Business Idea of the Day

photo credit: kunalmehta When making the decision to take on a partner for your start-up, one needs to remember to choose wisely. This person should be considered as your right hand man, someone that you will be involved with for the long hall. I recently read an article on Entrepreneur.com that gives some examples of the people to stay away from when choosing your partner that i couldn’t agree with more. Mr. College buddy is never a good choice for several reasons.

The Wall Street Journal: Perhaps the greatest advantage of hanging out your own shingle or making that consulting business full-time is the independence that comes with being your own boss. But higher expenses and other costs come along with your newfound liberty. You may not be able to sock away as much pretax for retirement, and you may have trouble refinancing your mortgage. Your higher tax bills may shock you, too. All in all, if you go out on your own, you may need to bring in up to 20% more than before just to break even, especially if you can’t piggyback on your spouse’s health insurance, says David Strege, a financial planner in West Des Moines, Iowa

photo credit: William Hook In the day and age where people are constantly on the go, it’s no wonder that technology is making it possible for people to do so many things from a cell phone, as that is generally the device people are using most often. Is your site mobile friendly though? Look below for some ways to ensure your site is mobile friendly for your clients, recently published on SmallBizTechnology . Review your competition.

Sending text messages on mobile phones is becoming as commonplace as calling your best friend, and it’s all the rage among teens. We know trying to keep up with your teen and the technology they’re using can be daunting - so LG’s DTXTR is here to help you break it down and stay ahead of the curve. Features on the DTXTR site include: - DTXTR Translator: A cool tool that allows you to translate your tool in to shorter, more hip messages at the push of a button.

For most kids, wearing eyeglasses for the first time can be a traumatic and unpleasant experience. Further adding to their anxiety is the limited selection of frames available for today’s youngsters in the marketplace; the frames are basic, standard, uninteresting, bland and lack personality, and leave very little to the imagination.

photo credit: Mindsay Mohan In business one of the things that needs some attention often is that of customer reviews. While this may not be every one’s favorite part of their job, it is a part of their job that will always be there. I recently found some helpful tips on managing your companies reviews located on Small Business Trends . First things first, you have to know where the customers are leaving their reviews about your company. Try looking for the reviews in search engines such as Yelp, Google, City search and Yahoo local search

MakeUseOf.com: As millions of people join services like Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Gmail… etc, good account names are becoming a rare commodity, and it certainly true that the right name on account can attract more followers and add value to online presence. Some people are already buying and selling their online accounts just like domain names, and Assetize helps them with that. It acts as online marketplace where users can buy and sell online accounts. The site currently allows to buy and sell online accounts of following services: Blogger, Facebook, Friendfeed, Gmail, Google Groups, Ning, Twitter, Wordpress and Yahoo.

Have you got a product or service that you want to market to the whole world? Do you want your business concept to spread virally via word-of-mouth? Well, CoolBusinessIdeas.com is the right platform for you to showcase your products/services to our readers and make available trial offerings to our community. You can do this by sending free samples of your product to our readers and subscribers, or by giving a free trial of your service to enthusiasts on CoolBusinessIdeas.com.

photo credit: e-magic Throughout our adult life many of us wonder why we do certain things that we do whether it be in our personal lives or our business life. We rack our brains trying to figure out our own behavior and decisions we make. I read an article this morning on OpenForum giving some hints on why we do what we do that i found to make a lot of sense. It starts at an early age when we are kids

Fast Company: Good news for homebodies: A Cisco survey of 2,000 people worldwide has revealed that employees who telecommute experience higher rates of productivity, work-life flexibility, and overall satisfaction. As if that isn’t enough, the survey also showed that telecommuting saves the company money and drastically reduces carbon dioxide emissions.