Tax Deductions for Small Business Owners
If you own a small business, you know that every dollar can be important to the success of your business. One way to improve your odds for success is to make sure that you are taking all the tax deductions you’re entitled to. Especially if you’re just starting your business, you will want to claim…
Read MoreCan You Overcome 5 Risks and Create Wealth?
Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Especially if you are in the early stage of growing a business, these five risks can and often do derail entrepreneurs before realizing the riches of a great exit. So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday.…
Read MoreCase Study: A Simple Method for Using Texting in Your Business
Last week I spoke to Debbie over the phone. She’s a new user of Betwext, and she’s using the system in a very simple way. I wanted to share this case study with everyone, just so you can understand the power of texting. And, so you can see how easy it is. Texting doesn’t have to be…
Read More5 Reasons Guest Posting is Integral to Your Online Reputation
What comes to mind when somebody says “guest posting?” Guest means you are not a regular staff member, and posting means you are going to add something new. But this is not enough to explain the full depth of this unstoppable online marketing term. Here are five reasons why guest posting is important for online…
Read More3 Things You Need to Know About CD Investing
A certificate of deposit (CD) is a federally insured savings account that has a fixed interest rate. Typically interest rates on CD accounts are higher than a savings account, which means you’ll make more money. What’s different about a CD is that there’s a fixed date in which you can withdrawal the funds, also known…
Read MoreGoogle Discover: 3 Implications for Organic Search
Google Discover is not only changing the way users find information, but it’s changing the organic search landscape as well. The re-branded Google Feed is essentially a query-less search, providing users with results before a search query is entered. However, before diving into the implications of Google Discover’s roll out, it’s important to understand how…
Read MoreShould Your Brand Be on Instagram?
A while back, I wrote about some of the trends that I thought would be shaping marketing in 2019. Visuals and video were among the tactics I said we would all be wise to explore in the coming year. I still know that’s the case and I thought we should take a more detailed look…
Read More10 Thinking Methods That Foster Business Innovation
Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. Yet every business and every entrepreneur I know struggles with this challenge, focused on hiring the right people and implementing the right process. Yet, in my experience the key seems to be more a discipline of innovative thinking from…
Read MoreOptimizing Websites for Mobile: What You Need to Know
At first glance, it appears like anyone can create a website nowadays. With WordPress, Wix and all of the other user-friendly site-building tools, it’s never been easier to get set up on the web. However, the fundamental goal of any business remains to reach its target audience—and to do so in a way that it…
Read More4 Tricks to Improve Your Online Reputation
Business managers know that search engine optimization is important if they hope to be found by customers searching online. They understand that keywords are necessary for SEO to work properly. They might not know that SEO also can affect their reputation online. If customers post negative reviews, those reviews are searchable and will be harmful…
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