BizOp Blogs

Work.com: Until recently, iPhone’s suitability for businesses was a raging debate. But by now the verdict is near unanimous – it is too beautiful, user friendly and powerful a device to be merely the end consumers’ baby. Apple, iPhone’s creators, too has woken up to this fact, and the... More

BNET: If you’re outsourcing to Chinese manufacturers for the first time, you’re bound to make a few gaffes when dealing with a business culture so different from your own. Here are some rules of the road: 1. Never criticize the government In the United States, taking verbal shots at the government... More

BusinessWeek: Talk to entrepreneurs about their marketing and communications efforts, and they’ll often use the words “branding,” “marketing,” and “advertising” interchangeably. That reflects the pervasive confusion about the terms, says Gail Guge, managing... More

Blogtrepreneur: When it comes to blogging for money you’ll get a wide range of opinions on the subject of whether a blog is a business in itself. Personally, I feel that a blog can be a business on its own (without any other services or products being sold) because I see plenty of them every day that... More

EastOregonian.info: A recent trade show in Houston filled the Astrodome, Reliant Center, adjacent halls, and exhibit tents in the surrounding parking lots. There were 2,400 exhibitors and over 50,000 visitors. Ironically, that was a “medium size” show by industry standards. Every year, tens... More

Boston Herald: Vinod Bagdwal, who started bagging ice by hand in a garage in Pennsylvania three years ago, recently started selling bagged ice to Stop & Shop Supermarkets because he showed up at a trade show looking for customers. In an age where the Internet has made it easier to reach vast numbers... More

Voice of América: Young people in Kurdistan are embracing new opportunities to develop and expand their own businesses. Suzanne Presto speaks to one young woman who balances a family, two beauty salons and entrepreneurial classes – while planning to expand her beauty business in the northern... More

Small Biz Trends: For most small businesses, the obvious choice for a domain name for your website is your business name with a .com attached to the end of it. But one simple search on any of the domain name registrar websites will tell you that is not as easy of a task as it sounds. For a variety of... More

Internet Based Moms: Are you ready to grow your business and don’t know where to look for ideas or time? One of the ways to grow a business, and share the work growing it, is to find a Joint Venture partnership. Joint venture partnerships can be anything from swapping advertising in email newsletters... More

Fortune Small Business: It’s slow progress at best, strolling through the Fez medina with David Kellar and Brian Smith. The heavily laden donkeys don’t help. Nor do the boys playing pickup soccer games, or the shopkeepers who spread their wares in the cobbled alleys of the medieval walled... More

1. What is your brand’s vision? 2. What are the good attributes of your brand (or company, or product, or service)? 3. What are the practical benefits associated with your brand? 4. What are the bad aspects of your brand, and how can you fix them? 5. What emotions are behind customer purchases... More

Are you are a business owner who serves at least 15,000 customers a week? Then Redbox is the opportunity you’ve been looking for. By Ylan Q. Mui: Four years ago, Redbox tried to wow the Washington region with high-tech kiosks that dispensed such necessities as milk, eggs and portobello-and-goat-cheese... More

Internet Marketing: Wouldn’t you prefer to have a home-based job rather than working eight hours each day in the office? Maybe you would like to try franchising; this may sound good but there are other ways to become a successful entrepreneur. You should consider other business ideas that you can... More

How To Make Money: Bring hair extensions to those people that want longer and/or thicker hair but cannot or do not want to go to the salon to get it done. You can provide this service in their homes, or where they work, – wherever they choose. You could charge $30 to $50 per customer, which does... More