Do This for SEO Before You Pay to Hire a Pro
Serious site audits, link building and the like can be rather complicated. As a result, you might end up thinking that you must hire outside professional help. Don’t get into that rut. There are a number of smaller tasks you can tackle daily to always have a leg up on your competition. In fact, you…
Read MoreGMB Spam and Local Business: Fight Back!
GMB spam is on the increase but Google needs your help to combat it. Don’t you hate it? You work your tail off making sure that your company is in the Google 3-pack for your location and your go-to key phrases. Then one day a company you know to be despicable and dishonest shows up…
Read More7 Proven Techniques to Streamline Your Sales
Sales. For many new entrepreneurs, putting on a salesperson’s hat is anything but enjoyable—but it’s a necessary evil. During the first years of your business—if not the whole life cycle of the business—you are your company’s best spokesperson. Even if you eventually hire a sales guru or a sales team, you must still represent your…
Read MoreSocial Media Marketing for Small Businesses
A big part of promoting yourself is staying up-to-date on current trends, including social media marketing for small businesses. Social media has evolved from just being a place where friends connect. Now it’s a marketing powerhouse for businesses small to large. To help you harness that power for your business, we’ve compiled a list of…
Read MoreBuying a Bar? Read These 5 Tips to Ensure Success
Buying a bar is an idyllic dream for many. There is a romance in the images we conjure when thinking of spending our time surrounded by interesting characters and friends throughout our working hours. The reality, however, can be quite different. This is a job that will require long hours and commitment to working when…
Read MoreWhy Your Small Business Needs to Adopt eLearning for Employee Training
As more businesses realize the importance of learning and development (L&D) for staying relevant in today’s competitive environment, small businesses are faced with a unique challenge. While larger enterprises have little restraint when it comes to investing in employee training, smaller businesses are tied by bootstrap budgets and infrastructure-related challenges if they want to deploy training initiatives.…
Read MoreCold Emails Are Far From Dead — Here’s Why
Some people say cold emails are ghosts of what was once effective. But that’s far from the truth. Cold emails can still be effective, and they are an option every small business should consider. First things first: let’s talk about how to not write a cold email. The Wrong Way To Write A Cold Email…
Read MoreUse Mobile Apps To Efficiently Handle A Remote Team
Remote work is the future. According to a study published by Upwork, close to a third of all workers will be fully remote by 2028. Collaborating with your remote team members and ensuring a streamlined work set up can be a challenge when a major chunk of your workers don’t log into your office .…
Read MoreProcess is the Foundation for Agility/Nimbleness
We want to be flexible, nimble, able to adapt to the circumstances, leap on an opportunity, respond quickly. We abhor process since that constrains our creativity and ability to innovate. Too often, when I talk to leaders and sales people about process, they cite some of the things outlined above as the reason they don’t…
Read More5 Questions to Qualify Advisors for Your New Venture
Every startup needs a couple of advisors with deep experience and connections in your business domain or financial skills to complement your technical focus. Advisors need to be mentors, looking ahead and directing you on key actions to take or avoid. Unfortunately, many prefer the role of critic, looking backward to highlight your mistakes. These…
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