Google+ is becoming an increasingly significant component to the success of local franchise businesses trying to obtain more customers through Google. Here are ways to generate brand awareness and bring your local franchise businesses more potential customers.
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Are You Waiting to be Perfect?
The biggest challenge for any blogger, content creator, and publisher is to “start.” Many of us wait to be perfect before publishing. Others are afraid that what they create will be judged as more of the same or they have nothing that will be seen as meaningful or insightful. Some are afraid of making a mistake.
Characteristics of a Successful Small Business Owner in 2013
There is no doubt that an entrepreneur or small business owner/operator must possess a great deal of skill. While these things can certainly still ring true, I think there is a whole new set of characteristics that small business owners really need to possess if they want to be successful.
Top 10 Free Tools from Google for Your Business
Google is the gift that keeps on giving to businesses. Google provides dozens of tools and applications designed to help your business grow and increase your productivity. Best of all, they are totally free.
5 Fatal Flaws in Your Productivity and Time Management Strategy
If you’ve ever looked at your watch and wondered where the day went; if you’ve ever had a list of things to do and haven’t accomplished much on that list in your week; if you’ve ever thought, “I have too many things to do and not enough hours in the day”—then you most likely have fatal flaws in your productivity and time management strategy.
Optimizing Your Facebook Page
Search Engine Optimization is all about finding the best ways to get your website to the top of Google by building valuable content, links, and more. SEO tools are valuable to businesses for getting them where they need to be to obtain…
The 3 Essential Elements of a Lead Generation LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn is the de facto site for professionals. How you portray yourself in your LinkedIn profile will have far-reaching implications in your ability to leverage the site for new business opportunities. Visitors to your page must get a clear picture of what you do, what you have done, and what steps to take to engage with you.
How to Get More Likes On Your Facebook Page
You need to be “liked” to get past first base at that job interview. Being left off the list is a lonely place. On the social web that has been transformed into every “brand” wanting to be liked. These likes are now marketing benefits.
5 DIY Tactics to Boost Your SEO
Like all startup entrepreneurs, you too surely have high hopes to scale your business up the ladder with SEO. The better your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) rank, the bigger your business can grow. However, it is not easy when you are a startup entrepreneur. Here are some do-it-yourself steps.
How an Entrepreneur Can Be Open But Stay in Control
The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” The mantra of open leadership is “Be Open, Be Transparent, and Be Authentic.” This is counter to the traditional business premise of “control,” so many companies are still pushing back.
