The fine folks at Now and Next and Future Exploration Network have published their Trend Blend 2007+, which is a visual map of trends in 2007 and beyond.
This map is a comprehensive look at mega-trends arounds us. I find these graphical depictions of trends fascinating. While no map can tell you…
Would you like to know whether other small business owners are hiring and whether they are giving pay increases, so you can benchmark your business’s performance?
SurePayroll has some useful data giving almost real-time feedback about how U.S. small businesses are faring, based on their…
Merry Christmas to all Small Business Trends readers, and thanks for your support and kind words throughout the year. You make it all worthwhile.
And a special greeting goes out to the large contingent of readers from non-English language countries. I hope that you find the translation feature of…
If you needed a reason to have a blog for your business, the search engine benefits alone would be worth it.
When people ask me for an example of the search engine benefits, I often will point out an old blog post that keeps getting comments and links. If it ranks reasonably high in the search…
Normally I try to stay away from writing about blogging, or how to make money from a blog. I’ve found that many other writers have covered the subject ad nauseum.
However, recently I have been working on an article containing 8 tips for how to monetize a blog. It’s based on my own…
Yesterday I reported on 57 word-of-mouth marketing tactics, by Ron McDaniel the CEO of Buzzoodle, an online marketing firm.
Today, it’s 99 ways to brand on the cheap, brought to you by Rich at Aviva Directory.
The 99 ways consist of a long article that lists, well, 99 ways to promote your…
“Word of mouth” is becoming one of those overworked phrases. Everyone talks about the importance of having others spread the word about your business or your product.
But rarely does anyone ever stop to explain what you can do to trigger word of mouth.
Here’s the good news: as a…
Join Wayne Hurlbert and me this evening on BlogTalk Radio. Usually I am the one doing the interviewing, but this evening I will be the interviewee, talking about how to be successful on a shoestring.
This is going to be a really practical session. Expect lots of how-to advice and specific tools and…
When I was growing up, we learned in school that the United States was considered a melting pot of races and ethnic groups. I myself come from first and second generation immigrants, so I am no stranger to this “melting” business.
But the recent wave of immigration over the past decade…
If you are interested in podcasts that are specifically about small business topics or recorded by small businesses, you might be interested in reading our Podcast Reviews.
Over at my Radio show site, we have been running a series reviewing small business podcasts. So far there are reviews of 21…
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