Carnival of the Capitalists 10-31-2005

This week's Carnival of the Capitalists (COTC) is up at Triple Pundit. In case you're not yet familiar with it, COTC is a sort of "traveling roadshow" of the best weekly blog posts from around the web on the topics of economics, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, or anything else that could vaguely fall under the category of "capitalism". It's a great way to keep up with what's going on in the business blogosphere.

It can be a bit of a challenge to keep up with, since it's hosted on a new blog each week. For the convenience of my regular readers, I'm going to post a link here each week every Monday or Tuesday, along with links directly to a few of my favorite articles from the carnival that I think are particularly relevant for entrepreneurs. Here are my picks from this week's roundup:

Online Marketing Outside the Box points out the dilemma between using tried and true marketing techniques vs. riskier innovative/creative techniques. There are no easy answers, but some stimulating food for thought. My pick of the week.

Jane Markets to Women Online - An increase in entrepreneurship and online participation by women means a growing opportunity for online marketing targeted to women with money to spend.

Three Big Lessons to Unlearn from Donald Trump: "Donald Trump is a terrific marketing agent. Unfortunately, many people who follow Trump's escapades by watching "The Apprentice" or by reading about him in the press don't realize that Trump's tremendous marketing talent hides an important flaw: He teaches terrible lessons about business."

SEO 101 gives an inside look at strategic use of keywords within a site's structure to improve search engine rankings without sacrificing customer experience.

E-mail newsletters: Increasing subscriber numbers - The title is self-explanatory and something every business owner with an e-mail newsletter should be interested in. And just about every business owner should have an e-mail newsletter, so...

Be sure to check out this week's COTC for more on Economics & Markets, Business Advice, Investments, Gasoline & Transportation, and more.