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Working from Home: Creating your first website

Starting a home-based business is a huge undertaking. Creating an online presence for your business can be equally overwhelming. Where do you begin to learn the basics of creating your first website? It’s actually much simpler than you’d think. Listed below are a few tips and tricks to make your first website pain-free.

First, you’ll need a Domain Name. A domain name is what your website visitors will type in to visit your website. For example, the domain name that you would type in to find Christian Work at Home Moms is www.CWAHM.com – “CWAHM” being the actual domain name portion of the website address.

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Flip & Tumble Reusable Bag

Flip & Tumble is an unique and modern reusable bag created by Eva Bauer and friends right out of graduate school. While in graduate school at Stanford’s Product Design Program, they began researching how people use reusable bags. Flip & Tumble came out of an idea to design a bag that people wouldn’t forget.

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Eco Retail Shops

It’s still surprising to see how few retail spaces there are dedicated to green products. However, hopefully this is set to change in Britain, with the arrival of Eco Age, a cutting-edge, high-end designer gadgets and interior designs store in the upmarket family district of Chiswick, London.

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DemoCamp 17 in Toronto

I recently attended DemoCamp 17 - an event in Toronto attended by software developers and other entrepreneurs (well, actually mostly software developers) looking to share their new apps with other geek-minded people and to attract VC money from some of the angel investors in the room.

   Read More | Comments | Technology | Article by Graeme Spicer

Instant Fresh Tea Innovation

With a twist of the air-tight cap, 1.4 grams of traditional Kyoto matcha (high-grade green tea) is released into the mineral water below, creating a serving of fresh (yet instant) tea with no added chemicals or preservatives. In the same fashion, CIC Co. also offers Ukon (tumeric) and Aoijiro (kale juice) health drinks.

   Read More | Comments | Food & Beverages | Article by Trend Insights

StickK to Your Word

Whether your personal goal is to drop 20 pounds or quit smoking, stickK uses the power of a "commitment contract" to encourage you to "stickK" to your word. Developed by two Yale professors, the stickK concept is based on the idea that most people will commit if either their reputation or their funds are at stake.

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Meaty Pod

What's better than having a nice leather or cloth iPod sleeve to show off to your friends? If you're thinking one made of imitation meat -- you're dead right! Apparently, a company in Japan is under the impression that you want to wrap your music player in a grade A meaty lookalike.

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Scout Music For Cash

Publicly launched at this year's South by Southwest music festival, Surrge is an iTunes for populists, empowering its listeners, dubbed “scouts,” to act as amateur A&R teams for the online music store. Beyond the usual rewards for exposing undiscovered bands to the masses, Surrge ups the ante by throwing in cold hard cash.

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When a Goal Become a MUST!

People who achieve their goals are those who are truly committed to get what they want. To them, their goals are not a mere wish or a weak desire. They are an absolute must. When a goal becomes a must, we operate from a very different frame of mind. When something becomes a must, we will do whatever it takes to get it.(within ethical, legal & moral bound

   Read More | Comments | Success Attitude | Article by Adam Khoo

5 Great Ways To Use Spreadsheets and Stay Organized

Does just the mention of the word 'spreadsheet' cause your mouth to go dry? Do you immediately think of sums, formulae, and figures? Well fear not any more -- I'm here to tell you that spreadsheets aren't just for sums! I'm going to share with you my favorite top five tips on how you can use spreadsheets.

   Read More | Comments | People & Management | Article by Tracey Lawton

Choosing A Franchise

More and more, women are discovering that franchising is a great way to become a business owner. Whether your background is banking or baking, marketing or mothering, you’ve probably developed a set of skills that will translate to any number of franchise opportunities.

   Read More | Comments | Franchise | Article by Kim Ellis

Plan For Success

As a solopreneur there is always an endless list of projects that we want to work on or need to complete in order to grow our business. If we don't plan properly and build in time to work on these projects we can very quickly become overwhelmed, and in the end we don't complete anything.

   Read More | Comments | Planning & Management | Article by Tracey Lawton

Mutual Funds 101

It’s increasingly recognised that shrewd investment is essential to achieving a high standard of living, especially after retirement. The web is awash with stories of middle income-earners (teachers, laborers and IT professionals) who have created extraordinary wealth by studying the markets.

   Read More | Comments | Finance & Capital | Article by Steven Teo

Incentive Planning Takes Two Brain

Scientists agree that in most people one side of the brain dominates. The right half of the brain controls the creative, artistic characteristics and the left side controls the practical, reasoning functions. Those who successfully create incentive travel programs must be able to call on unusual competencies from both sides.

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Five Ways to Market Using Email

There are many ways to market a home-based business. But one of the simplest ways is to use an every day business tool - email. By using these five easy tips you'll see how easily your business can grow without much effort on your part. Use a Professional Signature - This is an important tip to use on every email.

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