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If you run a business on your own, taking a sick day might seem impossible. But take Rieva Lesonsky's advice: you have to be healthy to do your best work. Read More

Understanding the basics of branding can help you take your small business further. In this post, Rieva Lesonsky provides easy branding tips. Read More

There’s very little that is “small” about small businesses anymore. The advancement and spread of technology around the world in recent years — especially cloud and collaboration tools — makes it possible for many businesses to more effectively compete against large enterprises. In fact, a recent s Read More

If you’re like most small business owners I know, it’s a good chance your top resolution for 2016 is to be more productive. After all, the average entrepreneur needs more than 24 hours a day to get everything done. I recently got a demo of the newly released Office 2016 and here are five ways to ge Read More

NOVEMBER 06, 2015 In today's competitive business environment, there may seem to be a nearly infinite number of options for your potential customers to choose from. No longer are buyers limited to local companies—thanks to the Internet, there's a world of alternatives out there, and seemingly endle Read More

Events are a smart way to help attract new customers and thank existing ones. These quick pointers will help make yours a smash hit.
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OCTOBER 19, 2015 Are your company’s salespeople energetic and enthusiastic—or are they lazy, entitled and content to coast on their existing accounts? If the latter, the problem may not necessarily be with your sales team, but with your sales culture.
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When you think of negotiating, does it conjure up visions of sleazy used-car salesmen or tough-talking businessmen with the chutzpah of Donald Trump? Contrary to this unfortunate stereotype, you don’t have to be pushy, obnoxious or even especially forceful to succeed at business negotiation.
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Creative company cultures that first flourished in the late 1990s, exemplified by dot-com businesses with casual dress codes and free vanilla cappuccinos, changed the expectations employees have about working. Certain parts of that perk-plentiful culture survived the dot-com meltdown, but so did on Read More

What are corporate bylaws, and why does your business need them? The term “corporate bylaws” may sound like legal rigmarole that applies only to giant, multinational corporations—and not to your small business. In reality, however, any business that chooses the legal form of a corporation must crea Read More