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If you haven’t read about it already, Facebook is breaking new ground with their "Beacon" feature that associates purchases with purchases and creates member endorsements alongside ads.
 
Here’s a press release that describes the service: http://www.facebook.com/business/?beacon
What do you think of this? getting on your "privacy" nerves? a good service to consumers trying to make smart purchasing [...]

I have done a lot of shouting in the past about why RSS subscriptions are good for you in terms of both time and resources—here, here and here are just a few examples. Today, however, I have found a great video that explains this all in very plain English for you non-techies. Enjoy!

If you’re in retail, ’tis the season for milking the moment for all it’s worth. This is retail make-it-or-break-it time.
Wondering if you’d like to contribute ideas here for holiday selling tactics that make the most of the last days of 2007, a time when people have saved money for purchases and are now ready to [...]

I have to start by commending all of the businesses that participated
and ranked in StartupNation's inaugural Top 100 Home Based
Businesses. It's a true testament that working from home can be
fun, productive and profitable. Let's take a birds' eye
view at your businesses for a minute. Do any of these traits describe
your business model?

My business could be [...]

 I’ve been excitedly awaiting the results of the new Homebased 100 contest.
 As a regular contributor to the Boomers Back In Business blog and forum, and a coach of Boomer entrepreneurs myself, my attention has been particularly drawn to the winners in the Boomers Back In Business category.
 What a wonderful variety of businesses are represented in [...]

A new poll is out, and it sheds light on how "out of the limelight" small business owners feel when it comes to Wall Street, the media and politicians.
BOSTON, MA – Despite what Wall Street may be saying, small business owners are feeling that the economy is headed in the wrong direction and things need [...]

Maybe it’s the soft spot in my heart for anyone brave or foolhardy enough to try a startup in the Rocky Mountain West, an area not known for its abundance of resources for entrepreneurs. Or maybe it’s my admiration for someone who goes out and does what others say can’t be done.
Either way, I found [...]

For the past four months, the StartupNation team has been engrossed in its boldest initiative yet - creating and publishing the first annual ranking of home-based businesses in America.
Finally, after all of this effort, the 2007 StartupNation Home-Based 100 ranking results are now published at our site, and what a collection of incredible businesses it is.
CONGRATULATIONS, [...]

For the third year running, Franchise Business Review is hosting the Franchisee Satisfaction Awards. Each year, we pay tribute to the franchisors that are "doing it right" - putting their
franchisees first and focusing on the things that matter most..
If you're interested in seeing the franchises that ranked highly in 2007, you can see a complete [...]

It's been a long few weeks … Let's recap:
Wk of Oct 8 - Business travel, home very late Friday night, up first thing Sat am for UNC/USC game
(6 hr round trip drive)
Wk of Oct 15 - In town until Wed. Thursday - Sunday in Los Angeles for the West Coast Franchise Expo.
Back Sunday night.
Wk of [...]