#SmallBizChat—Twitter at its Best

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I had the pleasure of being the guest on a (the?) twitter #SmallBizChat last night.  The brain child of up and coming small biz powerhouse Melinda Emerson (a.k.a. @smallbizlady), #SmallBizChat happens every Wednesday night from 8-9PM EST.  Melinda, along with her co-host Cathy Larkin (@CathyWebSavvyPR) run a great event that is worth checking into as [...]

Is the Green Economy the New Dot Com Bubble?

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Bryan Welch, publisher of Utne Reader, Mother Earth News, and Natural Home Magazine, gave the keynote address at Green America’s Green Business Conference in San Francisco. (Take a look at TriplePundit for my 5 articles over the last few days on the hot topics of the conference).   His guidelines for a sustainable future are [...]

Preventing Identity Theft: Registering Your Business Trademark or Servicemark

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It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a decade since my wife and I opened our doors of Inn Serendipity in southwestern Wisconsin. Our marketing background at a large advertising agency in Chicago taught us the value in protecting your company name and brand by trademarking your logo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark [...]

Simple Earth Media Announces Formation of Major New Environmental Media Network

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A group of the Web’s leading environmental blogs, podcasts, and social media outposts today announced that they have combined to form a single environmental publishing and social media powerhouse. The resulting new entity, Simple Earth Media, includes top environmental media and publishing entities such as Green Living Ideas, Blue Living Ideas, Twilight Earth, GreenTalk Radio, [...]

44 oz. BPA Free Geyser Collection From Glass America

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Glass America has launched their new 44oz BPA free stainless steel Geyser collection. These huge stainless steel reusable bottles have a EQP of $6.99 with single color imprint. Although all Geyser bodies are finished stainless steel in color the top accents are available in Black, Purple, Blue, Orange and Green.