July, 2009

Credit Cards Hurt My Credit | Payday Loans Gave Balance

Running From My Credit Card Nightmare Credit cards wiped me out... I’ll be honest with you. My history with credit cards was nothing to write home about. In fact, it was downright scary. I’d been irresponsible. When I was young, I thought that money was easy to come by, as my parents seemed able to buy me most ...

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You Too Can Find a Job Online

Photo: ChiBart Eric Barker Last month, Eric Barker received his MBA. Unfortunately, he still lacked a job… So he hopped on Facebook and spent $50 on ads targeted at people who worked at Microsoft. As he describes it: …it’s been wildly successful. My ad got over 50K impressions, over 500 clicks, and more than 20 people contacted me ...

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Gilroy Garlic Festival Features Past ‘Top Chef’ Contestants

Top Chefs attend Gilroy Garlic Festival Want to meet Fabio Viviani? He's at the Gilroy Garlic Festival! If you want to attend the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif., it’ll cost you $12 per day. However, big fan’s of former flamboyant Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani would probably pay a lot more than that for a chance ...

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National Tequila Day | An Exercise in Business Marketing

National Tequila Day is here Yes, ladies and gentleman, it is National Tequila Day. How fortunate that National Tequila Day falls on a Friday, eh? Perhaps it is fortunate. Perhaps it is strategy. I wonder if creating a National Savings Account payday loans in Singlewood Day would be an effective strategy. National Tequila Day is, of course, ...

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Overheard at Lunchtime

Don't you hate it when you're sitting outside eating lunch, enjoying some peace, quiet and fresh air on a sunny day, and then someone sits too close to you and proceeds to yack on a cellphone?Well, I hate it too, except when that person starts talking about money! I couldn't catch all of what this ...

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