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Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship. I request all the carnival participants to consider giving link back to the carnivals that include their posts. Otherwise, the main purpose of hosting the carnivals will be defeated. We have selected 38 carnivals for this edition. Here you go:

Editor’s Picks:

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive Health, Aging and Baby Boomers posted at Brain Fitness Blog. How baby boomers will revolutionize more aspects of Corporate America that we typically think of.

SJ Yee presents FAQs on Marketing answered by the Guru of Marketing Philip Kotler posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart. Kotler argues that too much of today’s marketing is 1P marketing. Companies mainly concentrate on promotion and sales and disregard product, price and place (distribution). This results in ineffective marketing. Do you agree?

Charles H. Green presents The Single Fastest Thing You Can Do to Increase Trust posted at Trust Matters. Get back to people. Fast. Seriously.

Alex M presents Effective online marketing: what works? posted at We talk on making money on the Internet. In this article Alex offers a few techniques of online marketing that work fine now for most websites.

GP presents Have a holly jolly green Christmas posted at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range. Why does the holiday gift shopping season have to raise your blood pressure ? Short answer: it doesn’t Rethink your strategy this season.

Kenton Newby presents Video Tip of the Week: Automatically Finding Ideas for New Website Content posted at KentonNewby.com. In this video, Kenton goes over one online tool (and a freebie at that). It not only shows you which sites your traffic is coming from and which terms people used in the search engines to find your site, but it also provides you with suggestions for creating new content to bring even more people your way.

Other Posts:

Mert Erkal presents Jumpstart Your Business for FREE! posted at searchforblogging.com. If you are a small business owner, freelancer, or a problogger nominee you should be well prepared for the war. There is fierce competition in the market, and if you can not differentiate yourself and your business you have no chance at all!

Cocoy S. Rambuyon presents Getting Quick & Good Results From PPC or Pay Per Click Advertising-Part 1 posted at COCOY S. RAMBUYON.

Ian Richardson presents Yahoo and Adobe Selling Ads For Adobe PDF Content posted at Make Everything EzyAs123.

Noric Dilanchian presents IP strategy for R&D: people first – Dilanchian Lawyers posted at Lightbulb. Few frameworks for companies or organisations today are credible if they don’t place culture and people near the centre. This post considers this on route to distinguishing how people in research and development have related but quite distinct motivations.

Joshua C. Karlin presents Sharing the Wealth Leads to More Wealth posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Mark Riffey presents Reach out. Regularly. Or they’ll forget about you. posted at Business is Personal.

Ron Ruiz presents Earn Money By Standing In Line posted at The Business Ideas-Making Money Blog.

Jim Sansi presents PR What? posted at The Kaizen Business.

Ed Rivis presents AB Split Testing Google. posted at Ed Rivis.

C. Worrall presents Writing a Business Plan – What Does That Really Mean? posted at CFO Yourself. The term “write a business plan” sounds simple, but if you don’t understand what you are writing for, you may just be wasting electronic ink.

Thomas D. Brownsword presents Integrity: I Should Have Known Better posted at Business Action Steps.

James D. Brausch presents Would You Like To Be Free Starting Next Week? posted at jamesbrausch.com.

Carol Bentley presents Refer, refer and be referred posted at Carol Bentley.

K T Cat presents A Post-Mortem on a Lean Six Sigma Training Disaster posted at The Scratching Post.

James Wong presents Nov 27, Buying a Vancouver small business posted at Real Estate News.

Shaun Connell presents Five Lifestyle Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started posted at Make Money Online.

Andrew Erickson presents Taking the Long View – Are You In Business? posted at WebSite Werx.

Robert Phillips presents Will Better Packaging Make More Sales? posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

John W. Furst presents Protect Your Virtual Business Assets posted at E-Biz Booster Blog. Do you protect your valuable data that resides inside your computer? Many entrepreneurs – online and offline type of business – do not take appropriate care. You might only loose some 1000′s of dollars, but you can loose all of your business at once. Start getting prepared, now.

Susan presents Monetarizing Your Travel Blog posted at The Innovative Traveler. Monetarize your travel blog.

Dominic Tay presents 7 Secrets on How to be an Effective Entrepreneur for Personal Development posted at Personal Development for Work-At-Home Entrepreneurs. Staying at home as a full-time parent doesn’t mean not earning good fortune at all. The truth is that your home can be your place of glory. How’s that possible?

