Digital Business Views

Ever notice that tiny little eye just above your laptop screen? That’s called a web cam, and these days it can be employed to do some pretty dirty work.
Take this example: oDesk. Basically it’s a service that hooks clients up with service providers, and helps clients make sure they’re getting their money’s worth [...]

I subscribe to a few newsletters for freelance writers. Some are about marketing, and others have writing tips or ideas for how to build your writing career.
I’ll never forget what one of my favorite newsletters said one day. It was talking about creating a daily schedule that keeps you productive and energized, and [...]

There are a lot of options for businesses who want to build a Web site, but the newbie website owner or small time business owner may find themselves a bit overwhelmed by all of the options.
For instance, you may hear a lot of talk about dedicated servers versus shared servers. A dedicated server is [...]

My favorite sushi restaurant is a perfect example of how you can work in an industry, gain experience, and then open your own small business.
The restaurant is owned by a married couple; the husband, who is Japanese, does all the cooking, and the wife, who is actually Thai, greets people, takes orders, and serves the [...]

One of the best ways to make your company website work for you is to make it useful. Only useful websites are going to get high search engine rankings, for several different reasons. For instance, only useful websites will get lots of inbound links, which is one of the ways search engines determine [...]

Many people don’t worry about the cost of business trips, because technically they are business expenses, and can be deducted from your gross income. This lowers your tax liability, and therefore saves you money on your taxes.
However, you still need to be able to pay for the business trip up front, which means that [...]

One of my colleagues and friends had an interesting approach to generating some new business a year or two ago. She released a press release stating that 10 percent of all her income that month would be donated to a charity of her choice.
The result was astounding. She got tons of business that [...]

Every business should have a website — even a dentist’s office. Many people search for businesses online these days, and having a web presence ensures that potential patients can find you.
Here are 3 things a dentist ought to have on their website.

Location and hours. This is the most obvious thing, because a website is often [...]

Often when people are trying to decide what kind of business they want to start, they forget to think about businesses that earn them money indirectly, such as the advertising revenue on blogs. But keeping a blog is very much a business — or at least it should be treated as such if you [...]

When most of us think of dog-walking or pet-sitting businesses, we think of the neighborhood kid’s “business,” similar to babysitting or mowing lawns. But pet-related home businesses aren’t just for kids, silly rabbit! Many successful adult entrepreneurs run pet-related home-based businesses.
Recently a friend of mine was laid off from her job at the [...]