Your business can only grow as far as your hand can reach, which means you need employees. But your employees need to have a win/win relationship with you. Your employees are the engine that drives your business, but how well are you taking care of your most valuable asset? Are you focused on making sure […]
5 Tips for the Entrepreneur Seeking Funding
Guest Article These are heady days for entrepreneurs and founders. Economic indicators look positive and the taper is happening. Unemployment is down, housing starts are up and so is the stock market. If there is any downside to this news, it has to be that interest rates may begin to rise, fractionally of course, but […]
What Will Be Your Competitive Differentiator in 2014?
It’s easy to get caught up in the New Year, new products mindset, but sometimes it doesn’t take a big shift to grow your business – just a minor one. I like the idea of taking the end of the year to regroup and go back to basics. One of the fundamental questions every business […]
10 Things You Need To Do Before 2014
If you’re like most small business owners, you’re still focused on completing the current year. The reality is, you can really increase your financial success by planning your revenues now for next year. Having the business secured ensures that you will be around and thriving when 2014 hits. Here are 10 things you should take […]
Stop Being a Business Owner and Start Building a Brand
Guest Article The Great Recession forced people take the initiative to go into business for themselves and take advantage of the entrepreneurial climate. Now there’s a new phenomenon facing many of the self-employed: they’ve become successful but can’t seem to take it to the next level. While they’ve done a great job building a business, […]
How to Grow a Small Business
This summer, I have been really getting back into working out; in fact I’ve been trying to turn myself into a runner. My entire life I’ve had a limiting belief that I could not run. I actually have convinced myself that I am a situational asthmatic at the mere attempt to run. Let’s just say, […]
Top 5 Tasks To Outsource in Your Small Business
What is the biggest struggle in any small business? Are you wearing too many hats? Yep, just what I thought. When you are a small business owner you immediately take on 10-14 jobs all at once, so it stands to reason that you might not do them all well. Sometimes, we all feel like “I […]
5 Secrets for Growing Your Business Smarter and Faster
Guest Article There’s no doubt that starting and running a business comes with a long to-do list. Maintaining your normal activities will keep you busy beyond the 8-hour day in addition to the administrative activities that are essential to running your operations. This is especially onerous if you are the only one and wearing all […]
7 Things You Need to Know to Attract Corporate Sponsorship in 2013
Poet Edith Lovejoy Pierce said “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day”. The New Year represents a new opportunity to increase the visibility and income of your small business. No matter what you […]
A Gift For You For Christmas
This is Christmas Day, and to all my loyal readers — I have a gift for you. My three most popular ebooks I offer you today for free. 20 Tips to Jumpstart Twitter. You all know that Twitter is my favorite social networking site, and now I’m giving you a helpful tool to dive into […]