Martin Russell presents THE Word of Mouth Dentist posted at Word of Mouth Marketing. What can you learn about getting referrals, from a successful dentist in Australia? More than you might think.

Junkmail@nospamgames.com presents How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Website posted at A day in the life.

Nikole Gipps presents Launch Faster: 12 Tips for Avoiding Web Project Delays posted at Small Business Essentials: News, Tips and Advice.

Fred Black presents Dumbo posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Campus Business presents Cheap Office Space and Maybe Even a Home | Campus-Business.com posted at Campus Business.

Todd presents How To Become a Great Salesperson posted at We The Change. A great article on sales skills.

Susan presents Vocation Vacations posted at The Innovative Traveler.

Matthew Paulson presents Citibank Busted Issuing 3.5 million Credit Cards to People Who Never Even Applied posted at American Consumer News.

American Entrepreneur presents Don?t Tell Anyone How Much Money You Make. posted at American Entrepreneurship.

Nico Tramontana presents Tips For Running A Successful Home Based Business posted at Nico’s Blog- Home Based Business, home business owners, on line, work at home, business opportunity. Tips for running your own home business and earning a great income on the side.

John Crenshaw presents “He Tells Me To Burn Things” posted at Dominate Your Life. How do you distinguish good advice from bad, how do you know when someone is just telling you to “burn things?”

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on December 15, 2007. Submit your blog articles using our Blog Carnival Submission Form. Before hosting the next edition, we will make an analysis of the links we will receive from this carnival edition.

Greetings! Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship. Although this is the inaugural audition, we got a huge response to our submission call. We had received 80 posts for this one. Based on quality and relevance to the topic, we have selected 73 posts to be featured on this carnival. I request all carnival participants to promote this carnival on their blogs. This is necessary to make this carnival popular on the blogosphere. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.

David B. Bohl presents A Messy Desk is the Sign of a Messy Desk | Slow Down Fast Today! ~ David B. Bohl posted at Slow Down Fast Today!. David says, “I was amused recently to see that one of the major office supply stores now carries not only filing supplies but also, believe it or not, “piling” supplies. These consist mainly of plastic envelopes and folders where you can put everything regarding one project together and leave them on your desk.”

Andrew Erickson presents 7 Ways to Screw Up Your Sales This Holiday Season posted at WebSite Werx.

Carol Bentley presents Lets be frank about stamps posted at Carol Bentley.

Woody Maxim presents Get rid of outsourced data entry workers, use macros instead posted at Woody Maxim.

Stephen Dean presents Copywriting Technique: Blow It Up… posted at Stephen Dean’s Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog – Copywriter.

Charles H. Green presents Tony Blair and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis–It’s the Basics posted at Trust Matters. We tend to forget that success is about hitting singles, not homers; about the basics, not about fancy tricks.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Develop Mental Toughness posted at Potential 2 Success. MVPs, CEOs, extraordinary leaders, and successful people of all kinds have it and so should you. Develop, strengthen and master your ability to perform under pressure, bounce back from failure, and excel in life.”

Emmanuel presents Why are you in business? posted at Emmanuel Oluwatosin: Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions.

James D. Brausch presents Some Competition From The Ranks posted at jamesbrausch.com.

Rebecca Suzanne Dean presents Gary Halbert Recommends posted at Rebecca Dean.

Charles Eglinton presents eBay Photos Simple Studio posted at AuctionIncome.com – eBay Bidding Tips & Selling Tips.

Ian Richardson presents What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? posted at Make Everything EzyAs123.

Joshua C. Karlin presents Missed Marketing Opportunities – Israel?s El Al & Your Business posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Jim Sansi presents When To Kaizen posted at The Kaizen Business.

Warren Wong presents How To Win Someone’s Heart posted at Personal Development. Do you want to win someone’s heart and gain their trust and loyalty? Here are some tips on how to go about doing it.

Sutocu presents 7 Steps to Profitable Website Planning posted at Your Website Profit. A website is really an online business and should be planned out from the beginning as any other business.

Kenton Newby presents The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Starting Their Online Business posted at KentonNewby.com.

