Small Business News: Let The Ladies Lead
Small business success knows no gender to be sure, but the field has also had no shortage of women leaders in recent years. One of the best platforms around for receiving the regular doses of wisdom these thought leaders and others dole out is Twitter, a social platform that allows users to speak directly to their followers, folks who have deliberately chosen to be regularly updated on what they have to say. In the last few years a lot of lists have circulated about the best women small business leaders to follow. We’re thrilled to see that our own Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends (@Smallbiztrends) appears on five of the six lists below.
Small Biz Women To Follow
Best branded women: The top 20. Of course, personal brand is one of the best reasons to use social media, and Kris Ruby’s article deals with those women who arguably do it best, not just to draw attention to themselves but as a way of raising the profile for their businesses online and beyond. Forbes.com
100 women to follow. This is a truly gigantic list, in this case of the most “powerful” women on Twitter based on “Twitter grade” and including such factors as number of followers and number of updates. Is number of followers or number of Tweets really the right way to measure power online? You decide, but these are probably still women deserving of your attention. TwitterGrader.com
20 women entrepreneurs should follow. From self-made millionaire Ali Brown to speaker and marketer Aliza Sherman and many more, these are the women entrepreneurs should be following, according to Natalie Sisson, an entrepreneur and adventurer herself, who lists some of the women who have inspired her most in her life, because of both the information and the support they provide. She hopes you find them inspiring too. Work In Progress
Everybody’s got their own pick. Here’s Melinda Emerson a.k.a. “SmallBizLady” with her own curated list of 25 women she follows on Twitter and thinks you should too. These are the women Emerson says handle business in a way she respects and admires. How about you? Who are your favorites? Building Your Business
30 women to follow on Twitter. Entrepreneur Natalie MacNeil handpicked these 30 women to follow on Twitter but admits there may be more and hopes others will share their point of view. Natalie says she is always seeking business women to follow and learn from. This is her list of top inspirations. Forbes Woman
Dianna Huff shares her picks of 25 very smart women to follow on Twitter. Dianna’s list includes the Twitter accounts of leaders like Anne Holland, Sandy Carter, Stephanie Tilton and Jamie Wallace. There are an additional 10 bonus names added at the bottom, so don’t stop at the first 25 you’ve been promised in the title. B2B Marcom Writer Blog
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Another inspiring woman in small business. Many in the small business community are familiar with Denise O’Berry who will be the guest blogger at SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” for the month of August, so drop by and see Denise’s posts regularly on the Website and enjoy her small business advice and tips. SCORE Women’s Success Blog
Google Small Biz Initiative
Google has a new small business blog. You may be wondering, what took them so long? After all, the online search leader has created many tools that make it easier for small business to compete online. So, really a small business blog would seem a logical step. Finally, the wait is over. Google Enterprise Blog
Google visits Boise. So, why would search engine giant Google travel to Boise, Idaho, of all places, and publicize the trip on the second post of the company’s brand new small business blog? Well, would you believe Boise is one of the fastest growing small business communities in the nation and that Idaho small businesses earned an estimated $72 million in revenue from Google online advertising tools in 2009? Sounds like it was worth the trip after all. Google Small Business Blog
Road To Success
Hotel chain offers small business room at the inn. Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott will be giving 10 U.S. small business owners 15 free nights of accommadations each, allowing them to travel across the country building their business in this unique contest with a $20,000 cash prize for the winner. For more details, visit the link above. And good luck to the contestants. Duct Tape Marketing
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I have worked with men and I have worked with women and to be honest I think the women I have worked with in business have outshone their male counterparts.
The era of business ladies has already come. And women do that really great. They can be wonderful leaders and easily lead their company. That’s why everyone should agree with the fact, that not only men can have successful business!