When I started this blog I said that product reviews would be part of it. Some of the reviews have included links to participate and/or purchase because the concept was appealing and contributes to one of the other major themes of this blog: discovering ways of establishing independence.
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Diverse Elements In Outsourcing
These days I believe outsourcing is immediately understood as exporting work to foreign lands with abundant labor pools working for pennies on the dollar, not the dictionary definition. Outsourcing conjures many opinions and often emotions in people around the world. From various documentaries I’ve seen and material read, attitudes range from resignation on the part...
Do You Believe Me Or Your Eyes
As of this writing, there’s been a few commercials by certain technology companies offering small businesses a free website submitted to all the search engines if they subscribe to a service plan. I noticed the first one on a late night/afternoon infomercial, then several weeks later a more nationally known brand presented their version. These...
When Partnerships Go Bad
Years may go by and it can go unnoticed until it arrives: a rift develops between you and someone who partnered with you to build a business. But the assets of the business have been jointly managed. One of those critical assets is customer contact information. If the owner of that data is clear, then...
What About Us
Even though this blog is titled “Diverse Elements”, one pervasive theme is sustaining and growing a business through the experience of a newly-minted entrepreneur. That term ‘entrepreneur’ has gained a lot of currency and more will be said about that in another post. I decided to go into internet marketing because it’s not bound by...
Supporting Visionary Goals
People who have been business owners for some time have definitive opinions on what it takes to run a business. This seems like an obviously self-evident statement but it’s interesting to hear how they cope with competing philosophies. A recent discussion with one experienced business owner involved accruing vast amounts of information available today vs...