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How to Bring Your Business Finances into the New Decade

For new entrepreneurs, now is the perfect time of year to look at your business finances with fresh eyes. While there may be nothing wrong with your current systems, you may find that technical advances...

byChloe Gawrych

February 7, 2020

5 Ways Startups Can Make Waves with Big Game-Style Advertising Tactics

The biggest advertising event of the year has come and gone, and with it, every entrepreneur’s dream opportunity to make a big splash with a worldwide audience. The Big Game (I’m never sure when I’m...

byDeb Gabor

February 6, 2020

Create the Future Now in Order for Your Business to Succeed Tomorrow

The following is excerpted from "The Reinventionist Mindset: Learning to Love Change and the Human How of Doing It Brilliantly" by Joe Jackman, CEO of Jackman Reinvents. The future. It just sounds like a far-off place. When I...

byJoe Jackman

February 4, 2020

The 3 Major Changes You Need to Make to Your Influencer Marketing Strategy

When you hear the phrase “influencer marketing,” what image pops into your head? If your first thought is a photo or a video of your product being used by a world-famous celebrity Instagrammer or YouTuber...

byTodd Grossman

February 3, 2020

Former NFL Player Kamerion Wimbley Tackles Entrepreneurship Post-Football Career

If you watched NFL football any time from 2006 through 2014, you've likely heard the name Kamerion Wimbley. Wimbley was a nine-year NFL veteran who played for the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans....

byRyan O'Bleness

February 2, 2020

Website Security 101: 9 Simple Ways to Protect Your Site Against Hackers

If your website has ever been hacked, you know how much of a pain it is. If you haven’t been hacked, it may just be a matter of time. Google Safe Browsing data shows that...

by Jayneberinger64

February 1, 2020

Top Priority Social Media Tasks for the Time-Starved Entrepreneur

Nowadays, nearly everyone is supposedly a social media expert: you, your mom, your 10-year-old nephew. Most internet-savvy individuals have some degree of experience with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. But, when it comes to enterprise-level social...

byBruce Hakutizwi

January 31, 2020

3 Signs Your Existing Startup Should Franchise Right Now

It is estimated that that a new franchise opens every eight minutes. Every. Single. Day. That’s a lot of competition — with over 900,000 franchise businesses operating in the U.S. today, it can be overwhelming...

byBruce Hakutizwi

January 20, 2020

How to Build Your Brand with User-Generated Content

In this guide, we explore how you can supercharge your startup’s marketing with user-generated content (UGC). What is user-generated content? User-generated content, or UGC, refers to online content related to a brand that has been voluntarily...

byJustin Green

January 19, 2020

Why Sustainability Matters in Business

As you’re building your business, you’ll find yourself juggling many essential tasks. Product design, website management, bookkeeping, marketing and more may initially come to mind as crucial components to starting a business. There's also no...

byMatthew Hollis

January 18, 2020

These 8 Business Moguls Reveal Their Secrets for Building an Unstoppable Brand

Today, the world has more small businesses and "wannapreneurs" than ever. Anyone with a mobile phone can launch an Instagram page and claim they are a brand. There’s more noise than there’s ever been, and...

byThe Oracles

January 15, 2020

How to Future-Proof Your Innovation

It’s not that I believe that there’s nothing new under the sun. But, when I hear entrepreneurs in the startup community say, “we don’t have any competitors,” I can’t help but be skeptical. Everybody is...

byRyan Vanni

January 13, 2020

How to Use Analytics to Measure Your Instagram Story Results

Instagram Stories are a continually growing and popular part of Instagram. With 500 million daily active users on the platform, brands of all sizes are beginning to see the benefit of using Instagram Stories to reach...

byDana Nicole

January 11, 2020

How to Attract Fans to (and Keep Them Interested in) Your Products or Services

The following is excerpted from "Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans" by David Meerman Scott and Reiko Scott with permission of Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin...

byDavid Meerman Scott

January 7, 2020

7 Business Influencers to Follow on Social Media in 2020

Launching a successful startup takes a lot of work, and learning how to navigate the waters of entrepreneurship can be difficult — especially if it's your first business. As such, it can be wise for aspiring...

byDerek Miller

January 7, 2020

How to Use LinkedIn to Promote and Grow Your Business

Does your company have a LinkedIn presence beyond your personal profile? It should. Even if you consider your business to be a “customer-first” outfit, a professional online network is essential. Regardless of size or stage,...

byNeoMam Studios

January 5, 2020

3 Bite-Sized Goals You Can Set (and Achieve) in January

If there’s one thing entrepreneurs love doing, it’s setting goals for their small business. This list is often long and detailed at the start of the year. After all, a new year means new business!...

byMyCorporation

January 2, 2020

6 Essential Tools Your Startup Can’t Live Without

Believe it or not, the year and the decade are coming to a close. Now is the time time for business owners to start planning for an uncertain year ahead, not to mention the years...

byEric Goldschein

December 30, 2019

How Entrepreneurs are Shaping the Future of the Food Industry

Did you know that consumer demand for alternative foods, including meat substitutes and plant-based ingredients, increased by 17 percent in 2018? While we often hear about big-name companies launching new products to appeal to changing consumer tastes...

byAndrew Thomson

December 27, 2019