Small Business Trends

Who has been responsible for the overall strategy of your business?  As small business owners who wear many hats, by definition, it’s been YOU!

But as your business grows, you may be tempted to fall into the trap of thinking that you don’t know as much as the MBA next door and this might lead you to outsource your strategic Read More

Well, isn’t that embarrassing.  I’ve never heard of Jason Jennings.  I’ve just received an advanced review copy of  The Reinventors:  How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change.

As I searched for the web site to share in this review, I learn that Jason Jennings has written four other books: Hit the Ground Running, Think Big Act Small, Less is Read More

“It’s hard to comprehend the true nature of a system when you’re standing in the middle of it.”  This is a quote from the front flap of Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere by Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby.  It refers to the medieval astronomers who thought that the sun Read More

There are some careers that we say are a “calling” such as teaching, being a doctor, nurse or a priest or pastor.  Whenever we encounter people in those kinds of professions, we give them a little extra understanding.

But what about entrepreneurs and small business owners?  Would you call entrepreneurship a “calling?”  I’m sure many of us would shout out Read More

The Start Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career is the new book co-authored by Linked In co-founder/chairman Reid Hoffman and entreperneur Ben Casnocha. It takes a reflective view on networking today, making effective suggestions on how people can manage relationships successfully.  I picked up a free copy during Social Media Week Read More

The thing about SEO is that it changes. Tactics I used for my clients five years ago don’t necessarily get the same results anymore. And with the rise of content marketing? Well, seems everyone’s in the search engine optimization game these days.

I was sent a review copy of Search Engine Optimization All-in-One for Dummies by Bruce Clay and Susan Read More

What entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t want to work less and make more?  Count me in!  Like you, I’m always looking for ways to improve my business process and my systems so that I can spend more time doing what I love, serving my customers and developing new products.

Sometime in November, I realized that something had to change.  My Read More

Ok, which would you prefer doing?  Watching ESPN to see your baseball team prepare for opening day or trying to figure the last few expenses that will close your books?  Yes, the crack of a baseball bat can be more entertaining. But cracking open an accounting software does not have to be drudgery, even if accounting was not your personal Read More

You can never get enough branding and marketing information.  At least I could never read enough about branding and marketing.  So when John Morgan (@johnmorgan) sent me a copy of his new book, Brand Against the Machine: How to Build Your Brand, Cut Through the Marketing Noise, and Stand Out from the Competition, I couldn’t wait to Read More