Posts Tagged ‘Mistakes’
S Corporation Pitfalls to Avoid
When a business operates as a sole proprietorship or as a partnership, there are few legal and tax regulations that must be followed. However, if that business converts to a corporation, a number of things change and the owner(s) must adhere to these new expectations or run the risk of having the corporate form of organization legally disregarded.
Read More Is Your Mindset Keeping Your Startup from Success?
One thing I’ve noticed about all the great business leaders I’ve known is that none of them made excuses. They didn’t say, “I did the best I could” or “I guess luck wasn’t on my side today.” They took responsibility for the problem, identified a solution, and focused on improvement.
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.
Read More 5 Tips for an Effective Email Campaign
Every company will tell you they know how to execute effective email marketing campaigns, it’s simple, right? Believe it or not, there are more efficient ways to execute email marketing campaigns.
Read More 10 Key Outsourcing Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing.
Read More Flying Blind
Imagine that you’re a seasoned pilot. You’ve filed your flight plan, then a massive snow storm hits. Visibility is zero and the winds are gusting up to 30 knots. Are you going to take off?
Read More 8 Deadly Wastes That Every Entrepreneur Must Avoid
Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. The last thing they can afford is to waste any of these, but in my mentoring and coaching activities, I see it happening all too often.
Read More 5 Ways to Increase Conversions with Forms
Forms are the area where your target audience stop and ask, “Do I really want to hand over my contact information?” That being said, improving your forms can mean big opportunities for your company.
Read More Reputation Risk
A business’ reputation affects its success in so many ways. Employees want to work for a company that has a great reputation just as people want to buy from one. The best companies understand their reputations are among their most valuable assets.
Read More Getting Tangled Up in Link Networks is a Bad Idea
Many webmasters (and not a few SEOs) are unsure exactly what a link network is. That hazy understanding can lead innocent site owners to pay money to unscrupulous types for a service that will bite them in the behind.
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