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By Admin, March 24, 2010 10:50 pm

Women are quickly moving into the marketplace and founding their own businesses. Luckily, they have a large number of choices when it comes to funding that business. Business loans for women range from Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to microloans and grants from specific agencies. It’s not only important to know where to find these funding opportunities, but be qualified when it comes time to apply to them.

The Small Business Loan Administration (SBA)

The SBA has a number of programs to help women by providing funds to banks that they can loan out to women in business who qualify. While they’re not a direct lender, they can pre-qualify you through the SBA Loan Prequalification Program. They will direct you to lenders that offer 7(a) loans that can help you get your business off the ground.

State Programs

Many states have a Minority and Women-Owned Business program to help women and minorities get started in business. Besides educational materials, you can meet people who can help you find sources of funding for your business and set you in the right direction.

Microloans

These types of loans are particularly powerful for women in third world countries who only require a small amount of capital to get started in business. Grameen originally started in India, offering women microloans, but now they even have offices in New York City as part of Grameen America. Kiva.org is also a great online place for women to seek out microloans.

Grants

There are numerous grants aimed at helping women establish social services for other women. You can check Grants.gov for grants that may be available for women, but usually they are targeted to specific types of businesses that offer a specific social need. Grants are nice in that you don’t have to pay the monies back, unlike loans. You do have to write a grant proposal and compete with others to obtain funding via grants, unlike loans.

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By Admin, March 22, 2010 10:53 pm

Baume and Mercier, in commemoration of its 180th anniversary has embarked on a new marketing campaign designed with its internet savvy clientele in mind. It has joined the frenzy on social networking by enticing watch and jewelry aficionados, curious onlookers and internet citizens to add them as a friend and to follow them in facebook and twitter.

It’s about time that these snobbish companies delve in on the new generation’s afflictions for internet socializing. With the creation of their own facebook page and twitter streams, Baume and Mercier has broadened its horizons and of course, its market base. It further entices potential clientele with the promise of posting Baume and Mercier’s family secrets for all to see. Surely, this would generate widespread interest on what these secrets may hold. Baume and Mercier further assures that the facebook and twitter pages would contain its history, the anecdotes and thoughts of the watchmakers, and one would scarcely guess, its product line.

This attempt to engage a broader audience is meant to coincide with its campaign in the SIHH to be held in Geneva on January 2010. With that, Baume replica watches have not fallen behind with their own internet marketing campaign started long before Baume and Mercier did. One would be amazed that a company with vast financial resources such as Baume and Mercier would imitate the watch replicators by launching their own online marketing campaign this late in the game.

This effort by Baume and Mercier has been spearheaded by details, a private company specializing in offline and online publications. Perhaps one could postulate that the Swiss based company has finally gotten its bearings and decided to enter the information age with its own facebook and twitter accounts. It would be quite interesting to see what this company would post on its wall.