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by Greg Cruey on November 26, 2008
A Facebook friend of mine, Anita Campbell, pointed me toward a new free guide to social media for Small Business. The book is "Let's Talk: Social Media for Small Business," by John Jants...
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by Shawn Hessinger on September 19, 2006
I have to credit blogger and entrepreneur Dan Marques for his posting on this one.
scanR makes it possible for you to use your digital camera or camera phone to make copies of white boards, documents...
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by Shawn Hessinger on September 19, 2006
Not too long ago I was asked to do a list of my top five favorite blogs for what will probably be the November issue of Practical eCommerce.
The request got me thinking about the many blogs I see eac...
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by Shawn Hessinger on August 14, 2006
Editor's Note: (This is the fourth post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
Though a variety of techniques exist to launch that low cost b...
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by Shawn Hessinger on August 14, 2006
Editor's Note: (This is the third post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
A wide variety of services and products can be turned into low ...
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by Shawn Hessinger on August 14, 2006
Editor's Note: (This is the second post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
Remember that for some business ideas, particularly special se...
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by Shawn Hessinger on August 14, 2006
An important part of bootstrapping is keeping starting costs low.
So, it's no surprise that finding the right idea, preferably one with a minimal start-up cost, is key to success, even if substan...
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by Shawn Hessinger on August 13, 2006
If your bootstrap business in any way involves the Internet, sooner or later you'll face the challenge of marketing on the web.
For bloggers, the networking and other skills necessary to draw tra...
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by Shawn Hessinger on July 27, 2006
Free office furniture and equipment for businesses in Nevada County, CA, north of Sacramento are just a few mouse clicks away on the PC.
It's all thanks to a free online listing provided by the ...
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by Shawn Hessinger on July 20, 2006
In a post a few days ago on top ideas for bootstrapping your business, I mentioned Inc.com's recommendations for saving money on operations including using freebies.
An important freebie, as I an...
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by Shawn Hessinger on July 19, 2006
I'd like to make one final point on this whole issue of affiliate programs and whether they are or are not a legitimate business as discussed in a previous post.
It seems to me that, properly uti...
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by Shawn Hessinger on June 29, 2006
I missed this gem of a post from Jeff Cornwall over at The Entrepreneurial Mind the first time around when he put it online in early March.
Jeff relates the advice of successful bootstrapper Charles ...
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by Shawn Hessinger on June 24, 2006
While griping recently to an associate about the lack of Microsoft Excel on my Windows XP Home Edition, I was reminded of this site.
Open Office, as its name implies, is completely free of licensing ...
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by Shawn Hessinger on June 21, 2006
Where was Siamak Taghaddos when I needed him?
A couple of years ago when my wife and I were looking into starting a small community newspaper, I got some price quotes for a phone system to service a ...
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by Shawn Hessinger on June 16, 2006
Seth Godin's The Bootstrapper's Bible crystallizes many of the ideas discussed by other start-with-nothing entrepreneurs and also takes the dialogue beyond the IT industry.
A free 103 page PD...
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by Shawn Hessinger on June 15, 2006
What exactly is a guru Smile? A Dragbot? A Pop Cycle? Not even the creators of Wordlab are exactly sure.
The website offers an extensive database of brainpan drippings from the site's creators di...
