Time for Some Summer Inspiration
As Memorial Day approaches, I thought it would be nice to post a little inspirational message. After all, it’s almost time to celebrate grads, dads and the arrival of summer. However, many...
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Guy Kawasaki on Enchantment, Marketing and Small Business
Guy Kawasaki is no stranger to entrepreneurship, having co-founded several businesses including Garage Technology Ventures, and Alltop.com, which is, as he describes, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web. He's written ten...
White House unveils new initiative for small business owners, but something is missing
Yesterday President Obama unveiled a new initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in the United States. Dubbed "Startup America," the goal of this new program is to encourage "high growth" entrepreneurship to increase the number of new...
12 Tips for Using YouTube to Promote Your Business
Most people are afraid to use YouTube to promote their business. But you shouldn’t be and here’s why: the most popular videos aren’t professional productions. They’re just a girl or guy, that gets in front...
How to Double Your Productivity In One Week
Six years ago, I was working 12-hour days. Wanting to get more done in less time, I started studying productivity principles. Now I never work more than 6 hours a day but I manage to...
5 Internet Marketing Ideas to Double Your Sales in the New Year
1) Learn From Your Own Blog Do you check out your blog posts to see which posts are getting the most re-tweets or comments? You should. Every week, I go through my posts and take...
10 Tips For Motivating Your Employees
Employee turnover is one of the most expensive costs your company will have. Not only is it expensive to replace a departing employee, but it also affects the morale of the entire team. Here are...
Ladies: Getting Your Legal Foundation in Place is Sexy!
This one is especially for the ladies, because I think this is an epidemic issue with us. But men, you are warmly welcome here! I hope everyone gets something from this post....read on! There are...
Got Data Management? Exclusive Interview with Mark Wozniak, InfoDome VP of Products
Today, we have the pleasure of talking to Mark Wozniak, the VP of Products at InfoDome (yes, and the brother of Apple Co-Founder, Steve Wozniak). InfoDome is a new, online, critical business data management solution...
Pew Study: Small Business Most Trusted “Institution”
Trust Congress? Sorry, that institution got among the lowest ratings in a Pew Research Center study that was recently released. The Pew Center polled Americans to determine who they trusted least and who they trusted most....
4 Smart & Sensible Marketing Tips for 2010!
Are your eyes much bigger than your wallet, or your ability to focus and execute effective marketing in 2010? Has your New Year’s Resolutions come and gone already? How can you ensure you’re not biting...
1..2..3..Go Shopping!
EVERYONE! Please go do some shopping….. There is a bit of good news about shopping habits, amongst all the terrible news being reported about this horrific economy. Consumers are longing to go shopping, and retailers...
Your Product + QVC = $$ MILLIONS $$
The fastest ways to bring your product to market is to get it on QVC! The best, and fastest, way to do that is hire a QVC agent! What is a QVC Agent? A...
Who’s On Your Team?
If you are trying to save money and start the New Year off right, there may be a secret problem lurking in your business. With the stress of trying to balance a budget, pay bills,...
Target is re-branding to “Real MOMS”…..Bye-Bye Bullseye!
Is that bull’s-eye logo going bye-bye to survive the Wal-Mart effect? What does Wal-Mart know that may save business everywhere? Is it true- is Target steering away from their famous Bullseye logo? Since March of...
3 More Free Publicity Tools
Since many of you commented on my last blog entry, here are three more free tools to help you with your small business PR activities: 1. Help a Reporter Out PR Pro Peter Shankman set...
Small Business Profile: Lead411
To follow up on a previous post requesting feedback on topics and offering to highlight members of the community, I learned of the BTS Blog started by Tom Blue, co founder of Lead411— BTS stands...
StartupNation on ABC News Now, helps an entrepreneur in need
Tory Johnson, frequent reporter on ABC's Good Morning America show and anchor of the ABC NewsNow series focusing on careers asked for a little StartupNation love recently. One of her faithful fans, Natalie, of ChicSweets, asked...
CIT Group seeks additional funding – Marco’s Pizza adds financing options for franchisees
The recent CIT Group news hit the franchise community late last week. One of the larger small business lenders announced, CIT Group announced it needed additional money from the government to stay affloat. The government...
How Are You Promoting Your Lemonade Stand?
Over the 4th of July, I was walking around an affluent neighborhood and about every block or so, there were children selling lemonade. Lemonade Stand 1. At the first stand, the kids were yelling from...