Jackie NagelFebruary 2, 2015 Business burnout! You may not know you’re affected – until it’s too late! Commonly associated with the first stage of business growth and development – Core Business Development, business burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It slowly creeps into your business after an extended duration of the passionate pursuit of your entrepreneurial dream. … Continue reading 8 Strategies To Avoid Small Business Burnout
Ben PuzzuoliFebruary 1, 2015 If you’re a small business owner and you haven’t already included a help desk solution with your business infrastructure, you may be doing yourself and your customers a great disservice. Efficient help desk solutions are beneficial to your customers as well as your marketing and sales goals. Put your small business … Continue reading Benefits a Help Desk Can Offer Small Businesses
ReachCastJanuary 31, 2015 What’s in store for small business marketing in 2015? At ReachLocal, we asked a dozen of the industry’s top experts to share their predictions for what small businesses can expect this year. From technology enabling better business and marketing capabilities for SMBs to the impact of consumer trends in social and mobile … Continue reading 12 Small Business Marketing Predictions for 2015
Erin P. FriarJanuary 30, 2015 To take advantage of the consumer frenzy of Super Bowl XLIX this Sunday, big businesses are willing to shell out $ 4.5 million for a single 30 second, game-time advertisment. But small business have a stake in the winnings from the big game as well. Here’s how your business can … Continue reading 3 Ways for Small Businesses to Seize the Big Super Bowl Opportunity
David HaberJanuary 30, 2015 We talk to a lot of business owners who want to borrow money, but are overwhelmed by or are unsure of the variety of lending options. In our previous post of this two-part series, we provided a simple three-step framework for thinking through whether borrowing money is the right tool for … Continue reading A Step-by-Step Guide to Financing Options for Your Small Business
Arline RamirezJanuary 30, 2015 Social media has a big influence on consumers but at the same time, its ROI value is questionable. Some say bitter marketers just don’t know how to use it, while others point to the obvious fact that it is a social network, not a marketplace. Then there are those who say … Continue reading 5 Adless Ways to Leverage Social Media for Your Small Business
Tracy VidesJanuary 30, 2015 I can barely imagine life without RunKeeper, Flipboard and Evernote (not necessarily in that order!). Just makes me wonder about those dingy, dark, pre-smartphone days… How did we ever manage? Whether it’s just to say “Yo” (literally) to a buddy or tweak your elevator pitch, there’s one for every need that … Continue reading 5 Awesome Tools Small Businesses Shouldn’t Miss Out On
Debra EllisJanuary 29, 2015 “The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words, “I did not have time.” ~ Franklin Field Whether or not to participate in social media is a dilemma for managers and owners of small companies. Active participation requires an investment of time and resources that are … Continue reading How to Win the Small Business Social Media Time Challenge
Katey FerenziJanuary 28, 2015 There are many things to consider when discussing the market potential for your product or service including the ability for the product, and thus the business, to produce profit and ultimately scale. There are formal research tools out there that are designed to get at the issue of viability, with familiar … Continue reading Small Business Boot Camp: 9 Essential Tips to Evaluate Product Market Viability
Alex PriceJanuary 27, 2015 There are 23 million small businesses in the U.S.; these same small businesses have increased their budgets and are looking to spend more money this year. Why? Because they expect 2015 to be a good year — a year with both increased profits and revenue growth. How do we know that? … Continue reading Where Do Small Businesses Spend Their Money? [Infographic]
