How to Successfully Crowdsource Anything for Your Small Business
Think of crowdsourcing as a kind of Internet dating approach to finding your small business the capital, creativity, help and ideas it needs to take it to the next level. And just as there been an explosion in Internet dating sights, there’s been a boom in crowdsourcing sites.
Read More What You Must Learn from My Summer Vacation
Remember in our youth the standard return-to-school “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” essay? This summer has given me several lessons that have value for you today.
Read More Follow These Recommendations to be a High-Performing Organization
A recent Harvard Business Review article by Marc de Swaan Arons, Frank van den Driest, and Keith Weed, uncovers what it takes to be a high-performing company. The Marketing2020 study has some excellent observations from which any sized business or nonprofit organization can benefit.
Read More Don’t Trademark Your Business Name Without These 3 Tips
To protect the small business you’ve worked so hard for, it’s important that you go through the proper channels to obtain a federally registered trademark for your name.
Read More Your Site Might Not Be Optimized for Humans: 7 User-Friendly Tips
Search engine optimization is a topic that comes up repeatedly for businesses of all sizes. For some small businesses, it can even be a make or break factor. Therefore, a topic of this importance deserves more attention than just blindly accepting the trends and buzzwords du jour.
Read More Boosting Productivity in Your Small Business
In today’s working world, one of the biggest threats to any business is a lack of productivity in employees; no matter how well qualified, or how much experience an employee has, if they’re unable to focus on the task at hand, they’re going to drag your business down in the long-term.
Read More How to Hire Your Next “Perfect Attitude” Employee
Hiring the right people is one of the most important parts of running a business. Think about it: Employees shoulder a lot of the responsibility for the success of their employers, so it pays to find someone who fits the bill from the very start.
Read More Fast Food Franchises Under Fire
Quick service restaurants make up one of the largest pieces of the franchise business opportunity pie. Or cupcake, cookie pizza, burger, or dish of your choice.
Read More Startup Investor Money Always Comes with Strings
As an Angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and then disappear into the sunset. Would you do that if it was your money?
Read More 3 Reasons Your Email Marketing is Failing
Email marketing has been a popular practice for many years and continues to be one of the most effective marketing techniques around. However, despite its unparalleled potential, many marketers often complain that their email marketing messages go unnoticed or unread.
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