Rich Sloan Archives

Mobile Marketing: How Main Street Businesses are Leveraging the Trend

Main Street businesses are in a pitched battle with e-commerce mega sites. To compete with the allure of online shopping, local merchants are exploiting every opportunity available to drive in-store purchases. Here are several ways...

byThe Sloan Brothers

May 7, 2019

Go Beyond Money to Inspire Your Salespeople

Salespeople are the folks that open doors and close sales. They are responsible for generating the lifeblood of your business: revenue. However, your salespeople are also your frontline, and oftentimes the only touchpoint customers have...

byThe Sloan Brothers

February 3, 2018

YouTube (and Facebook) for Your Business: It’s Time to Get Your Video Groove On [Radio]

Sometimes we love our radio shows because they’re fascinating. Sometimes it’s because they’re inspiring. Sometimes, it’s more of a smart how-to session that provides specific tips and tactics to put to work for your own...

byStartupNation

July 16, 2016

Startup Sets Sights on the Internet of Things [IoT]

Welcome to another special show in our “Problem Solvers” series, focusing on startups that were spun out of universities and national research laboratories that have the potential to change the world. Today’s show features PsiKick, a...

byStartupNation

June 18, 2016

10 businesses you could start in the Bahamas

OK. Let's do a little dreaming. Let's say you could escape the grind. If formulaic thinking has you down, or you're feeling like you're living in a life of habit, you could make a...

byRich Sloan

March 31, 2005

Burs in a dog’s coat led to what invention?

Could a bur stuck in a dog's coat lead to one of the greatest practical inventions of all time? Read to the end and you'll find out what George de Mestral invented. We share four...

byRich Sloan

March 28, 2005

“Small Business.” Does that term apply to you?

We always like reading the work of Gwendolyn Bounds in the Wall Street Journal. This week she highlights an effort by the SBA to refine the federal agency's definition of what a "small" business is....

byRich Sloan

March 24, 2005