Did you know that over 900 listings of funding opportunities are all in an easy to search directory on MyEntre.Net? You can find most, if not all, of the local grants, loans, and city financial incentive programs for start-up or existing business o ...
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Rarely do my main interests and reasons for writing, Small Biz and the Twins come together so perfectly. But that is what Bruce Schoenfield, who recently penned a great story on the two for Entrepreneur Magazine. I know most of you probably could c ...
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In a previous post I wrote about a review I requested from Charlie Courtland for A Promise Is A Promise from my Nurse Hal series. Charlie is the author of Dandelions In The Garden and has a book review website http://www.bitsybling.wordpress.com. I a ...
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For those of you in need of computer technical support but don't have the need for an on staff professional, I have a solution.Joe's Computer Consulting Service is available to provide on-site technical support for home or business under contract for ...
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Republished with Permission
Article by Jim Olson, Associate Director for the Iowa Waste Reduction Center
University of Northern Iowa
In the Loop Newsletter - July 9, 2010 - Vol. 1, Issue 1
It is my pleasure to re-introduce you to the Io ...
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If you regularly communicate with groups of people, whether they be customers, vendors, or organization members using email or a print newsletter, you may be able to do so more effectively, saving yourself valuable time along the way. To determine if utilizing an email marketing service makes sense for you, ask yourself the following questions.
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Good piece from Scott Allen on passive income, every entrepreneur's best friend.
Looking for ways to write a blog that's twice the drivvel that I have here? It won't be tough, but if you need a little help- Tim Berry has some great ideas - http://timberry.bplans.com/2010/07/10-blogging-tips-my-1000th-post-on-this-blog.html
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This is an excellent resource to use for networking. We need to tell other businesses in our locations about the benefits of joining MYEntre.net.I have been looking for ways to get the word out to other businesses about what I do and what I am availa ...
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A custom built computer built by Joe's Computer Consulting Service is THE best solution for your business or home needs for the following reasons:1) It's tailored to meet YOUR needs2) It comes loaded with the hardware and software that you need to ru ...
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Did you know that on MyEntre.Net you can buy & sell inventory, businesses, products, equipment, furniture, assistance equipment, and real estate to other small businesses in Iowa?
To find the Buy & Sell section of MyEntre.Net, simply click on the 'B ...
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What a nice surprise to get an email to let me know that my blog post from last week - Kindle Book Sales A Surprise - is featured on www.iFogovillage.com right now. Thank you iFogo Village.
I read in an Amazon discussion that another author was surp ...
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When entrepreneurs start a company they don’t know “the wrong customer” from “ the right customers”. They may think they do, but they only have their best guess.
And once the business has been started the race is on to determine who “the right cu ...
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I can’t help myself, when I watch TV I now watch almost as intently to the commercials as I do the programming. Perhaps it’s my demographic, but I find the funniest commercials to be the most memorable. Much like watching the superbowl commercials ...
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We have officially closed the books on new entrants for the July contest. In all, we have over 80 entries for the July contest, so it should be a fun race to watch. Remember that voting starts today at noon CST and you can only vote once per day. ...
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It may seem like big box retailers have the market presence and volume pricing clout to crush any competition and steal your customers and prospects, but that’s simply not true. The key to growing your business in the face of stiff competition is to ...
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This Friday, July 16 at 1 p.m.we will discuss Valuations- An Advanced Discussion with Accredited Senior Appraiser, Darren Mize of GCF Valuation, M&A Advisor and Valuation software developer and instructor Mike Adhikari of Business Value Xpress (BVX) and Illinois Corporate Investments Inc., and Financial Analyst Andrew Blazenko
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Scott Allen ran a nice piece on passive income this morning over at Open Forum. He takes a little time to talk to the sweetest of money you can make - the passive kind. Sure you can inherit it, or find it in your couch cushions, or maybe pick up a ...
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I have been off line for a bit. We are having some personal issues to deal with. One of the big ones for me professionally is that I have had to dismantle my office and work area. I am working out of a cramped space as a temporary office. We had floo ...
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The month of June has past with several of my books in the Kindle store on Amazon. I priced the download of my books very cheap. I’m an unknown author so my paperback books in the list of choices in the different genre is near the bottom of thousands ...
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Just when you thought there wasn't much else they could sell you, they've taken a giant leap into financial services - specifically small business loans. They've tried for years to work their way into becoming a player in the financial services space ...
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While its been in the works for quite a while now, it looks like reforms are coming to the credit industry (finally). And what they are going to lose is the retailers gain! So chalk one up for small business! The House/Senate are pretty close to g ...
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Again my living in the country got in the way of being able to work at the computer last week. Not that I’m complaining. I love being an author and a country gal. I’m the one who set out blackberry vines twenty years ago. I dug the starter plants out ...
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Congratulations to Alan Morrison of AM Guitar Repair in Davenport, Iowa!!! He ran a great campaign, as did all of our entrants, and won a very close vote with our second place entrant, Britney Bakken. The two were back and forth all day on the last ...
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Well, three book reviews anyway. That’s a start.
Two years ago in June, I published 16 books on Create Space Publishing owned by Amazon. I started out to publish one book and found the process so easy I decided to publish all my books. My thought wa ...
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Here we go again. When I’ve complained to others about losing two packages, I’ve heard stories about people not pursuing the insurance claims that went unanswered when the Postal Service lost their package. That’s why I started out to see how far I c ...
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