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Randy's Home Business Blog September 2008 Archive

By Randy Duermyer, About.com Guide to Home Business

Work from Home - This Week's Work at Home Jobs

Tuesday September 30, 2008
This week's work from home job opportunities have been posted. This week features a variety of positions from virtual customer service to a nighthawk radiologist. If you need to live within ... Read More

Bottom Falls Out of Dow After Bailout Rejected by House

Monday September 29, 2008
The Dow Jones Industrial average fell more than 700 points on Monday as the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject the bi-partisan bailout plan for the economy. As a ... Read More

Nissan Rolls Out Mobile Office Concept Vehicle

Monday September 29, 2008
Nissan has taken the concept of working from outside the cubicle and turned it into working from the road. You can check it out and see photos of the Nissan?s ... Read More

Annual Free Opportunity Conference in Orlando on October 23, 2008

Wednesday September 24, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor will host a national Opportunity Conference in Orlando, FL on October 23rd. The conference is intended to celebrate the contributions of Asian Pacific, Hispanic, and ... Read More

Work from Home - This Week's Work from Home Jobs

Tuesday September 23, 2008
The latest hand picked work from home job opportunities are posted for the week. For sites using frames that do not provide a direct URL, a job number is indicated. ... Read More

State of Maine to Test Flexible Hours and Work from Home

Monday September 22, 2008
In this piece on the Village Soup, it's reported that Maine's governor, John Baldacci has begun an experiment that would allow Maine state employees to work flexible schedules - including ... Read More

Ohioans Must Hurry to Enter the Ugliest Home Office Contest by September 30th

Sunday September 21, 2008
If you think you might have the ugliest home office, the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) invites you to nominate your ugly home office for its first "My Ugly Home ... Read More

September is National Disaster Preparedness Month

Wednesday September 17, 2008
As hurricanes Ike and Gustav have proven, September can be a deadly month for natual disasters. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and many government and private sector partners are ... Read More

Work at Home - This Week's Telecommuting Jobs

Tuesday September 16, 2008
This week's work at home jobs have been posted. One very interesting post indicated the employer was looking to "Hire a Felon Only" (No, I didn't add it to this ... Read More

Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Monday September 15, 2008
All indications are that work from home arrangements are growing in popularity. According to a survey by human resources think tank, WorldatWork, 42 percent of U.S. companies now say they ... Read More

Ike and Gustav Victims Get Extended Tax Deadlines

Sunday September 14, 2008
Even before Hurricane Ike made landfall on the Texas coast, the IRS announced last Friday that it was extending the deadline for victims of Ike on estimated tax payments by ... Read More

Words of the Week: Marketing Plan

Wednesday September 10, 2008
If you already have or plan to start your own business, you'll want to know about marketing plans - what they are, what they usually contain, how they're used and ... Read More

Work at Home - This Week's Work from Home Jobs

Tuesday September 9, 2008
This week's work at home jobs have been posted. Work at home positions this week include opportunties with the American Heart Association. As always, if you don't recognize the employer ... Read More

How the Candidates Compare on Home Business and Work at Home Issues

Saturday September 6, 2008
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has published a summary of the plans and positions of the presidential candidates - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama - ... Read More

Words of the Week: MLM Marketing

Thursday September 4, 2008
MLM, or multi-level marketing, is not an uncommon way for people who want to start a business to get started, but there are far more failures than successes. Usually, they ... Read More

Home Business Idea - Internet Marketing Services

Wednesday September 3, 2008
Internet marketing services are in high demand in an industry that is growing by leaps and bounds. Anyone who has an online business presence needs to know how best to ... Read More

Work from Home - This Week's Work from Home Jobs

Tuesday September 2, 2008
This week's work from home opportunties have been posted. It seemed like there were a few more work from home jobs this week than last, so hopefully either the economy ... Read More

How to Find Work from Home Jobs in High Tech

Monday September 1, 2008
A recent email from reader JI wanted to know how to find work from home jobs that were not "make a million dollars overnight" schemes. Seems that due to personal ... Read More
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