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How To: Be successful starting a business in the bead industry
Susie Henderson, owner of Auntie's Beads, explains how to be successful in the bead industry. Learn how to make up business cards, get the business name out there, display the product, have the product ready, and how to present the product nicely. Watch this instructional video series and follow along to pick up these great business tips.
How To: Make money off a personal blog
You’ve been blogging your fingers off for a few years now, and despite the ego rush of watching your hits soar, you’re wondering what’s the point—or, rather, how do I make some cold hard cash from this thing? Learn how to make money off of a personal blog by watching this video tutorial.
How To: Attend and throw a yard sale
Do you need some extra cash? Is your clutter piling up on you? The perfect summer solution is a how-to on throwing and attending a yard sale. This week we show you how to prep and carry-out a successful yard sale, and show you how to spot a score. A few key points will help you spot the key piece for your wardrobe or next DIY project, whether it involves a yard sale or garage sale or what.
How To: Have a yard sale
Learn how to have a yard sale or garage sale. All it takes is some advance planning—and a little psychology—to unload all your junk in a yard sale.
How To: Organize a garage sale
Ready to clean out the clutter in your home and make a little money too? Learn how to organize a tag sale or garage sale and entice people to stop, look, and buy.
News: Get money through shameless begging
Begging is a skill. It can be quite helpful in ordinary life situations like traffic court, navigating customer service or getting a babysitter on a Saturday night.
How To: Become a sperm donor
It sounds like an easy way to make money. It could even be fun. But first you have to be accepted (and watch this video!)
How To: Get traffic to a website
Need more traffic to your website? Here are some free tips to help
How To: Photograph items to sell over the internet
This video shows you how to make your item photos looks sharp and professional. From backdrops to cropping, learn how to make those JPEGS sparkle and shine! This is great for those who sell on Ebay or have an Etsy shop.
How To: Successfully beg for money
Begging is not exactly a noble pursuit, but if you're going to do it, do it well.
How To: Make a five minute presentation
Public speaking expert and co-author of “Teach Yourself: Setting up a small business” Vera Hughes is here to tell you how best to sell yourself and your business when giving a five minute presentation. Make a five minute presentation.
How To: Improve your landscape business
Learn how to improve your landscape business. Watch as the crew from Gopher Haul improves a lawn care business with new marketing material, truck and trailer signs and help create a website.
How To: Avoid deadly marketing mistakes in lawn care business
The Gopher Haul crew teaches you the 6 deadly marketing mistakes a lawn care operator must try to avoid at all costs.
How To: Get great referrals for your lawn care business
In this episode of Gopher Haul you'll learn some marketing ideas for lawn care operators - tips which include: how to get referrals and how to take advantage of the current real estate market to make more money with lawn care.
How To: Get new customers for your lawn care business
In this episode of Gopher Haul you'll learn how to get new customers for your lawn care business and new ways to distribute business flyers.
How To: Use an autodialer to market your lawn care business
In this episode of Gopher Haul you'll learn you can use an autodialer to market your business. This is a device that makes outgoing calls from a computer while you are out working. Then when you get back you can listen to the messages of people who want an estimate.
How To: Become a tour guide
Learn about the career of a professional tour director in this free series of world travel videos from our tour guide authority. Cherie Anderson suggests that you start your career by guiding tours around your area, then move up to tours in other parts of the United States; before you know it, you’ll be traveling the world! She also tells you how to get hired as a cruise ship director. Plus find out such insider information as what to wear, how to focus your tour narration and how much you sh...
How To: Become a movie critic
In this video, watch as film studies graduate and movie critic Amy Wallace teaches how to be a movie critic. Learn how to research films, how to watch movies at home and in theaters with care, how to take notes during a film, how to reflect on a movie, the importance of honesty, the of positive, and the art of negative in movie reviews, and how to deal with reviewers' remorse. All good art needs good critics to survive, grow, and improve. Watch these videos and start improving the art of movi...
How To: Hold a salon staff meeting
Christi Maroney shows us how to hold a salon staff meeting. Part 1 of 6 - How to Hold a salon staff meeting.
How To: Tell your boss you made a major mistake
Learn how to tell your boss that you've made a major mistake. This narrated video with step-by-step subtitles discusses the most effective means of softening the consequences of a potentially fatal error. Also discussed are potential actions to use after the problem has been acknowledged. Suggestions include: acting quickly, confessing, and proposing viable solutions to the problem you caused. Tell your boss you made a major mistake.
How To: Negotiate your salary
This video gives you a 6 step process towards negotiating the income you want. Learn the tricks and tactics necessary to boost your salary and benefits. Negotiate your salary.
How To: Value broad-based leadership & experience
Broad-based leadership is important to the success of a venture. Though everyone cannot have every skill, it is important to bring together a leadership team that has both a broad and deep set of experiences. Still, people should be hired more because they are passionate about what they do and willing to work hard, than just experiences. Value broad-based leadership & experience.
How To: Define entrepreneur
Jeff Hawkins has never thought of himself as an entrepreneur. According to him, being an entrepreneur is not a career choice, but it is something you do at certain points in your life because you have to. Hawkins believes entrepreneurship is a means to an end, as opposed to an end in itself. Define entrepreneur.
How To: Do industrial design
Rajan Sadalia shares his concepts of industrial design with us in these series of videos. Do industrial design - Part 1 of 11.
How To: Work from a home based business
In this video series, learn how to work from home while raising children. Get important time management tips, and learn techniques for setting up a home office that’s far enough away from the children’s play area, while still being kid-friendly. Also learn about setting boundaries to help keep your workspace and your time on the job reserved for running your home business.
How To: Start a handbag business
Eileen Duffy owns her own handbag business and she is here today to show you the steps she took to get to where she is today. If you want to start your own fashion business, then she has some great tips. Of course, the best thing is to start out by going to school and getting some training.