Business anniversaries, seasonal events, holidays, grand openings and other special occasions can result in contests, drawings, and enjoyment for your customers. You’ll often notice a sign or advertisement for a first (second, fifth, tenth, etc.) anniversary celebration inviting you to stop by.
Online celebrations may take the form of contests and drawings and linking to one another’s sites and blogs.
These are occasions when we’re pleased we’ve made it this far in our business and want to celebrate with others. We can share by offering special sales, as well as the contests of various types.
Darlene McDaniel, at Interview Chatter, …read more

Join the Carnival! Read all the great posts with career and job advice at Darlene McDaniel’s Interview Chatter blog.  Darlene hosted a blog carnival today called The December Career & Job Advice Blog Carnival.  She has an amazing number of participants who offer insight into the business world. 
What I have been able to do today is to share a blog carnival with you, introducing you to other bloggers and websites that provide excellent information in the Career & Job Advice niche, explains Darlene.
Our Home Biz Notes post features 5 Tips For Success In Your Home Business.
Learn from other bloggers about topics such as job search, …read more

Darlene, at Interview Chatter, mentions an interesting idea in her post, Need a Job?  Got An Idea? Check Out Cutie Pies.  She refers to Shai Coggins’ blog, Just Make Money Online, for her inspiration. 
Are you up to a dare?  Darlene is putting out one…”what can you do, what ideas do you have that will help you generate wealth?  I dare you to take an idea and just see what and just see what could come of it! ”
If you have an idea to share, Darlene invites you to share your story in her comments section.  Share that idea for your home business…or …read more

As I read Darlene McDaniel’s post, “Unstoppable People Don’t Believe in Failure,” at Interview Chatter, I realized this is one of the characteristics the winners of the Jump Start Your Business contest seemed to exhibit.  They’re unstoppable.  Their submissions indicated a belief in their business and their ability to make it work.  
I have the feeling that if they encounter bumps in the road, they will keep on going.  
Darlene also quoted from professional speaker and author, Jim Rohn:  “If you’re not willing to risk the unusual, you have to settle for the ordinary.”
 The winners took a leap forward when they entered the …read more

Graduation and New Beginnings!  That’s our theme for the Business Channel’s Theme Day with the round-up of posts hosted by Darlene McDainel, of Interview Chatter, hosted this month.  You’ll find a great deal of business information and insight from the Business Channel bloggers.
At Home Biz Notes, I discuss, Will Graduates Start Home Businesses? with suggestions if this is the direction they want to consider.

Darlene, of InterviewChatter blog, shared an experience about interviewing which expands upon my blog post, 5 Tips for Obtaining Interviews for Your Home Business . This should give you more insight into getting interviewed, or how interviewers find people to write about. Also, in the process, if one is the interviewer, they might receive publicity, too, for their business, publication, or blog.
Here is what happened to Darlene: I had the opportunity to interview the COO of HireVue. The interview came about as a result of an article I read in USA Today. I wrote about HireVue …read more