Seen that? – Is Poker Still Growing?
Is Poker Still Growing? Internet Poker
With the astronomical growth of poker over the last few years, many people wonder if it will continue to grow and if it is still growing now. According to the poker pages.com industry index, poker has grown a staggering 400% since 2001. The biggest month of poker in history occurred last year in July 2005 when tournaments buy-ins soared to a record $77 million. This is a larger number than [...] Read More
Neteller Announces Record Growth Internet Poker
Online money transfer group, Neteller, announced record growth numbers for the last year. According to The Online Independent, Neteller's sales rose 108% to a record $171 million. Pre tax profits rose to $98 million an increase of 114%. Insiders at Neteller have sold 218 million pounds worth of stock at 625 pounds after purchasing during the intial offer period at just 200 pounds. Over 80% of Netellers' business comes from [...] Read More
Live Poker Tournament on FSN Internet Poker
The fulltiltpoker.net pro poker showdown will air live on Fox Sports Net at 6 PM EST on June 22nd. The tournament features a select group of "full tilt" pros including Phil Ivey, Mike Matasow, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, John Juanda, Erik Siedel, and Erik Lindgren. The players will put up a $120,000 entry fee in return for a chance at a $600,000 first place prize. The players combined have 22 WSOP [...] Read More
Is Your Business in Growth Mode? Bizinformer
I love taking quizzes that help me better understand myself and my approach to life. I found this quiz over at Andy Birol's blog and learned that I'm proudly passionate about my business. Coming in at a close second is being a thorough thinker. Category Overall Score Active-Associator 1 Stridently-Stoic 2 Proudly-Passionate 4 Clinical-Controller 0 Thorough-Thinker 3 Selling-Servant 1 Steady-Stalwart 2 Sterile-Steward 0 Impatient-Instigator 1 As the owner of a home based business, those are two categories that serve me well. [...] Read More
Growing your business… Biz Plan Hacks
More Than One Way to Help a Business Grow Here is a good article from the New York Times. There are several resources here to help grow your business plus several simple ideas in order to bring in more revenue. Getting more revenue from your current customers is one of the easiest. This is when good selling techniques come into play. For example say you sell printers and you have a customer [...] Read More