Favorite Parts of Doing Business: Tales from a Drop-Shipper
Anthony Buonocore is the owner of Westway Electric Supply, a distributor of over 250,000 electrical supplies in a Philadelphia suburb, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Tony has had to become a lean, mean, efficient machine and maintain a positive attitude. When this young entrepreneur was asked about his favorite parts of doing business, here is what he had to say.
Read More 5 Tips for Hiring Only the Best Startup Talent
While technology may allow us to scale businesses exponentially (once we have identified the appropriate formula), hiring the right talent is still the most fundamental aspect of building a thriving business. The HR function of being a startup founder is perhaps the role we are least equipped to play. But it is, in my opinion, the most important.
Read More Small Practices for Businesses just Starting Out
Successful entrepreneurs face similar challenges during the first stages of running a company. Roger Scott, founder and CEO of Dynamic Sport Systems, discusses what he has learned since starting his business in August 2012.
Read More Can a three member LLC, being taxed as a partnership, place the three members on a payroll service with other employees of the company?
The members of an LLC taxed as a partnership cannot take W-2 salaries or wages like employees of the LLC and cannot therefore have their compensation processed through a payroll service. However, they make take salaries in the form of “guaranteed payments” and profit distributions from the LLC as discussed in greater detail below.
Read MoreBeing Clear with Expectations
Few things are as frustrating as working for a manager who gives you an annual review and tells you all the things she thinks you should have been doing during the past year. How is this information helpful now? The year is over. Why weren’t these expectations expressed earlier?
Read More We Have to Earn Our Audience’s Attention
Too many businesses believe that social media networks are simply places they need to put a placeholder in. Like a flag that says, “Look, we exist here too,” and then go to some autopilot shout into the abyss mentality. The core idea behind Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ or any of the other networks out there is connection.
Read More 7 Ways to Successfully Utilize Social Media
Today, many of us spend more time on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram than any other sites—and do so several times a day, even while we’re working. And that’s OK! Given social media’s incredibly wide appeal and pervasiveness, most businesses are several years into their “social media” strategies.
Read More VIDEO: Taking the Mystery Out of Getting on Google
An important step of marketing your business is to make it easier for people to find your website on Google. But how to do that sometimes seems ridiculously complex. Forget tricks and instead focus on creating the kind of content Google is looking for.
Read More Do You Really NEED a Mobile App for Your Business?
People reach out to me all the time, wanting to improve the value that they provide to their clients and customers. The latest trend is, “I need to create a phone application.” When do you NEED a mobile application?
Read More Use Non-Aggressive Upselling to Gain and Keep Customers
Upselling is the art of helping a customer understand that they can’t live without something they didn’t know they wanted. It’s about awakening the sleeping giant of desire with a non-aggressive, gentle nudge instead of an obnoxious air-horn.
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