Have you heard of Shirley Frazier? If not, you really should get to know her business better. I came across this very fascinating blogger the other day who had visited my MyBlogLog account. While clicking thru the latest visitors’ own blog sites the multiple number of sites she authors caught my eye.

I’m always impressed by bloggers who can handle more than two sites. Shirley has four! And she is yet another inspiration doing a combination of things that I like, online entrepreneurship and public speaking.

The site that captured my interest first is her Solo Business Marketing blog. I love the tagline, “Where Entrepreneurs and Business Connect”. Is that an actionist line or what? And notice the Amazon widget in the middle column stategically featuring her own book? Yeah this lady knows her stuff. Shirley has other good features sprinkled around the site to share her expertise including video clips and contact info if you’d like her to speak at your function.

Her blogger.com blog is evidence of her growth as a blogger as she uses her own domain names now that she’s branched out into other types of operations. The blogger.com site has been relegated to the bench for more relevant and practical sites. The Solo Business Marketing Blog mentioned above covers lots of general business principles. A more specific blog is her Gift Basket Business which is an obvious passion.

If you’ve considered this business in particular or any home based or holiday related venture you definitely ought to save and fave this one. You get particular genre related tips here.

Another site, Ask the Gift Basket Expert is where she shares ideas on the business and operations side of this particular industry. So, you can hit Shirley up on any angle that suits you. No doubt she can be a helpful resource.

If you just want to cut to the chase and get straight to the personal service then invite her to talk to your favorite group. As mentioned before she’s a professional speaker and Shirley Speaks is how you retain her services in person.

I suspect Shirley’s star is on the rise and I wouldn’t be surprised to start hearing more from her in a big way. If you want to improve your business sense be sure to keep Shirley George Frazier as a virtual reference.

Office DEPOT realized some time back that they were losing money trading free reams of paper for used ink cartridges. That was my favorite trade in and apparently everyone else’s too so they’ve changed gears.

Now you get a $3.00/unit discount coupon on future purchases. The good thing is that you can combine three of your coupons for a combined $9.00 savings the next time you’re in the store. Helps you save a nice chunk on new cartridge purchases if you don’t trust the quality of the recycled types in your printer or don’t want to risk your printer warranty with a recycled one.

Check with your other favorite local computer and office supply stores are to see what their used cartridge turn in policy is. Every buck counts for your household or business office supply expenses.