s assessments of not-yet-released advertisements and products. But when people recall how they felt during a commercial, for instance, they often can’t accurately describe what their reactions were at each moment in the 30-second spot. Now a San Francisco startup called Emsense claims that it has the tools needed […]

Oprius: Organize and Build Your Business

Oprius is a new web-based CRM (customer relationship manager) for network marketers and direct sellers. It’s like Act, but better suited to it’s niche, and like 37Signal’s Highrise but more practical.
Oprius will be launching to the public at 5PM on August 17th. Business Opportunities Weblog readers can access it early and get a […]

Sell What You Say

Springwise:
Just over a year ago, we covered Ether, which makes it easy for budding entrepreneurs to sell spoken advice and support by providing them with a dedicated 1-888 number for customers to call, and taking care of billing and payments.
Now, a massive player has joined the arena. Skype’s latest software release includes a beta version […]