I previously wrote on ways you can earn from your blogs though this post focused on selling your writing instead of selling your ad spaces on your blog. If you are thinking of monetizing your blog, here are Blog Advertising Network that sells ads exclusively for blogs. Sign up with them and start earning from [...]

I will now be writing the Entrepreneur Success Stories blog of WomenHomeBusiness.com . The blog was in hiatus for a long time, and now it’s back sharing success stories of entrepreneurs. I just wrote a post about the extraordinary story of Johnnie Bryant Hunt Sr., who only reached Grade 7 yet went on to become [...]

Inc.com’s Entrepreneur of the Year Ken Hendricks, the CEO and chairman of ABC Supply and #107 on Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 richest Americans, is said to “buy companies more often than most people buy toothpaste.” The Inc.com article pointed out that he seems to have a sixth sense when looking at financial statements [...]

We know that the Internet has opened a lot of doors for home-based businesses. But it’s just fun to see some statistics on how Internet affects home-based businesses. An SBA entitled “The Impact of Location on Net Income: A Comparison of Homebased and Non-homebased Sole Proprietors” included some interesting market research data on home business [...]

If you are looking to improve your sales technique, the book “ULTIMATE SALES TOOL KIT: The Versatile 15-Piece Skill Set That Every Professional Needs (AMACOM, January 30, 2007; $19.95 hardcover) by William Miller can give you the right tools and skill set. The book presents 15 skill sets that a sales professional need, giving concreate [...]

When we read books on starting a business, the advice is always to prepare a business plan. When we study entrepreneurship in schools, the advice again is to start with a business plan. So do government agencies, mentorship programs such as SCORE, and yes, even websites like PowerHomeBiz. But is a business plan really necessary? [...]

Costco Connection, the monthly magazine of the warehouse club Costco, has a very interesting article entitled”Tips from the Top: Selling for the Non-Salesperson” in their January issue. The article is a collection of tips from the top sales guru. While most we already know, it is also useful to be reminded of them again: Selling [...]

For almost a year now, I have been spending time (ok, a LOT of time) on Yahoo Answers. The time spent has paid off — I have been #1 in the Business and Finance category and in the top 20 in both the global and U.S. leaderboards. I even got an award for category excellence [...]