Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, I bragged about getting some bloggy attention, and Phil bragged on his customer service webinar and the promo video. Congrats, Phil! What will you brag about this week? You can brag on your business,…
Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s bad example: Bad signs Way too many businesses have poorly designed or unnoticeable signs. People form their impression of you from your signs. New customers need to see your location sign to find you. Your remote signs…
Here’s a nifty site. It will reveal all kinds of great, useful demographic information with only the input of a 5 digit zip code. Want to know how many folks have a high school diploma? How about the rate of unemployment? Here it is. Whatever has been reported for a zip code seems to be…
What is social media, and why does any small business person care? Social media is a way to connect with other people. Fight small town isolation! Connect to the wider world. Connect with others in your industry for insight, networking and support. Connect with potential customers or suppliers for new business opportunities. Connect with inspirational…
By Owen Mead-Robins, Oprius Software Becky asked me if I would write an article about Oprius’ recent launch. I decided to concentrate on 3 of the biggest aspects of the launch. Probably the biggest lesson learned revolved around a decision about our booth. We are serving the Network Marketing industry, and typically vendors are pretty…
Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag or promote yourself and your projects, because a little friendly recognition ROCKS! Last week, co-author OkieJ bragged about attending a great conference, and Owen bragged about the full launch of Oprius. Thanks and congrats, OkieJ and Owen! What ROCKED about this week?…
Friends on Twitter frequently share tools they have found. I’m sharing some of those that small business people might use. richhand is setting up SeeEyE2EyE as teleprompter for videos. Inexpensive and works great. http://tinyurl.com/2hoqoj Thanks Cali springnet Amplifier – Undependent™ Distribution: THE ELEVATOR PITCH Amplifier provides a direct distribution p.. http://amplifier.com/teli Online mind mapping. Pretty…
Networking with many new media folks, I realized that lots of people are starting businesses. Since helping people start a business is the full time job of my co-author “OkieJ” Jeanne Cole, we decided to present a live internet TV miniseries on small business startup issues. This is the footage from our first test. Now,…
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