Archive for the 'Business Basics' Category
Ebay Selling – Clothing
Yazan: Administrator | 12 September 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Business Basics
Every once in a while, I do some selling on Ebay. Most of the time I sell stamp sets and embroidered items. I have often wondered if it would pay to sell clothing. Clothing is a big item on Ebay and if you have the right items, you can make a good profit. One idea [...]
Accomplishment
Yazan: Administrator | 07 August 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Business Basics, Home Businesses, Household Tips
Are you trying to accomplish your goals, but they never seem to materialize? Here is a tip: Make one goal each week. Start small. For example, make a goal that you will clean and organize the top of your desk. Next, write down in your calendar WHEN you are going to accomplish this goal (Tuesday, [...]
My desk
Yazan: Administrator | 31 July 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
I am debating if I need new office furniture. I like my desk because it is a corner desk and fits well in my office. It has plenty of shelves, but they just seem to get piled up and disorganized. There has to be a better desk that will fit my needs. I think I [...]
LCD Monitors and Eye Strain
Yazan: Administrator | 03 July 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: Business Basics
Now that the lcd monitor is becoming much more popular, you should also note that they are much better for your eyes. If you work on the computer a lot, as I do, an LCD monitor have better color and graphics and the text is crisper. The screen is much easier on the eyes and [...]
The Pen
Yazan: Administrator | 18 June 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
We have one pen in our house that is just called “The Pen”. It is a huge logo pen with a company name, logo and slogan on it. It is a great novelty item, but it must cost the company a small fortune to get a bunch of those logo pens to hand out. You [...]
Enterprise Nation
Yazan: Administrator | 15 June 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
If you are looking for some interesting home business podcasts, try Enterprise Nation. They currently have 10 podcasts available to listen to free of charge! Episode 9 deals with Selling on Ebay and Episode 6 talks about growing your business. Besides podcasts, has many other interesting articles and information for home based business owners.
Real Estate
Yazan: Administrator | 15 June 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
Real Estate has become a good work at home job for a lot of women. Of course, if you have young children it wouldn’t be best if you took them with you to house showings. Local real estate offices often offer classes for a nominal fee. You then have to take a real estate exam. [...]
Voice Mail
Yazan: Administrator | 13 June 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
There has to be a better way to get a good Telephone systems. We have three separate lines at our house. One has an answering machine attached – that is the main, personal line. The other two lines (one for my business and one for my husband’s) are on a separate voice mail system. The [...]
Accounts Receivable
Yazan: Administrator | 08 June 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Business Basics
If you do a lot of accounts receivable work, you can now use a new system called accounts receivable conversion. This process drastically reduces the amount of time and expense of manual payment posting for businesses. You can save thousands of man hours a year with this program and save on your bottom line. Basically [...]
Where does the time go?
Yazan: Administrator | 08 June 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Business Basics
I was reading over at Mind Tools, that the best way to really find out where you spend your time is to keep an activity log. The activity log should be kept for two weeks and you need to write down everything that you do and how long it takes (you can download a free [...]
