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b5media launches Bizzia business portal

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:02:03 +0000

Over time I’ve noted that readers here at Geeky Traveller are pretty split down the middle with about half of you being vacation people and half being business travelers. For the latter half of you, you should be interested to know that our network, b5media, has launched Bizzia.com.

Bizzia is a fantastic business-related portal that covers everything from business news to tips to breaking stories. The portal pulls in information from 30 amazing b5media business blogs, all in one location for your convenience so you can keep up to date on whatever business stories are important to you, whether it’s sales, marketing, finance (who isn’t interested in finance these days?), small business tips, and more.

Bizzia’s official press release is right here if you’d like to read more about the launch.

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Business offices to go

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:44:29 +0000

Here’s a dilemma – you’re a freelance worker. You work hard and you’re making good money but your office space is in the basement of your home or the corner of your living room. You need to travel to meet with peers but they too are lacking in actual office space. What to do?

I suppose that you could crash someone’s house but that just doesn’t seem quite as professional as an actual office would be. That’s where Blankspaces comes in, and I swear to you, this idea is so incredibly brilliant that I am angry I didn’t think of it sooner so that I could have started it first.

They offer up a “modern workspace environment” in Los Angeles and in Santa Monica where you can rent an bit of office space, tailor-made to your needs, for daily rates or for more long term (monthly) rates if you need to be in town for awhile. You can get five hours at a work bar for $5, a workstation in a cubicle farm for $50, or an office all of your own for $75. They also have a full sized conference room for $75 per hour.

It suits so many needs. It gives you an office environment to go to if you just need someplace to work and hammer out details before you head out to meet some big wigs, or a room to hold a meeting with other office-challenged colleagues.

What a fantastic idea! Would you rent an office for a day?

It’s only disappointing that they’re limited to just California cities, but if it catches on we could see these popping up elsewhere!

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Pack light on business trips with Projecter123

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:50:35 +0000

Can you imagine having to travel to a business meeting with a suitcase full of your finest suits … with a projector crammed in among your socks? It would weigh too much, take up too much space, and it’s not practical, but really what else are you to do if you need to do a presentation?

Well, what else you can do is you can check out Projector123.com. Directly on their website, you can rent an LCD projector that suits your needs. Then you just need to make sure you catch your flight, because there’s nothing left for you to do. They will send the projector to the required destination by FedEx and will supply simple set up instructions. They even provide a 24-hour support line if you need some assistance.

It sounds like a fantastic way to remove a source of stress – if you’re giving a presentation you may already be stressed out enough as it is, so having one thing fully taken care of is one less thing on your mind.

The rates are reasonable, starting at $99 per day depending on your needs. Please do not carry a huge projector with you on your business trips, no matter how big that presentation might be, not when you can get someone like Projector123.com to take care of everything for you!

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