You’ve heard about the “Jump Start Your Business” contest…with more than $2,000 in prizes…right?  Have you started preparing your entry?  Or you’re wondering whether you should.
  Here are 10 reasons for entering….
*1. You might win the Grand Prize.
*2. If not the grand prize, you might qualify for one of the two runner up places.
*3. You’ll take stock of your business or business idea as you prepare an entry.
*4. You’ll learn how to develop a business plan.
*5. This may be just what you need to spur you into developing your business.
*6. You may find this fun.
*7. Your name will be out there…which means …read more

Blogging, of course, can be operated from your home, or most anywhere you’re traveling with your laptop and can plug into the Internet.  According to a recent story in the Christian Science Monitor, some bloggers are beginning to make good money from this activity.
It does require time to build up an audience of dedicated viewers, in other words a following.  The article refers to the money received from blog advertising as the “21st century version of royalties.”
Most bloggers aren’t quitting their day or fulltime jobs…yet.  However, according to this article and others you may come across, blogging is one of the …read more

Martin Neumann, at Kickstart Press Blog, gave his 7 Blogging Predictions for 2007 and mentioned b5media’s Business Channel.
Under his #1 prediction, Blogging Will Peak in 2007, Settle, and Start to Mature, he stated, I expect…..b5media (Business Channel) to really take off. b5 are gathering the cream of the crop of bloggers.
The rest of Martin’s predictions about blogging in 2007 are interesting to check out and think about, too. It makes one realize that blogging is here to stay and has become more than online journals.
Des Walsh also mentioned Martin Neumann’s prediction in his Business and Blogging Blog.