This is a very interesting article with the president of DWHS (Domain Web Hosting Service) calling the reasons to stay away from cheap bulk hosts like Godaddy, Hostgator, and Dreamhost. Worth the read, especially if you have a business website!

DWHS claims to the best or I should say the most advanced web hosting service available yet charge the same as bulk hosts.

Click here for the full article: DWHS calls out cheap hosts

I have said this hundreds of times.. “it’s NOT the idea as much as how you APPLY it. The best ideas in the world are wasted because whoever had them simply didn’t know how to apply them well. Typically there are thinkers and doers, it is very rare to be able to do both. So next time you have that big idea find someone to help you apply it, or if you are frustrating that people do not work hard enough with all these great ideas floating around then you should find some idea people and make it happen!

If you want to sell toilet paper then you could start a toilet paper business right now online and if you truly kicked butt at it you could make a living. My point is it’s not what you sell as much as you believing that it will work, work hard, and work very smart to make it happen.

Here is 100 ideas that have proven to work and can make any person a living if applied right.

1. Ad Network
2. Apartment Locator
3. Art Supply Store
4. Association Management
5. Auction Site
6. Auto Advice
7. Banner Ad Designer
8. Beauty Products
9. Blog Software/Blog Directory
10. Bookstore
11. Business Opportunity Center
12. Business Broker
13. Business Plan Writing Service
14. Cartoon/Joke Writer
15. Classified Ads
16. Collector Store—Rare Books and Records Finder
17. Commercial Cleaning
18. Community Events Web Site
19. Concierge Service
20. Cookbooks and Recipes
21. Copy Writing
22. Coupon Site
23. Craft Store
24. Custom-Made Calendars
25. Custom-Printed Products
26. Cybermall Owner/Operator
27. Desktop Imagery
28. Dining Guide
29. Direct Marketing/Direct Mail
30. Do-It-Yourself Site
31. E-Books
32. Educational Products
33. Electronics Store
34. E-Mail Reminder Service
35. Employment Agency
36. Event and Meeting Planning
37. E-Zines (Online Magazines)
38. Fund Raiser
39. Genealogy Research
40. Gift Baskets
41. Gift Registry (Online Wish List)
42. Graphic Designer
43. Health Guide
44. Hobby Store
45. Hotel Guide
46. Hunting and Fishing Supplies
47. Image Consultant
48. Information Broker
49. Interior Design
50. Mail List Service
51. Map and Tourist Information
52. Market Research
53. Monogramming
54. Movie Review Site
55. Music Center
56. Newsletter Developer
57. Online Coach
58. Online Flower Store
59. Online Modeling Agency
60. Online Promotion Company
61. Online Resort Directory
62. Party Planning and Supplies
63. Photo Display Site
64. Podcasts and Podcast Directory
65. Photography
66. Press Release Developer
67. Press Release Distribution Service
68. Printing Service
69. Private Investigator/People Finder
70. Professional Organizer
71. Public Relations Specialist
72. Real Estate Site
73. Resume Writing Service
74. Rubber Stamp Business
75. Search Engine Optimization Service
76. Search Engine Submission and Monitoring Service
77. Seminars Online
78. Senior Services
79. Sign-Making Service
80. Small Business Resource Center
81. Software Download Site
82. Sports Equipment, New and Used
83. Survey Service
84. Tourist Information Center
85. Trade Show Directory
86. Training/Speaking
87. Transcript Service
88. Translation Services
89. Travel Consultant
90. T-Shirt Design
91. Tutoring Services
92. Used Computer Sales
93. Virtual Assistant
94. Virtual Makeover
95. Web Design
96. Web Master
97. Web Radio
98. Web Site Review
99. Wedding Products
100. Weight Loss Service
101. Who’s Who Directory

If you need help applying them then let us know, that’s our job!

Thank you,

Charles Yarbrough
www.dwhs.net
www.charlesyarbrough.com

U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.

The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker Fiat. It wrapped up the 2009 bailout that was part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program six years early.

“The fact that the company has done so well — that they were able to go out and raise private capital to repay us the loan so quickly, is really the big story,” said Tim Massad, Treasury assistant secretary for financial stability.

Fiat paid the Treasury a total of $560 million for the remaining shares, as well as rights to shares held by the United Auto Workers retiree trust. Fiat now owns a 53.5% stake in the company.

Originally, the government committed a total of $12.5 billion to the struggling automaker, Old Chrysler, and the company’s newly formed Chrysler Group. Of those funds, $11.2 billion have been returned through principal repayments, interest and cancelled commitments, the Treasury said. The new Chrysler Group paid back $5.1 billion in loans in May.
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As part of the loan agreement, Chrysler was given until 2017 to return the bailout funds. If it had taken the full term, the interest accrued on the loans could have significantly reduced the government’s losses.

Overall, $1.3 billion will not be recovered from the bankrupt Old Chrysler, but Massad still called it a “major accomplishment.”

That’s because the government originally expected it would lose much more on the auto bailout. Initial estimates from the Congressional Budget Office in 2009, predicted the government would lose $40 billion on the overall auto bailout.

Now it estimates, by the time the $80 billion program is completely wrapped up, taxpayers will have lost $14 billion.

