(www.bizchicksrule.com) — Suzanne over at eShopOwner.com is a powerseller with more than 15,000 eBay sales to her name. Here at Biz Chicks Rule, we had a great guest post from her back in May as part of Bridget’s regular Fri-Deas feature. In June, we welcomed her to the b5media family. And now, Suzanne is giving away a free e-book on what to buy at thrift stores to make a tidy profit on eBay. All you have to do to get a copy is follow this link and leave a comment on that post. Bing, bam, boom, Suzanne will send …read more

Shai over at Just Make Money Online today poses a business question that we’ve all asked ourselves a time or two. Or, perhaps we should consider the question if we’re online business owners.
Why Do You Want To Make Money Online?
Today is Open Mic Monday, so head on over there and give us your reasons why you do this thing called Internet Business. See you over there!

I’ve noticed that Homestead ads are now running on this here blog, and I wanted to just throw out my two cents about this fine company. I’ve been using Homestead for my freelance writing business website since 2004, and they are hands down the best and easiest website solution I’ve found. They are not, however, the cheapest, but I have found the quality to be well worth the extra couple of bucks a month it costs over, say, a pre-packaged template that comes with your computer or (heaven forbid) a free Tripod website.
Here’s what I like about Homestead:

You don’t need …read more

Earlier this year, we talked about the importance of having a strong Internet persona when you’re looking for a job. After all, in our perpetually connected society, chances are good that someone will be Googling you in the near future. Perhaps you’re being Googled right now! (Oooo, spooky…)
Blogging and Business posted last week on managing your online reputation with some great tips from an online reputation manager. Who knew there was such a thing? Here are some of the suggestions:

Use your own name — URLs, user names, etc. — so no one else can.
Write about yourself in the third person …read more

My husband and I tried to start a business together many, many years ago. When computers were new and all the rage and the internet was making its debut, he and I decided to custom build, sell and design computers for consumers. I would handle the administrative side of the business and he would handle the technical and physical side. We layed out a business plan, developed short and long-term goals for the business in addition to other things and we were set for business.
Only thing, was that my darling husband and I simply could not get along. He didn’t …read more

Was that title right?
When we are in business meetings, either online or offline, it’s important to be grammatically correct. Is it correct to say I’ve got or is it I have got?. What about kind of…is that acceptable? What do you think of somewhere up here? That was what a team leader really said during a business meeting when referring to a flow chart!
Correct grammatical usage of words during a meeting and in our everyday lives can a challenge. Especially for those who perhaps do not have a “business” job or are in a relaxed environment so slang or poor …read more

The votes are in, and BBC News reports that the top 5 technologies predicted to go big in 2008 are…

The web to go – Ubiquitous, mobile Internet connectivity
Ultra mobile PCs – The power of a PC in the convenience of a PDA-size device, or close to it
IPTV – Internet protocol (IP) television, rather than cable or satellite, for instance
Wimax – High-speed broadband Internet delivered over a large distance
Mobile VoIP – Mobile Internet phone service, like Vonage for a cell phone

Would any of these technologies have an impact on your company or your career? How? Which are you most excited about? …read more

When is the last time you Googled yourself? It sounds a little silly, but try it. Google your name. I’ll wait here.
Okay, I can see that you’re back now. What did you find? Are you listed at previous places of employment? Do you see activities and affliations from college? Maybe a few professional organizations? These are all good things.
But what else came up? One writing colleage confessed to me that she shares a name with an erotic writer whose website borders on pornographic. A design colleague revealed on his blog that someone with his same name was attemtping to piggyback …read more

I just had to laugh at this news headline:
Queen launches YouTube channel
Or course my first thought was the band, but turns out that they’re talking about Her Majesty the Queen of England. Who knew?
I can just imagine the lineup: 1, Queen waves that bizarre wave for 90 seconds; 2, Queen sits in throne and stares at camera for 90 seconds; 3, Queen kisses babies for 90 seconds… Actually, they’ll be broadcasting her annual speech as well as historical and current news footage on the channel, but still…
Am I the only one who thinks this is hilarious?
Contents © Copyright 2008 Kristen …read more

AOL is pulling the plug on development of Netscape Navigator, one of the original icons of the Web. It may not be specifically woman-related, but this is going to have an impact on businesses throughout the country and around the world as the Netscape holdouts have to change to another option and some businesses adjust their models to accommodate the shift.
Which Web browser do you use? Leave a comment.
Contents © Copyright 2008 Kristen King
Tags: women and business, woman, business, netscape, netscape navigator