BizOp Blogs

Kiplinger.com: Going solo Franchises, however, are but a part of the small- business universe. Some 52% of small businesses are home-based; some 21 million have no employees beyond the founding entrepreneur. Such businesses range from eBay sellers and dog walkers to tutors, real estate agents and consultants,... More

Great Dad: The Internet has opened doors to many work-from-home occupations. Here is a list of the most popular web-based businesses, requiring very basic academic qualifications: 1. Data Entry This job involves information processing. Qualifications required include familiarity with a word processing... More

Springwise: Lucky Seven makes custom caps that bear the logos of fictional companies featured in cult films and television shows. Founder Jay Jay Burridge is a self-proclaimed seventies kid, who spent much of his childhood wearing a Star Wars cap. Burridge, who is an artist by trade, founded the London-based... More

IXL Home Biz: If the following points describe you, you could probably use a bad credit business loan through a business cash advance. 1. You Own a Merchant Business A business cash advance can benefit a merchant business owner in so many ways. Working capital is one of the key ingredients of a successful... More

Small Business: 1. Have a induction policy for welcoming and training new employees. Don’t just leave it to whoever is available. Human resources should cover the HR side of the induction with a trainer (if you have one) or a senior manager or supervisor covering the more hands on part of the... More

ITworld.com: *Send out an e-mail newsletter. Even if you have a small bricks-and-mortar business, you should be collecting the e-mail address of every customer who walks through your door. That way you can send them a regular newsletter with special offers, special events, coupons, and more. “Your... More

BusinessWeek: 1. Keep Selling. Purchasing agents are reporting sharp drops in weekly sales calls across many industries, Rauseo says. That means less competition for your products or services. “It’s easier to get a commission-only sales force going today” with so many individuals looking... More

Press Release 365: For a limited time, Axioi, Inc. will provide coaching at no cost to new members of one of the world’s most successful work-at-home training programs. By enrolling through a special URL, new members of the Maverick Money Makers Club will automatically be eligible for one month... More

Financial Post: If you’re in the midst of divorce, meditation, a healthy diet, plenty of exercise and laughter could help your business – and you – survive. That’s because the better shape you’re in, the greater the likelihood you’ll be able to tend to the business. Not... More

Virtual Entrepreneur: How gloomy are entrepreneurs? Check out the latest results of a survey of 805 small-business owners by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group. In the last 420 months that the NFIB has taken that monthly pulse of small-business... More