Congratulations! A  winner has been selected in b5media’s Business Channel Jump Start Your Business contest.
The winners (Grand Prize, plus first and second runners up) have been notified.  The results will be posted shortly.

Authors find virtual blog tours a popular way to reach readers all around the world…and to appear on blogs internationally.  They will take questions from readers in the comments sections of blogs and communicate with them there and on their own blogs.
To generate even more interest in the blog tour, as well as make an appearance and leave a cocmment, authors and tour coordinators now have come up with contests.  These will vary depending on the author and publisher. 
*Carol O’Dell, author of Mothering Mother, visited my Alzheimer’s Notes blog and shared  information about her experiences as caregiver for her mother.   Carol …read more

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

                                          
Check out the details for this Business Channel contest open to those considering starting a small business or who have just begun one.  Details are available at Jump Start Your Business at b5media’s Business Channel.