Archive for 'Business Ideas'
Tip for the Week From The Finance Coach
Finance tip: Estate planning
Draw up, or update, your will. Having recently gone into a new tax year here at home, and with the tax changes in the annual Budget having been announced, it reminded me that it’s a good time to have a look at your will. For too many people, this is something they [...]
My Finance and Business Tip for the Week
Finance tip: Utilities
Turn off your geyser/boiler. Heating up the water in your house is guaranteed to be one of the biggest consumers of energy (as is anything that involves heating or cooling). As a general rule, though, you don’t need to have your geyser on 24 hours a day to meet your hot water needs. [...]
Save Up! A little Goes A Long Way
I was filling up at a petrol station the other day, and asked the attendant to fill up to a certain amount of fuel. She went over by about a buck or so, but no biggie. Now, I’d only brought a certain amount of money with me (specific amount for petrol, [...]
Freelancing – Tips and Tools To Get You Started
Charles Hugh Smith recently posted an article on Freelancing and why permantent jobs may not come back in the US. He says that “not only are many of the jobs that have been lost unlikely to come back, but those that do are increasingly likely to be freelance, temporary or contract positions rather than permanent [...]
Ways to Make Money Without Having a Job
There’s this very interesting article on Business Pundit on ways to make money without actually having a job. They are quite funny but a bit drastic in some ways for me. So, I thought of a few extra ones that might keep you from losing a limp or two.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social [...]
12 Great Web 2.0 Services For Your Business
I can’t even imagine a small business existing without using the web. Even the smallest possible business would at least use email. Well, seeing how the Internet has evolved, we are now lucky enough to include a few more services to our list of Web 2.0 startups that will really change the way you do [...]
Learn a new skill in 2010
Have you got anything on your New Years list for 2010? If not, why not learn a new skill. How about learning some new digital tools and techniques on how to use them? Well, Lynda.com will help you do just that. They’re a great educational resource, an online digital library of educational videos and other [...]
Twitter Users to Follow for Business
Twitter really is a place to get the answers to your questions by following the right people. This micro-blogging phenomenon is fast becoming the main attraction when it comes to information being shared online. Apart from @Ideateblog (that’s us!); there are some great people and organisations to follow on Twitter that will benefit you and [...]
The 2009 90 day Challenge 9
With only 10 days left in 2009 we look at the last of the 90 day challenge projects: Sharper Goals. Try this one after a glass of eggnog: “Planning and preparation prevents permanent problems and promotes perfect profits”.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce [...]
The 2009 90 day Challenge 8
With only 20 days left in 2009 we look at the eighth of the 90 day challenge projects: Personal Learning.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce now runs the Entrepreneur Incubator; a member based organisation dedicated to serving those in the trenches of business through [...]
