Small Businesses Should Consider International Expansion
Just because you are a “small business” doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be thinking big. Your plans for expanding your enterprise may include opening a second location a few miles down the road or increasing your product line, but you should also consider how you can take advantage of the global marketplace.
Read More Do NOT Be a Woman-Owned Business
I refuse to be a woman-owned business. Don’t get me wrong; I am a woman and I own my business. I’ve owned and run my business for more than a decade, and I do it with integrity, a good heart, a drive for success, and a dedication to my clients.
Read More 8 Free Bootstrapping Business Tools
Free stuff is great. Free stuff that helps your business is awesome. While there are many free business apps screaming for you to play with them, I’m going to focus on 8 of my favorites.
Read More Is Your Website Eco-Friendly?
Bike to work. Recycle. Take shorter showers. As individuals, we are constantly bombarded with messages like these that encourage us to “Go Green.” Now, web designers are being urged to join the cause.
Read More The Importance of Corporate Vision
If you are a leader in your organization, share your vision consistently. If you are not sharing your vision at least every thirty days, your team doesn’t know it. A clear vision inspires, unifies, and gives powerful focus.
Read More How to Make Your Small Business Better by Outsourcing
What small business owner has not wished for an extra pair of hands or more hours in the day? Outsourcing can have very positive effects on your business’s revenue, and your work-life balance.
Read More Year End Planning: Payroll
Doing your last payroll for the year is an important time to make sure you have a tax plan in place. That payroll is often the last cash transaction for the year; your last chance for tax deductions.
Read More What does it take to qualify for a business loan?
Start by understanding that this area is governed by banking law designed to protect depositors’ money from banks taking too much risk. So most of what they require is not up to them and not a matter of how good your business is or isn’t.
Read MoreMonitoring Your Digital Reputation: A Must in the 21st Century
All of the information about a small business that can be found in cyberspace makes up what is known as a company’s online reputation. And sadly, its online reputation may or may not bear any resemblance to its “real-world” reputation.
Read More How to Get Your Product into Whole Foods
It surely is the Holy Grail for food immpreneurs: getting your products on the shelves of Whole Foods. Here’s what Errol Schweizer, executive global grocery coordinator, told us about how to get into Whole Foods—and turn your product into a sensation once it hits the shelves.
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