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The examples used throughout this series of “Selling With Finance” posts show a five year time horizon. Does anyone actually think a financial projection stretching out that far could possibly be accurate? Frankly, even financial professionals find making accurate one-year forecasts to be a challenge. As sales reps, therefore, we need to be careful about implications regarding precision. Read More

Here are 6 reasons why you should start a blog before you start your business, let's think about blogs like a search engine magnet tools, this will give your business a profitable makes sense while engaging more with your customers Read More

Promotions have been used offline for years as a marketing tactic and increasingly you are now seeing them appear as online tactics.
There are many types of promotions you can implement, so here are a few of the common ones Read More

I hate it when people think just because they have a fancy job title that it qualifies them automatically as a leader. We don’t see this issue too much with small businesses, but more with your big brand businesses. So what if you’re the CEO, President, Director of whatever – if you don’t have what people gravitate towards, then you really have no power with the company you are supposed to be in charge of. We see more people flock to those that are the true leaders of a company because they possess the knowledge, right character and the simple fact that they care about people without having the big fancy title. This makes them the authority figure that is going to make the big boss sweat. Big brands need to take another lesson from the small business owners on this one. If you truly want to be the go to person in your company here are a few things you will need to know.
Question Of The Day:
What qualities do you think a leader must have Read More

What is the main purpose you blog? Perhaps it is to make money. Or it might be to spread information. It might be to change people’s minds or just to rant. Or it could be to have fun. Even though your blog is serious business, it's time to put the fun back into blogging. Put on your smiles and follow these tips to being a more fun-loving blogger Read More

It's been almost a year on BizSugar.

It's been good and it's been interesting.

I'm looking forward to taking a long break from Social Media and getting back to a more old-fashioned way of doing business.. Read More

Maybe you have a product already and are looking to expand into a new market. Maybe you're looking overseas for a supplier, manufacturer or distributor of a product to sell in the U.S.

Whatever your situation, if you're serious about having an international component to your business, make sure you don't run afoul of these four major misconceptions about international business... Read More

Our previous post, #1 – Tell Your Story Quickly, showed how to present what your company does as rapidly and effectively as possible. Now, we describe the kind of content you need to keep your site up-to-date – a process that simultaneously makes your company look dynamic, tells your story and makes search engines happy.
Second in a four-part series detailing the four most important things you must do with your new marketing website Read More

A recent report funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Office of Advocacy, titled, “The Nonemployer Start-up Puzzle”, published in December, 2009 differentiates Nonemployer firms—businesses without employees—and Employer firms. Nonemployer firms represent a large percentage of businesses; however, little is known about their dynamics (entry and exit). The report seeks to illustrate basic statistics about the prevalence of entry and exit for Nonemployers and the local conditions that led to their entry Read More