Utah Number Two In The Nation For Self-Employment Growth
August 4, 2008
Utah saw an increase of 7.2 two percent in the number of self-employed business people one year. That’s second only to Georgia’s 7.6 percent increase. Many Utah economists attribute the growth to the local religious groups who emphasize self reliance. Utah is the state with the largest membership for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Also within the state are large populations of all major religious denominations. Utah leads the nation in college graduates. There... Read more »
Emissions Trading: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
July 31, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the popular phrases is emissions trading. And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by this indirect carbon tax depending on where they fall in the supply chain. One possible regulatory system for limiting future carbon dioxide emissions is a cap-and-trade system. Under this system, permits to produce carbon dioxide emissions are issued by the government and then sold and traded in the marketplace.... Read more »
Intelligent Green Software: Consumers Take Control!
July 26, 2008
The green movement has created new marketplace opportunities with the emergence of intelligent green software. Industries, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by the adoption or disregard of such technology as they move into some version of energy peak load or variable electrical pricing (where the current price is determined by the power load on the grid). In the not-so-distant future, companies will need to prepare for the application of intelligent green software that will automatically... Read more »
Renewable Energy: The Good, the Bad, and the So-So
July 26, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the more popular phrases is renewable energy. And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by how they will respond to the reality of renewable energy depending on where they fall in the supply chain. Renewable energy is a term that refers to those potential sources of energy that are naturally replenished, which means that using them does not decrease the amount available in the future. This contrasts... Read more »
Smart Green Grid Software Meets the Not-So-Smart Modern Electric Grid
July 26, 2008
The green movement is creating new marketplace opportunities as a result of developing new green technology. One technology is smart grid software. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by how this technology will be deployed and adopted as they move into some version of peak load or variable pricing. The modern electric grid is hardly modern; it has barely changed in seventy-five years. Most electric grid systems today consist of transmission and distribution networks that... Read more »
Is Viral Marketing the New Residual Income Strategy You Need?
July 22, 2008
The network marketing industry, Multi-level marketing, the insurance industry, and membership programs are often built around the idea of building an ongoing stream of income from one sale. When someone pays $97.00, or whatever amount, every month to maintain their life insurance or active status in their direct sales company, the agent or representative that introduced them to the company continues to receive a portion of that income. It’s a great idea, and of course the evolution to make... Read more »
Are You Making This Mistake With Your List?
July 17, 2008
It’s always a good time to reinforce the importance of staying in touch with your list. As I’ve been telling my clients for years, the most important goal for your web site is to add visitors to your list. It’s rare that first time visitors will buy something, and once they’re gone, they may never come back. But if they subscribe to your list, they’re giving you permission to invite them back over and over again. Now your job is to make sure you keep inviting them!... Read more »
Using Online Business Network Hubs Online
July 14, 2008
Finding an “effective” online business network strategy that you can fully trust and rely on to bring you real, profitable leads and business referrals is rather hard to come by online. While there are many free network hubs online that you can easily join, you have to first look at their effectiveness. Some of the things I believe they need to be effective are: 1. An easy way to spread your business and brand throughout the network via an intuitive interface that pushes your business... Read more »
Be Forewarned: The Carbon Tax Is Coming and It Doesn’t Look Good
July 11, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the more popular phrases is “carbon tax.” And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by a carbon tax depending on where they fall in the supply chain. Wikipedia defines a carbon tax as a direct tax on carbon dioxide emissions, which is generated as a byproduct of combustion of fossil fuels, among other processes. Expanding on this definition, a carbon tax can be seen as an excise tax... Read more »
Merchant Loans: Get Cash Quick with the Greatest of Ease
July 9, 2008
We all know that securing a business loan is a tedious and time-consuming endeavor. With all the required documentation and credit investigations on top of the required overall collateral, one is not even guaranteed an approval. If it is quick-cash that your business is in desperate need for, merchant cash advance or loans may be the answer this assumes, of course, that your business accepts credit card transactions from your customers. In merchant cash advance loans, a business can sell a portion... Read more »
