Latest Stories for October, 2011
Make the Transition From Employee to Entrepreneur
Small Business Trends writes a lot about how to grow your business, but what about those of you who either want to start a business, or who have started one but are still working your “other” 9 to 5?
Here’s why you should dive head first (assuming you’re ready financially)…
Washington Post Live Presents Small Business Breakfast Series
Washington, D.C. (Press Release – October 14, 2011) – Washington Post Live, the live journalism division of The Washington Post, will host a series of breakfast discussions for small businesses. The series, “Exporting for Growth,” kicks off October 17 in Washington, D.C. at The …
PageLever Offers Sophisticated Facebook Analytics
Facebook Pages for Business are sometimes a black box. Facebook Insights gives you some sense of what’s happening, but to really dig in and understand how you can grow your business on Facebook, you need a more powerful tool set. This review of PageLever, which offers a deeper level of…
4 Tricks for Building Your Email List
Email is not dead. Using email newsletters to stay top of mind with your audience and keep them up to date on what’s new and exciting at your company remains a great way to build new and repeat sales. However, before you can use email marketing as a way to leverage visitors and direct them to…
Wikia Begins Next Growth Phase With Two Key Executive Hires
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Press Release – October 11, 2011) – Wikia, the largest network of collaboratively published entertainment, gaming, and lifestyle content and a Top 50 network site, has named Craig Palmer to the position of Chief Executive Officer to lead the company through its…
Building Your Blogging and Facebook Empire
It’s safe to say that creating an online business today involves use of the most powerful tools on the Web, and among these are blogs and social media. With Facebook the largest and most frequented social site, you should consider a Facebook page along with a blog as the bare…
The Long-Term Impact of Networking
About a month ago I received a call from my friend Pete. I met Pete 12 years ago in a referral group. Back then I worked for a company selling printer supplies and service. Pete gave me a ton of leads and really helped me grow my sales. I was never really able to return the favor. However, we built…
Do Not Reward Job Destroyers With Tax Holiday, Says Business for Shared Prosperity
Washington (Press Release – October 12, 2011) – As big businesses clamor for another tax holiday on money they’ve parked offshore, and a growing number of reports show it to be a bad idea, small business owners are speaking out against it, saying it would hurt Main Street. “Small…
3 Things to Know About Virtual Assistants So You Don’t Have a Virtual Mess
I have been on the ground floor of three startups, and the number-one position that I often suggest small business owners fill as soon as possible is a highly skilled assistant who is passionate about their business. You can’t do everything by yourself. And before you hire your entire family,…
Think the Downturn Cut Your Income?
Think your income doesn’t cover your expenses the way it used to? It could be worse, you could be self-employed.
Recently, the Census Bureau released a report which showed that the income of the typical American household fell 6.4 percent in inflation adjusted terms since 2007, the last…
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