Business Idea of the Day

photo credit: Crystl In light of the new year and thing’s changing everyday and business’ wanting more new thing’s and easier thing’s. Below is a business wish list located on OpenForum.com that is not only true in regards to thing’s a business owner would want, but also hopefully may bring a little smile to you when reading it. ●A tax code that you can actually understand.

When is the last time your child opened up a book and read it? In a world of video games and television, books aren’t always at the top of their list.

photo credit: said&done We have all been there with a customer at some point, that point where you know there is something they want to say in terms of their needs, wants, etc but they just wont spit it out. You know it’s there, but you can’t pull it out of them. Below are some thing’s that your customers don’t say but wish you automatically knew. Some are meant in great fun, but still hold some truth to them somewhere.

photo credit: davitydave It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that your most important part of any business is your customer base. Your customer’s determine ultimately if you rise or fall. If they buy you stay open, if they don’t buy you close. Simple as that. So below are a few suggestions found on Entrepreneur.com on making the bonds with your customers stronger

photo credit: leezie5 In our search to find a good paying jobs with excellent family benefits and retirement plans, there are quite a few jobs that are actually very well paid that most everyone seems to overlook. Take a look below to find out why these are overlooked. ●Crab fisherman. Of course there is a certain season for this job, and people tend to stray from jobs that are by the season

photo credit: jared There are always’ list’s of important do’s and don’ts in any venture in life. In business, Zane Safrit say’s that the three most important thing’s in business are listening to your customers, talking with your employees and the most important by far being that you read your reports everyday.

What other “everyday” packaging could be re-purposed? From Business Opportunities Weblog .

The Register-Mail: The baby Flipple, sippy cups, children’s clothing lines — Linda Larson Lewis is ready to begin sipping the sweet taste of success. The retired Gates Rubber Co. employee hopes to post other products for children on her Web site , a cyber superstore of sorts. She anxiously awaits the day when she can take a healthy gulp of what it may all mean when her invention matures. A perfect storm of circumstances led Lewis to invent the Flipple — a funnel used to put baby formula into any bottled water container.

Slate: Google became a household word by building better Internet search technology. But today it touches my business, NewWest.Net, in all kinds of ways that have little to do with finding things online. Google, in fact, is on the brink of becoming a sort of universal information technology utility for small businesses—a great thing, for the most part, but also a little scary. Our first Google service (other than basic Internet search, of course) was AdSense, which distributes relevant text ads to partner Web sites and pays them a cut of the revenues

KATU.com: If you’re unemployed or think you may lose your job, you may want to turn to your alma mater for help. College career centers have always helped new graduates find work but given the economy, many local universities are now adding new programs to help former students who have been out of school for decades. When Kipp Cosgriffe lost his job five months ago, he found himself back on campus at Willamette University, 16 years out of school. The college’s career center helped Cosgriffe update his resume and got him on track with his job search. He was a quick study and starts a new job this week