Quality office furniture makes a strong statement as to the stability of your firm. When potential clients arrive at your office they often have little to judge your abilities by other than the external presentation you offer. Torn chairs and chipped edges on desks to not inspire confidence. Yes it is true that once you show all that your firm has to offer you hope to make the sale or close the deal. But until you impress them with your abilities and charm the ambiance of stability is essential. Putting your best foot forward in the [...]
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In this era of strip malls and outlet stores it's getting difficult to tell one suburban community from another. Some people might like the fact that you can hardly tell your hometown from a city across the country or even in another part of the world, but it wasn't always like this. All these ubiquitous chains started somewhere with only one location, so if you ever wanted to know where to go to shake your fist in the air to curse the strip-malling of America, these 15 locations would be a good start. (From [...]
Energy vending is one of the hottest small business opportunities available today. Products such as Mad Dog energy chews and Mad Dog energy shots sell phenomenally fast and yield their distributors extraordinary profits. Experienced vending machine companies have setup specific divisions just to handle the volume generated by this new and exciting market. Anyone can setup a Mad Dog Energy Products sales route. There is no cost for the initial distribution rights and territories are as large as you can claim. Vending industry experts Pro Energy Beverages have created a program designed to help beginners enter the [...]
So due to some arrangements that take priority right now, no radio show today. In fact, in all likelihood the radio show will be condensed to once a week, Tuesdays from 3-5PM. So I'll be back on the air fo' legit on Tuesday. You can see some more layout changes on the site now, namely a return of the header image and one more ad (that's the last one, I promise). I'm not sure, but I feel like the site might be too cluttered now. Feedback is greatly appreciated. In other site news, we've steadily cracked [...]
Song: Straight and Alert Artist: Uniform Choice Album: Screaming For Change Comments: The story goes that the UC guys were less than edge by the time this album came out. At the end of the day 99.999% of people who try out the whole edge thing find out they like the barley or the grain and even dabble in drugs. My whole thing is that if you are going to walk and rock the edge you might as well have a good soundtrack. This song, despite the hypocrisy, is a step above the [...]
Are you familiar with the chocolate energy chew known under the brand name Buzz Bites ? Buzz Bites are a fabulous quick energy food from Vroom Foods , but unfortunately they are available only in a single chocolate flavor. A better option in energy chews are the products of Mad Dog Energy. Mad Dog sells delicious chews that provide a quick energy shot in both chocolate and fruit flavors. There are two ways to enjoy Mad Dog energy chews. The first is simply to find them at your favorite retail counter and let their delicious flavor melt in [...]
Many people attempt to sell coffee on the internet. Unfortunately the vast majority of these coffee purveyors offer only generic products with poor quality at specialty coffee prices. There is however one place where you can be sure to find fabulous coffee online for less money, and that place is coffeeforless.com. At Coffee for Less you can choose from a huge assortment of coffee grades ranging from excellently flavored American Dunkin Donuts Blend, the tradition hot cup of java, to exotic blends like Green Mountain pumpkin spice, a blend that is perfect for belaying the chill of Autumn. Coffee [...]
Scene darlings the Republic Tigers made it safely across the pond earlier this week for their first European tour. Sort of. According to Tigers tour manager Dave Gaumé's blog , he and the band were detained for 24 hours in a windowless, concrete room because they arrived in Scotland sans work visas. "We played charades," Gaumé writes. "We slept on disposable but dirty pillows, under those silver plastic "blankets" for camping and emergencies." The whole experience sounds uncomfortable, although Gaumé mentions a couple of cute Canadian gals who were holed up with them. In the end, though, [...]
So potentially big news: Viva La Mainstream was invited and accepted to be a part of the MOG music network. I had heard of MOG before but never looked that deep into it; from what I gathered its some cross breed between last.fm and Hype Machine, but that doesn't quite do it justice. But anyway, VLM is a member of MOG now. I'm also trying out their MOG Music Network, which will in theory bring more traffic to my site. It also means the site is ad-supported for awhile, but frankly, I'm not worried too much about it. [...]