Kingsley Tagbo presents How To Find IT Jobs posted at HOW TO LEARN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FAST OR GET A JOB EASILY.

Fred Black presents Milk the Cash Cow! posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Mitch McDonald presents Free Reprint Articles: The Secret to Increased Site Revenue posted at FYI About.com.

Mark Riffey presents The Customer Vanishing Act: Where’d Your Customers Go, and Why? posted at Business is Personal.

Terry Dean presents 80/20 Rule In Time Management posted at Internet Business Coaching by Terry Dean.

Danogo.com presents The 2 Simple Ways to Get Your Website into Google Search Results posted at Danogo.com – Discover. Inspiring . Media. For businesses on a budget the inexpensive way to promote your site is right in Google’s search results.

Campus-Business presents Tips For Running A Business In Your Dorm Room | Campus-Business.com posted at Campus Business.

Wanda Grindstaff presents Success Through Service, the Most Important Component! posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

Hueina Su presents The 212 Degrees Attitude posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul.

Ron Ruiz presents Stay-At-Home Mom Creates Million Dollar Product posted at The Business Ideas-Making Money Blog.

Robert Phillips presents Get More Traffic Automatically posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Richard Lee presents Your Product Idea Incubator posted at Richard Lee.

Steve Oliphant presents What would you do? posted at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Miami Phillips presents How Often Do You Change? posted at Miami Phillips – Being Happy In Biz and in Life. A story of entrepreneurship, cruising in a sailboat, building a business and being true to your self…

Dominic Tay presents Unleash your True Potential: Lead your Ways to Success posted at Personal Development Blog for Winners. In business world, innovation and leadership are two important factors that lead an employee to a successful career. With the growing needs to attend the family needs and earn a living at the same time, work-at-home businesses are flourishing.

David Kam presents Psychological Effect of 99-Cent posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Erek Ostrowski presents The Positive Consumer Experience posted at Verve Coaching:: Life, Growth and Leadership, Boston MA.

James D. Brausch presents Get Out Of The J.O.B. Trap posted at jamesbrausch.com.

Ed Rivis presents 4 Steps to More Sales in 7 days or less. posted at Ed Rivis.

Thomas D. Brownsword presents Where I Am, Where I Am Going, And How I Will Get There posted at Business Action Steps.

Paul Heingarten presents Blog Update posted at PRH Solutions Blog. An update on how I’m using blogs to make money online.

James Alenteal presents How about THIS response booster: 26.7% Conversion Rate! posted at James Alenteal’s Conversion Rate Clinic. A website conversion (sales response) boosting tactic got an amazingly high amount of sales.

Artthailand presents Genesis of a gallery. Genesis of a life. posted at artThailand.

Edith presents The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Email posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Jenn Givler presents Mindful Marketing: Marketing without selling your soul posted at Create a Thriving Business.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents 7 Reasons Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goals Yet posted at Potential 2 Success. Check this list of reasons why your goals have not been met then go out and accomplish those goals.

Cocoy S. Rambuyon presents Quick Tips In Finding A Perfect Home & Office Online Based Opportunity posted at COCOY S. RAMBUYON.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive Fitness, The Future of Work, and Concept Maps posted at Brain Fitness Blog. What the future may bring to enhance our productivity.

SJ Yee presents The FAQ Book on Public Speaking posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart. SJ says, “Public Speaking is an essential skills for any entrepreneur. Fortunately, my good friend Eric has written a book to help you improve your speeches and captivate any audience! This is my review of his book.”

Steve Bainbridge presents Why Starbucks Doesn’t Franchise posted at Professor Bainbridge’s Journal. This post – Why Starbucks Doesn’t Franchise – asks why Starbucks uses a company owned store model, while Subway uses franchises. What are the transaction cost differences that explain the difference in business models?

Andrew presents How to Become Great in any Field – Success Secrets Revealed posted at Personal Hack. Interestingly if you take a person who is very successful in one field, and put him into another one usually they’ll be able to achieve a very similar level of success in the new field.

Cocoy S. Rambuyon presents Can Blogging Really Generate More Visitors, Buyers?? posted at COCOY S. RAMBUYON.

Ivan Rios presents How to Win Negotiations By Seeking Differences posted at artofleading.net.

