The other day I blogged about getting great deals on travel to Disney World, and I thought today I’d talk to you about traveling from another country altogether: the UK! A lot of my most favorite rock and punk music has come out of the United Kingdom. Americans are often accused of being too America-centric,…
The Importance of Backing Up Your Data
Every single hard drive ever made, will fail one day. Maybe it’s lasted a long time, but at some point, it will happen. If your data isn’t backed up somewhere, all your important documents, photos, music files, projects, and important business forms will all be lost. Then you’ll probably have to pay a data recovery…
Trade Shows and Vendor Fairs
Earlier this month, I was at (and incidentally, blogged from) the UNC CAUSE conference in Asheville, NC. There was a great deal of hoopla in the vendor display area. They all had tables set up, freebies to give out, and contests to win iPod shuffles or GPS units or Direct TV DVRs. My official title…
Credit Card Joe: Don’t Spend Any More!
Here’s the number one problem I think most people have with credit: they’re not responsible (I’m guilty here). You have available to you a line of credit either via credit card or just a bank loan, and you have to keep in mind that money is not really yours. Again, here I’m guilty. You have…
The Importance of Good Financing for Start-ups
I’ve blogged about having good financial health before taking out loans for startup capital, but I thought I’d write more in-depth about the importance of researching excellent financing for Business Funding. Every new business needs to be planned thoroughly before execution, or it may be the execution of your business. Review your current funding sources…
Word Press vs. CMS
From ZDNet: “WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systems by ZDNet‘s Larry Dignan — Updated below: There’s a good discussion on the line between journalism and blogging, but it’s also worth noting the technology gulf between media companies and their content minions. In Scott Karp’s overall discussion asking whether blogs can do journalism–I…
Download This!: Shop BOB for eBooks
If you’ve purchased one of Amazon’s new Kindle e-Book readers, you’re probably looking in places other than just Amazon for e-Books for your new device. Or maybe you’ve got a nifty new PDA or smart phone for Christmas this year, and you’ll need some place to stock up on reading material. You could go scour…
Into the Wild
I’ve always thought of exotic vacations as something reserved for really rich business men. Especially something as cool as a safari. Besides being named after an awesome web browser on the Mac, safaris just have the added cool factor of being all about hunting. But not for bears, or deer, or quail. Can you imagine…
A Website for Your Business
There are some businesses where all you need is a bill-board style website. It’s just a place for you to put up a sign that says “Hey! I’m a business. I have real-world brick-and-mortar shop that you should visit. Here’s my contact information.” If you want any sort of customer interactivity or online ordering, you’re…
Startup Loans for Your Business
Need help starting your own business? Don’t have anything to throw down as collateral? You probably want to try and get an unsecured loan to help you get going. As usual, I want to advise that you not take on any additional debt if you already have a problem with your existing debt. Make sure…