Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. Tony Katz explained why this matters: It’s ok to have success, it’s ok to have great things happen in your life and it is ok to talk about those…
Common small business mistakes have become a regular series here. Today, a couple of examples of blaming the customer. I called the local paper to have an ad pulled. The gal said OK. But it ran again the next day. I called back. The response was, “You didn’t call soon enough yesterday.” But I knew…
All small businesses run into decision points. These are the things that can keep you up at night! Twitter friend Shama Hyder Kabani, of After the Launch, (2013 update: Shama’s firm is now called Marketing Zen) has come to one of these, and “tweeted”: After The Launch has hit a MAJOR decision point: To work IN the…
Part of being a successful entrepreneur is saying “no.” Small businesses are constantly hit with offers from potential suppliers, hopeful partners, and even potential customers. Then there are the constant requests for free help, volunteer work, donations, and even jobs. You can’t possibly do it all. Let’s face it. Being in business means saying “no”…
If a blog is part (or all) of your business strategy, go to SOBCon ’08. If you want your blog to become part of your business strategy, join me at SOBCon. If your blog is an important part of your life, relationships, and/or business, … get thee to SOBCon. Less than two weeks away! May…
A reader arrived at Small Biz Survival with this search query:“I want to start a home business, but I’m on Social Security. Can I still be self employed?” This sounds like a good addition to the Small Biz 100 and tax question for Maesz! Here’s the answer:—–Yes… but If she is not “full retirement age,”…
Our friend Wendy Piersall is now CEO of Sparkplugging :: Thinking Big in the New Work at Home Generation. Sparkplugging is a complete rebranding of eMoms at Home. The new brand makes it clear that her site and network of blogs are focused on entrepreneurial content. Wendy’s eMoms at Home started as her personal blog,…
Our Small Biz 100 series, designed to give you 100 useful hands-on business basics posts, has reached 10 posts. And I have two requests of you. 1. What other small business topics do you want to see me cover? Put them in the comments. With 30 articles in process, I’m no where near out of…
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