John W. Furst presents Why Should You Write A White Paper? posted at E-Biz Booster Blog. Use white papers to promote your products and services and beat straight sales pitch by offering problem-solving, free information to your prospects. They will love you for it. Many businesses could increase their publicity and sales with this strategy.

Steven Lafler presents Adventures in Self Employment posted at Self Employment for Bohemians. Steve Lafler is a self employed bohemian who has successfully avoided holding a full time job for over twenty years.

Jim Sansi presents 15 Minute Link Exchange Strategy posted at The Kaizen Business.

GP presents Fueling the Fire of Passion posted at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range. Making a life is as important as making a living. It’s not an either-or decision. values and purpose – not great products – defined successful businesses. The same holds true for taking the plunge to start a business , take up a new passion.

Kathleen Gage presents Is Blogging Necessary? posted at Street Smarts Marketing.

Lori Prokop presents Sales Training and Your Marriage—Humor Helps! posted at Alan Altmann Keyboard Culture Sales Training.

Alex M presents Effective online marketing: what works? posted at We talk on making money on the Internet. In this article, Alex offers the readers a few techniques that work fine for the promotion of websites.

Yazan Manasrah presents Uncluttering your mind posted at The Blasted Crossing. Want to find out how to gain the focus and mental energy to accomplish the daily tasks you must do?

Surfer Sam presents Small Business Startup. Strategy and Planning for Small Business. ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends. Strategy and planning for your first business. Brainstorming the product or service. Analyzing the market, finances, business operations and risk.

Ivan Rios presents How to Win Negotiations By Seeking Differences posted at artofleading.net.

Doug Boggs presents Your Cup Runneth Over posted at Boggs Development Group, LLC. Once you introduce yourself to the storyteller inside your head, you can start working at last on the life and relationships your true self has long hoped to have. With effort, your cup may indeed begin to run over.

Lorraine Cohen presents Letting Yourself Have Outrageous Success and Personal Happiness posted at Powerfull Living. How often do you say no to the people and things that would increase your business success and personal happiness? Learn key tips to change your nos to YES!

Andy presents Homeless Guy on Roller Skates Inspires a New Name Brand posted at Money Walks. Homeless guy on roller skates makes it big, starts a new clothing line.

The Money Moose presents The Future of Cars and the Entrepreneurs that Create Them posted at MoneyMoose.

Sglover presents Secrets of an Entrepreneur’s Mind posted at Business & A Cup of Tea. Principles shared by entrepreneurs.

Career Counselor presents Six Time Management Tips for the Self-Employed During the Holidays posted at ask the CareerCounselor. Home workers and small business owners typically encounter a tricky balancing act during the holidays. You work from home, at least in part, in order to spend more time with your family, but during the holiday season self-employed folks just can’t drop everything to make way for family events and school plays.

David Kam presents Beautiful Maiden Business Strategy posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Justin Consuegra presents Drop Shipping, A Detailed View posted at Drop Ship Digest. Many new entrepreneurs start with drop shipping. Here is a look at the process.

James Alenteal presents What Really Works, Part 5 ? Why Pretty Sites Don?t Sell. posted at James Alenteal’s Conversion Rate Clinic.

Steve Lafler presents Should I Grant Credit to my Clients? posted at Self Employment for Bohemians. Granting credit to your clients can lead you to the top of the pile or to ruin — proceed with caution but realize this is a great way to expand your business.

Jenny presents November Earnings Report posted at the so called me.

admin@it-career-coach.net presents How To Improve Your Skills And Get A Lucrative Job posted at THE FASTEST WAY TO LEARN TECHNICAL SKILLS OR GET A JOB.

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on December 08, 2007. Submit your blog articles using our Blog Carnival Submission Form. Please consider linking back to this carnival at your earliest convenience.

If you’re looking for business-related reading material, here is the latest round of blog carnivals that accepted articles from Bootstrapper. Topics range from business, entrepreneuring, bootstrapping, finances and more.