The Treasury Department also considers the auto bailout a success because the industry has recently shown signs of a recovery.

In the year leading up to the Chrysler and General Motors’ bankruptcies, the auto industry lost 400,000 jobs. Since the bailout, about 113,000 of those jobs have been recovered.

“We didn’t make the auto interventions to make money, we made them to save jobs — and on that front, we dramatically succeeded,” Massad said.

General Motors (GM, Fortune 500) has already repaid loans it received from the bailout, but the Treasury still owns about one-third of GM’s shares, worth approximately $16 billion.

TARP overall, was originally authorized to cost $700 billion, but the Treasury Department has only paid out $411 billion.

Of that amount, $101 billion have yet to be paid back, mostly due to losses from assistance to AIG and mortgage modification programs.

The bank bailout part of TARP is expected to turn a profit of $20 billion, making up for some of those losses.

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The new page at MarketingSpot.com allows you to see all of the listed top CEO’s Twitter posts all at once. It also filters out the replies and junk so you just get wind of the good stuff. “This is a fun page to leave open on a second screen” Says DWHS Inc. President, Charles Yarbrough. You can get lots of great information in real time without running a full program or getting stuff you don’t need from other Twitter update sites.

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Buffeted by high taxes, strict regulations and uncertain state budgets, a growing number of California companies are seeking friendlier business environments outside of the Golden State.

And governors around the country, smelling blood in the water, have stepped up their courtship of California companies. Officials in states like Florida, Texas, Arizona and Utah are telling California firms how business-friendly they are in comparison.

Companies are “disinvesting” in California at a rate five times greater than just two years ago, said Joseph Vranich, a business relocation expert based in Irvine. This includes leaving altogether, establishing divisions elsewhere or opting not to set up shop in California.

“There is a feeling that the state is not stable,” Vranich said. “Sacramento can’t get its act together…and that includes the governor, legislators and regulatory agencies that are running wild.”

The state has been ranked by Chief Executive magazine as the worst place to do business for seven years.

“California, once a business friendly state, continues to conduct a war on its own economy,” the magazine wrote.

That is about to change, at least if Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has anything to say about it. Newsom is developing a plan to address the state’s economic Achilles heels, and build on its strengths. It will be unveiled at the end of July.

“California has got to get its act together when it comes to economic development and job creation,” he said.

While not all companies investing elsewhere are doing so for economic reasons, some are shopping around for lower costs, lighter regulations, stable leadership and government assistance and incentives.

The most popular places to go? Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Virginia and North Carolina, said Vranich. All rank in the Top 13 places to do business, according to Chief Executive.
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After 15 years in Monterey Country, Calif., Feel Golf relocated its headquarters to Florida earlier this year after it acquired Pro Line Sports, which was based in the Sunshine State.

“The whole state is a bureaucratic Santa Claus,” said Lee Miller, chief executive of the golf equipment company, of his former home. “There’s a very high cost of doing business.”

In Florida, he found a better work pool, lower operating costs and no personal income taxes.

“Overall, it’s just a better environment,” he said.

PayPal opened a new customer services and operations center in Chandler, Ariz., in February, bringing 2,000 jobs to the area. The San Jose, Calif.-based tech firm, along with its parent eBay, also added 1,000 jobs in Austin, Texas, and expanded operations in Utah.

“They have business-friendly environments,” said Kathy Chui, a spokeswoman for eBay.

Other states, which are revving up their job creation efforts in the weak economy, are making sure California firms know the advantages to doing businesses with them.

Utah, for instance, touts its stable government, balanced budget and AAA debt rating, said Todd Brightwell, vice president at the state’s Economic Development Corp.

“We promote predictability,” said Brightwell, whose agency features an online comparison between the states in terms of taxes, real estate costs, utility expenses, cost of living and other metrics.

Over the past 18 months, the state become much more proactive in courting California firms. It now visits there regularly to reach out to target companies. The strategy has been successful. Adobe has expanded operations in Utah, as has Electronic Arts.

California companies are also reaching out to other states. Sandra Watson, chief operating officer of the Arizona Commerce Authority, said she’s seeing a growing number of California firms looking to expand outside the state.

The economic downturn has forced companies to find ways to reduce their costs, she said. Arizona is trying to capitalize on that by promoting its lower workers compensation and unemployment insurance taxes, as well as its aggressive incentive packages.

“There’s a lot of competition out there and companies are re-evaluating their strategies,” she said.

California, however, isn’t sitting idly by. Not only is Newsom meeting with executives to hear their complaints, he’s studying the best practices of other states. Earlier this year, he visited Texas, ranked #1 by Chief Executive, to learn more about its job creation efforts.

Newsom’s plan will focus on California’s premier industries, including biotechnology, agriculture and digital media. It will highlight the state’s strengths in innovation and research and cultivate more manufacturing and exports. It also will examine how to address executives’ concerns about regulation, taxes and layers of bureaucracy.

Later this year, California will set up a new agency that will serve as a focal point for economic development and job creation, he said. Among its goals will be to reverse the perception that California is business-unfriendly.

“We’re going to start pounding away at this and begin to slowly turn this around,” he said.