Carnival of Entrepreneurs #35: August 20, 2007

Welcome to the August 20, 2007 edition of carnival of entrepreneurs.

Mike Harmon presents Planning an Business Trip posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “For Business Owners, a business trip can be a valuable tool and tax deduction. Typically however, the business owner gets to tax time and finds out there is a big tax liability due.”
Sue Massey presents Are You A Good Facilitator? posted at Business Management Life, saying, “Facilitation is an acquired skill and the ability to facilitate effectively improves more and more with experience.”
Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Custom Made Jingles, Commercials and Music for Television and Radio posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “Looking for the right sound and company to produce that sound can be somewhat tricky, especially if this is your first run with TV or radio. There are a number of things to look out for in terms of getting the best price with a great sounding commercial.”
Chris Tackett presents ITV Ventures Review – Honest Money Making Opportunity Or Scam? posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “Do you realize that there are many more infomercials today as compared to 10 years ago? When you look at the television the commercials are aired in such a way to engage the viewer in their ‘wants’. My goal is to help you get the logical side before investing your hard earned cash into ITV Ventures.”
Eric Hudin presents From iPhone to YouTube – The Viral Marketing Method posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, “Many businesses take advantage of the newest marketing method available: viral advertising. Different marketing strategies are employed by product and service providers, channeling popular and existing social networking communities online.”
Chris Russell presents Enhancing Human Performance posted at Productivity Planner, saying, “Knowing why people behave the way they do on the job is the key to gaining commitment to continuous improvement. A manager must understand peoples needs in order to increase motivation and therefore meet the needs of the organization.”
Stacey Derbinshire presents Leveling the Playing Fields posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, “The lifeplan of school, college, and get a job is the paradigm most are trained to follow. However, only a small percentage of those who follow this plan end up with any level of wealth or financial satisfaction in their secular life.”
Ianternet presents Simple Facebook Adjustements to Get Traffic posted at Ian Fernando.
James Wong presents Make Money Online: Google AdSense and SBI! posted at Online-ebiz.
Janet Green presents Can businesses shift from selling to building trust? posted at The Marketing Idea Blog, saying, “Companies attempting to capture the $1.6 trillion women’s market may have to change their core thinking about marketing.”
Vahid Chaychi presents Tens of Different Ways to Make Money from Home and through the Internet and Your Personal Computer posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “To start working from home, you really don’t need to join any home business program and probably get scammed. You can easily start your home business through selling ClickBank digital products, blogging, stock exchange, Forex, eBay, accounting and … .”

Business Insights and Ideas

Sagar Satapathy presents Working Green: 50 Tips To Reduce Your Office?s Waste posted at Bootstrapper.
Ben Yoskovitz presents 10 Questions Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Are Going To Ask posted at Instigator Blog.
Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Evaluation is Critical for Success. How to Measure Your Progress. posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door, saying, “I have learned from past experience with my other projects, goals and small businesses that it is crucial to monitor progress using analytical measures. Regular evaluations of any project are important for keeping it on track and in alignment with one’s vision. Today, on my one month blogiversary, I am illustrating this important evaluation process.”
Warren Wong presents Make People Comfortable By Greeting Them Right posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Do you know how to make people comfortable when you meet them? Here’s a couple of tips to make them feel right at home.”
Barry Welford presents Cell Phone Telecoms Lock In Their Customers – For Now posted at StayGoLinks, saying, “The wireless telecoms like to lock in their customers with multiyear contracts and locked handsets. As the mobile Web becomes a reality with devices such as the iPhone, this may bring new competition that may upset their cosy status quo.”
Don presents 3 Lessons Why You’re A Failure posted at AffiliateWatcher.Com, saying, “Most of the time, people who fail are full of excuses. If you know you’re failing before it happens you may be able to avoid it altogether. See if your profile fits one of these three to find out if you’re on a path to failure.”
artThailand presents Wanna buy a website……..? posted at artThailand.
Charles H. Green presents The Dark Side of Trust? Not! posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Harvard claims the key to trust is micromanagement; but the reality is, micromanaging trust can hurt your relationships with your customers and coworkers.”

Inspire Me!

Celebpreneur presents Rachel Elnaugh Interview posted at celebpreneur.com – Celebrity entrepreneur news & gossip, saying, “An inspirational exclusive interview from a successful entrepreneur who has seen it all”
Aruni Gunasegaram presents Success to Me: Marc Seriff, founding CTO of AOL posted at Babble Soft’s Blog, saying, “I co-write articles on the topic of success and the most recent article was on Marc Seriff, co-founder of AOL….a story to inspire!”
Susan Velez presents The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires posted at The Secret To Life.
Cody McKibben presents Interview with Michelle Goodman, Author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide posted at Thrilling Heroics, saying, “to help wage slaves transition to flexible, alternative work, and help “cubicle expats,” as she calls them, avoid the mistakes she made early on in her self-employment.”
Dianne M. Buxton presents 7 Highly Effective Habits for Stress Releasing posted at manifestingsuccess.
Christopher J. Brunner presents Seeking a Dream posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “The ambition to be an entrepreneur is usually in the back of everyone’s mind. And though the numbers of entrepreneurs out there continue to grow, it is far too often that people have dreams and do nothing to pursue them.”
Maria Palma presents What’s Stopping You From Achieving Your Business Goals? posted at Online Business Resources, saying, “What are you doing today to move closer to your goals? If you’re at odds about what to do with your life or what you think your purpose is, then this is what I recommend…”
Jacob Gorban presents What got me started with business posted at Small Business Lessons.

Tips

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Turn Potential Into Success posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “Take your talents, skills, and passions to the next level with these steps aimed at elevating you towards sucess.”
FitBuff presents I Can Stand My Stand Up Desk | FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “It’s been a month since I set up my stand up desk, and this article chronicles how it has improved my posture, productivity and performance.
Mark Ashbridge presents Driving Red Hot Targeted Traffic To Your Website In 10 Days – Day 2 posted at MarkAshbridge.com, saying, “Make money online by driving red hot targeted traffic to your website in 10 days.”
Adam presents Three Ideas For An Inexpensive Business Gathering posted at Queercents, saying, “Planning and hosting a business gathering is a fun way to meet new people and help others do the same. It can be a rewarding experience personally and professionally. I recommend every small business owner plan and host a similar event sometime in the next twelve months.

One source of trepidation though might be the cost associated with planning and hosting a professional gathering but here are some hints and ideas to control costs without sacrificing quality.”

Tricks and To-Dos

The Dough Roller presents 5 Steps to Achieving the 24-hour Work Week (Which Beats The 4-Hour Work Week) posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “For employees who want to become entrepreneurs, achieving a 24-hour work week may be a great first step. Here’s how.”

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