1. Carnival of Sales & Management Success – Sep 11 accepted Startup Required Reading: Top 100 VC Bloggers.

2. Carnival of Small Business Issues #20 accepted 5 Common Problems a Bootstrapping Entrepreneur May Face.
3. Carnival of Personal Finance #118 accepted Top 50 Christian Business and Finance Blogs.
4. Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #17 accepted 5 Common Problems a Bootstrapping Entrepreneur May Face.
5. Carnival of Everything Finance #3 accepted Top 50 Christian Business and Finance Blogs.
6. Carnival of Everything Finance #3 accepted 12 Easy Personal Finance Rules to Increase Your Earning 12%.

Drop a comment in this post if you think I missed a carnival. Provide a link to your carnival that a Bootstrapper article is in and I’ll modify this post. Don’t forget about the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. And a couple of reminders:

1. If you get in, please support the Carnival by linking back to the edition you appear in.
2. Please: only one submission per person per week. Multi-author sites may submit more than one article per week (by different people).

Welcome to the ninth Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs (CoBE #9). Critieria for inclusion: relevant to bootstrapping, entrepreneuring, startup/ small businesses. To be fair to everyone, entries are selected approximately in order of submission. If you were included, please support this carnival by linking back to this post. This also exposes your readers to similar blogs.

Editor’s Choice

Here are this edition’s Editor’s Choice entries.

1. Ben Yoskovitz: 10 Steps to Building an Online Media Empire.

Picks of the Week

These entries are this week’s regular picks.

2. Todd Goldfarb: 8 Tactics for Marketing a Small Business.
3. Michelle Cramer: How You Know It’s Time to Grow.
4. Chris Russell: Office White Noise.

Bonus Entries

These entries are not specifically related to entrepreneuring and bootstrapping but might be of interest.

5. Warren Wong: How To Overcome Fear And The Obstacles It Creates.
6. Nenad Ristic: Attribution Theory.
7. Vandelay Website Design: Being a Proactive Blogger.

That ends this edition of the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. Any articles submitted on or after Sep 8th that meet the criteria but not appearing here will likely appear in the next edition.

Please use the submission form for future editions. Limit one entry per week per person. If you find you are not getting into this blog carnival, please read 11 tips for being included.

Here is the latest round of blog carnivals that acceped articles from Bootstrapper. Please check out these blogs if you’re looking for related reading material about business and entrepreneuring.

1. Carnival of Entrepreneurs #36 accepted The Woman Entrepreneur’s Toolbox: 100 Networking Resources, Guides, and Links.

2. Abundance Thinking Blog Carnival #4 accepted Entrepreneurial Mindset: 33 Productivity and Success Tips.
3. Carnival of the Entrepreneur – Sep 3/07 accepted Entrepreneurial Mindset: 33 Productivity and Success Tips.
4. Carnival of the Entrepreneur – Sep 3/07 accepted The Green Entrepreneur’s Toolbox: 100 Networking Resources, Guides and Links.

If you think I missed a carnival, please drop a comment in this post, with a link to your carnival that a Bootstrapper article is in and I’ll modify this post. Don’t forget about the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. And a couple of reminders:

1. If you get in, please support the Carnival by linking back to the edition you appear in.
2. Please: only one submission per person per week. Multi-author sites may submit more than one article per week (by different people).

Welcome to the eighth Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs (CoBE #8). Critieria for inclusion: relevant to bootstrapping, entrepreneuring, startup/ small businesses. To be fair to everyone, entries are selected approximately in order of submission. Please support this carnival by linking back to this post.

This edition is a bit shorter than normal because a half a dozen or so bloggers sent the same entry – several of which I’d already accepted in earlier editions of this Carnival. So please keep track of your submissions – no dups – to increase your chances of getting in.

Editor’s Choice

1. 21 Proven Tactics for Self and Employee Motivation by John Wesley.

Picks of the Week

Here are this week’s additional picks.

2. Be A Good Manager By Letting People Learn And Grow by Warren Wong.

3. You’re Worth More Than Your Job by Edith Yeung.
4. 5 Ways to Think Strategically by Luke Houghton.
5. Keys to Effective Holiday Marketing in 2007 by Frances Palaschuk.
6. When is it Time for a Re-Design? by Vandelay Website Design.
7. Avoid Getting Gypped by Fraudulent Web Designers by Michelle Cramer.
8. 7 Ways to Expand Your Products and Services by Terry Dean.
9. Talking Good English by Mark Miller.

That ends this edition of the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. Any articles submitted on or after Aug 31st that meet the criteria but not appearing here will likely appear in the next edition.