Mark Sumner, who is better known as the Daily Kos editor Devilstower, has written an excellent history lesson explaining how we arrived at this most recent economic point in this country. As a history student, it's always nice to read something that is well researched and well written. Boiling it down to a nutshell, Sumner argues that the current financial crisis began with the Savings and Loan deregulation in 1982, a bill written largely by Fred Thompson, and continued through a series of economic deregulations that have wreaked havoc on this nation. [ The Nation ]
Do you have a business or home office that is in need of sprucing up? Often, clients judge the overall ability of your business by the appearance of your facility. An excellent way to upgrade that appearance and create an air of professionalism for your business is to replace tired and worn furnishings with quality office furniture from Bizchair.com. With free shipping to anywhere in the continental United States, Biz Chair is the office furniture buyers most intelligent option. They sell quality office furniture from such noted manufacturers as Office Star, Virco and Bush Furniture. Desks offered in [...]
Your company logo speaks volumes as to both the products you offer and how your business is perceived by potential clients. While a successful logo need not offer the viewer a complete and thorough understanding of every product you sell, it should instantly convey a sense of your firm's general industry and philosophy towards it. Beyond this, a quality logo captures a potential client's attention. Until recently, quality corporate logo design was an incredibly expensive process. Corporate logos routinely would cost at least five thousand dollars. But, with the advent of computer graphics, beautiful dynamic logos can be created [...]
Did you know that there are over ten thousand Starbucks coffee shops worldwide? Coffee franchises are an incredibly fast growing sector of retail business. Unfortunately, Starbucks stores are all company owned, but, there are many other nationally known coffee franchises available. And, you can find complete information about them at franchisegenius.com. At franchisegenius.com, listings are always being added for businesses in the latest growth areas. With so many baby boomers slowing their pace and entering into retirement, the demand for home services franchises is booming. There is a huge need for purveyors in the [...]
By FLANNERY CASHILL In a case of art imitating the internet, McSweeney's exquisitely packaged coffee table compendium, All Known Metal Bands , may be copied and pasted directly from the metal-archives.com , a less exquisite but exhaustively researched Encyclopedia Metallum. All Known Metal Bands lists over 50,000 metal bands in alphabetical order, the same 50,000 plus bands listed alphabetically on metal-archives.com without the $22 cover price. The similarity has ignited flame wars across the internet, pitting die-hard hashers against tongue-in-cheek literati. Who [...]
Have you always wanted to accept credit cards in your business and thought that it was an incredibly complicated process? For over twelve years Charge.com has been people just like you how simple arranging to accept credit cards for your business can be. With their free online application, that takes just minutes to fill in, you can be ready to accept Visa and Mastercards on your website or in your retail store in less than 24 hours. Many firms offer to help setup an online merchant account . But, these charge exorbitant fees for accepting your application [...]
by jacqueline nusz It is easy to confuse the principal meaning of a company ranked "Fortune 500." A company ranked within the Fortune 500 is conceptualized to be the "crème de la crème" which means out of all American Businesses it ranks within the top 500 in gross revenue. In reality however, it signifies that although they have created some unique way to succeed, you , if an employee of the company, should not. The difference lies here: where as they have distinguished themselves as [...]
There is a huge trend in the United Kingdom to renovate. It seems that all of England is involved in a project to spruce up in one way or another. Indeed businesses throughout the U.K. have found that a better office presentation results in increased customer confidence and that in turn results in increased sales. One of the best ways to make your customers feel that your firm is on the rise is with an upgrade to new office furniture from Cheapofficefurniture.co.uk. Cheap Office Furniture is the United Kingdoms premier online resource for quality well styled office desks , [...]
So many of you were very kind and sent me cards that were not included in my last two posts, so here is the final batch of clever business cards. Fortune Cookie [...]
I love strawberry jam, either on toast and vanilla ice cream or listening to Animal Collective. Still, there is nothing that bests the taste of fresh strawberry jam. I've got a freezer full of it right now to last me through the winter. Spending $30 to pick strawberries this summer and then turn it into jam is an excellent investment. According to Science Daily, strawberry jam is more heavily regulated than cigarettes due largely to the US government's strict requirements and stringent tests of consumer products. Crazy. The article goes on to argue that because tobacco kills more [...]
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