Member Blog Posts in "Business Supplies and Equipment"

Startup Savvy: Trade Show Booth Design on a Budget

posted on August 23, 2010

At the recent TACVB (Texas Association of CVBs) annual conference in Lubbock, my business partner Becky McCray and I negotiated a trade show booth for our Tourism Currents online course in social media for tourism as part of our speaker fee. Read more »

Author: Sheila Scarborough

Eliminate unwanted catalogs in a snap

posted on May 8, 2010

After years of business you’re probably getting scores of catalogs from companies you no longer purchase from – or perhaps you’re getting multiple copies of the same catalog being sent to each person that ever ordered from that vendor.   Lots of wasted effort and expense, paper, trash and postage, etc. Help your company, vendors and Mother Earth by registering those unwanted catalogs with the free service  www.catalogchoice.org where you can opt-out of paper catalogs and/ Read more »

Author: Lillian Aaron

So You Want To Be on the Google Map: Step# 1 in a Series

posted on January 28, 2010

Every Business Owner needs to understand the power of Google. One of the most powerful Google tools right now is the Google Business Listing.Have you noticed that when you type in a search query for anything in Google, Yahoo or Bing, a Map with little push-pins pop’s up?In Google – that is the Google Map, or 7-Pack. It’s a pretty powerful place to be.The Google 7-Pack not only shows up above the “organic” or “natural” search results, but it has a higher click rate than the Google Adwords (Ad’s surrounding it). Read more »

Author: TechJane

It's Tax Season, Are Your Investments In Order?

posted on December 10, 2009

Around tax time, your attention is particularly focused on your finances and assets.  The current status of the economy can be unsettling and knowing how you can be prepared has become very important.  As you start working on your taxes, you’ll probably be reminded of some of the milestones that occurred during the previous year. Did you recently move?  Has your relationship status changed?  Did you have a baby?  Are you now taking care of your parents?  Did you get a raise at work or change jobs? If any of these milestones have occurred in the  Read more »

Author: S. Todd Harris