Please use the submission form for future editions. Limit one entry per week per person. If you find you are not getting into this blog carnival, please read 11 tips for being included. I’ll particularly point out a few reoccurring problems:

1. Submitting the same article twice. Always send something fresh. It’s not that hard to keep a spreadsheet of your carnival submissions.
2. Submitting more than one article in the same week, sometimes in the same hour. If you can’t be bothered to pick your best, I can’t be bothered to either.
3. Not making articles readable (high contrast pages, non-miniscule font sizes, short to medium paragraphs). Computer screens are not ideal reading platforms.
4. Being off topic or simply not targeted at bootstrapping entrepreneurs, or entrepreneuring in general. The article might be great, but if you don’t target it at entrepreneurs, that reduces the chances of being accepted.
5. Submitting someone else’s writing as yours.

Here is the latest round of blog carnivals that acceped articles from Bootstrapper. Check out these blogs if you’re looking for related reading material about business and entrepreneuring.

1. Carnival of Green Living #3 accepted Working Green: 50 Tips to Reduce Your Office’s Waste.

2. All Women Blogging Carnival 12 accepted The Woman Entrepreneur’s Toolbox: 100 Networking Resources, Guides and Links.
3. Working at Home Blog Carnival 48 accepted Delegating Tasks: 15 Key Roles for a Revenue Producing Website.
4. A Carnival of Productivity Tips – Aug 2007 accepted Top 100 Foods to Improve Your Productivity.

If you think/know I missed a carnival, please drop a comment in this post, with a link to your carnival that a Bootstrapper article is in and I’ll modify this post. Don’t forget about the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. And a couple of reminders:

1. If you get in, please support the Carnival by linking back to the edition you appear in.
2. Please: only one submission per person per week. Multi-author sites may submit more than one article per week (by different people).

Welcome to the seventh Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs (CoBE #7). Critieria for inclusion: relevant to bootstrapping, entrepreneuring, startup/ small businesses. This carnival may soon appear on other guest host sites, but a note will be posted on this blog in weeks that that happens.

To be fair to everyone, entries are selected approximately in order of submission. Please support this carnival by linking back to this post.

Editor’s Choice

1. 5+1 Simple Ideas For Brainstorming With A Dictionary by Samir Bharadwaj. Samir offers not only a selection of brainstorming tips but does so in a great example of good blog article formatting. Nice headings, bullet lists and images.

Picks of the Week

Here are this week’s additional picks of the week.

2. Analysis Paralysis: The #1 Killer of Productivity by Dominic Tay.
3. 8 Moves to Make When the Chips Are Down by John Wesley.
4. Hey, Where are the Bugs Anyway? by CA.
5. Blogging for Service Providers by Vandelay Website Design.

Other Entries

Here are some additional entries for this week’s carnival.

6. Seeking a Dream by Michelle Cramer.
7. 7 Highly Effective Habits for Stress Releasing by Dianne M. Buxton.
8. 5 Things To Consider When Looking for A Network Marketing Business by Chris Tackett.
9. 5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Marketing Overnight by Eric Hudin.
10. Make People Comfortable By Greeting Them Right by Warren Wong.
11. Do You Know How to Delegate Effectively? by Sue Massey.
12. Spending Those Hard Earned Dollars On Advertising by Matt Hanson.
13. Top Ten Franchise Opportunities for $20,000 by Tom Stanley.
14. I Can Stand My Stand Up Desk by FitBuff.
15. Accounting Tips For Those Using A CPA by Mike Harmon.

That ends this second edition of the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. Any articles submitted on or after Aug 24th that meet the criteria but not appearing here will likely appear in the next edition.

Please use the submission form for future editions. Limit one entry per week per person. If you find you are not getting into this blog carnival, please read 11 tips for being included. I’ll particularly point out a few reoccurring problems:

1. Submitting the same article twice. Always send something fresh. It’s not that hard to keep a spreadsheet of your carnival submissions.
2. Submitting 2+ articles within minutes of each other. If you can’t be bothered to pick your best, I can’t be bothered to either.
3. Don’t make paragraphs too long or backgrounds colored. Anything that makes it hard to read your article reduces the chances that it’ll be read and accepted.
4. Being off topic or simply not targeted at bootstrapping entrepreneurs, or entrepreneuring in general. If you’re talking only about wealth, career, blogging, etc., in your article, and do not tie the topic in to business or entrepreneuring, then I might not accept it. If it’s selected for a Pick of the Week, then I’ll summarize it and do the tie in. But if it’s not picked, then I won’t necessarily put it in the rest of the carnival edition.

