If you can recapture a wasted hour here and there and redirect it to a more productive use, you can make great increases in your daily productivity. Here are ten of the techniques I share in our Time Management seminars, each one of which will help you to get at least one more hour out [...]

While in many areas of the United States, local counties are strictly enforcing zoning regulations that restricts the operation of a business from home. But not in Fort Collins, Colorado. They are making the moves to encourage home businesses, and are planning to relax their zoning restrictions to achieve this. TheColoradoan.com reports that Larimer County [...]

One of the most important things an online entrepreneur needs to do is to seek out various sources of traffic for their website. It is hard to rely on one major source of traffic alone. If 80 percent, or even 50 percent, of your traffic comes from a single source – e.g. search engine like [...]

As the holidays draw to a close, I hope that small and home-based online retailers out there also enjoyed brisk sales. I was leafing through the October 2005 issue of Internet Retailer magazine and saw an article on how to improve conversion rates and increase sales online. Their tips are as follows: Provide an online [...]

Susan Friedman of TheTradeShowCoach.com shares with us two articles on how to improve the effectiveness of trade show participation. For certain types of businesses, trade shows are critical elements of their marketing mix. Participation in trade shows give them visibility, allows them to find buyers for their products, expose them to potential suppliers, and even [...]

Complaints from neighbors is often the kiss of death for home businesses. Journal and Online Courier reported that one home business owner operating a bakery in West Lafayette, Indiana lost her home business after the zoning board denied the reclassification request. The board deemed the bakery to be a commercial venture and cannot be operated [...]

It’s only a few days before we welcome the year 2006. This is the time when I sit down and take stock of what I accomplished in 2005, along with those “darn-it-I-should-have-done-that” sentiments. I must admit that I always have lots of grand (and sometimes great) ideas, but oftentimes I am too lazy to implement [...]

Many home business entrepreneurs operate their businesses under the radar. They either do not know about zoning laws and its impact on their businesses, think that they are not covered by zoning laws, or simply do not care about such laws. Well, that’s fine — until the county busts you out and give you the [...]

How many times do you pass up free opportunities to market your business? You know what I’m talking about, someone contacts you and wants to spotlight your business but needs a bio. Or maybe you donated to a group and they will publish your ad, but you need to send it to them. Do you [...]

When you have a new idea for a product or service, there are 5 crucial actions you must take to assure your success. Getting a patent is not one of them. Typically, 70 percent of patents filed are granted. But, only an estimated 2-3% actually makes money. Many inventors and entrepreneurs whose products failed didn’t [...]