Latest Stories for November, 2006

 

Politics as Marketing

Ruble Hord has been the top salesman for Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. He is also an early adopter in doing good and doing well. (Yes, that is his real name: Ruble, as in Russian currency. And Hord rhymes with Lord, jokes Hord.) He ran for elective office a few years ago. He spent…

It Is Almost Year End – Do You Know Where Your Risks Are?

We are coming up on year end, and it is natural to start thinking about conducting a review of your business to get ready for the new year ahead. Most people automatically think of reviewing taxes. That is good. But taxes are just one slice of the liability picture. You need to look at more. As a…

Small Business Trends on MSNBC – Anybody Have Video?

Do any of you resourceful professionals know where I might purchase (legally) a copy of the video for the Top Five segment of Your Business that aired on October 22, 2006 on MSNBC? An article I wrote quite a while ago over at Blogcritics was featured on the Top Five segment of the Your Business…

Immigrants Refresh the Supply of Small Businesses

Michelle Cramer at the Small Business Buzz Blog notes that 55 out of the 500 business owners listed on the Inc. 500 list are immigrants to the United States. The Inc 500 list covers America’s fastest growing privately owned businesses. In other words, more than 10% of the fastest-growing…

Is Your Business Ready for VoIP?

Editor’s Note: We’re very pleased to bring you this guest column from guest writer Dan Hoffman. I had the pleasure earlier this year of hosting Dan Hoffman on my radio program, and the show got a lot of interest. Dan explains the benefits of VoIP and when it makes sense for your…

Tips for De-Geeking RSS Feeds

My new column is up over at Inc Technology, a new online publication of Inc magazine. The first article is called “Reducing the RSS Geek Factor.” The point of the article is that as business owners with websites, we can and should do a better job communicating the benefits of RSS…

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