[updated] Welcome to the sixth Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs (CoBE #6). Critieria for inclusion: relevant to bootstrapping, entrepreneuring, startup/ small businesses.

To be fair to everyone, entries are selected approximately in order of submission. Please support this carnival by linking back to this post. Because of the volume of entries, I’m reducing the number of summaries and present 1-3 picks of the week.

Picks of the Week

This week’s picks:

1. Planning an Business Trip by Mike Harmon.
2. Quiz: What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? by Skip Shuda [updated].
3. A Motivation Secret of Top Performing Managers by Dr. Robert Karlsberg and Dr. Jane Adler.
4. Evaluation is Critical for Success. How to Measure Your Progress by Millionaire Mommy.

Other Entries

These are the remaining entries for this edition.

5. Are You A Good Facilitator? by Louise Manning.
6. If You Really Want Something Done, Find a Busy Person To Do It by Adam.
7. Want to Waste Some More Time Before You Start Your Business? by Stefan Töpfer.
8. Going to the Top Too Fast by Wilson Ng.
9. Business Productivity With New Media: 10 Questions by Noric Dilanchian.
10. The Money Series – Why Didn’t I Think of That Billionaires by Edith Yeung.
11. Watch For Upwarding Leaping Monkeys by Jack Yoest.
12. From iPhone to YouTube – The Viral Marketing Method by Eric Hudin.
13. Do You Really Want to Buy a Franchise? by Tom Stanley.
14. Learn Good Customer Service by Jason Rakowski.
15. Leveling the Playing Fields by Stacey Derbinshire.

That ends this second edition of the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. Any articles submitted on or after Aug 13th that meet the criteria but not appearing here will likely appear in the next edition.

Please use the submission form for future editions. Limit one entry per week per person. If you find you are not getting into this blog carnival, please read 11 tips for being included. I’ll particularly point out a few reoccurring problems:

1. Submitting the same article twice. Always send something fresh. It’s not that hard to keep a spreadsheet of your submissions to all carnivals.
2. Submitting 2+ articles within 5 minutes of each other. Do not send more than one entry per week or ALL of them will be deleted. Don’t make me do your work for you – choose your recent best and send that.
3. Don’t make paragraphs too long or backgrounds colored. Anything that makes it hard to read your article reduces the chances that it’ll be read and accepted.
4. Way off topic or simply not targeted at bootstrapping entrepreneurs, or even entrepreneurs in general. If you’re talking only about wealth, career, blogging, etc., in your article, if you do not tie the topic in to business or entrepreneuring, then I might not accept it. If it’s selected for a Pick of the Week, then I’ll summarize it and do the tie in. But if it’s not picked, then I won’t put it in the rest of the carnival edition.

Check out the latest round of blog carnivals that Bootstrapper was recently accepted into. This post is to give back some link love, and to hopefully expose Bootstrapper readers to some great blogs about business and entrepreneuring.

1. Carnival of the Green #90 accepted Working Green: 50 Tips to Reduce Your Office’s Waste.

2. Total Mind and Body Fitness Carnival #10 accepted Top 100 Foods to Improve Your Productivity.
   
   
3. Garden Fest Aug 2007 acecpted Working Green: 50 Tips to Reduce Your Office’s Waste.
4. Carnival of Dieting Tips accepted Top 100 Foods to Improve Your Productivity.
5. Carnival of Entrepreneurs #35 accepted Working Green: 50 Tips to Reduce Your Office’s Waste.
6. Brain Fitness Carnival Aug 2007 accepted Top 100 Foods to Improve Your Productivity.

If you think/know I missed a carnival, please drop a comment in this post, with a link to your carnival that a Bootstrapper article is in and I’ll modify this post.

Don’t forget about the Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs. And a couple of reminders:

1. If you get in, please support the Carnival by linking back to the edition you appear in.
2. Please: only one submission per person per week. Multi-author sites may submit more than one article per week (by different people).