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The challenges of raising investment capital for your business and how to best prepare for an investor have been well documented by many industry experts. Darrin Redus of JumpStart has witnessed scores of presentations over the years and has found that many entrepreneurs routinely miss a few key areas. He provides his suggestions that should help Read More

Why Doing Business Now Is Like Being On Camera 24/7: A reminder of the transparent business world. You are on camera. Smile. Read More

A well rounded search engine optimization plan requires aggressive backlinking. Agressive, does not however mean you should be spamming or searching for quick and easy links. Looking for a quality backlink? Why not guest blog Read More

No longer regarded as a frivolous and unnecessary expense, employee incentive programs are now widely accepted as justifiable and beneficial – boosting morale through engagement and reward, stimulating productivity, and encouraging a collective participation in the success of the business.

Here are five ways to introduce employee incentives into your day-to-day business strateg Read More

An interesting question that arises, and one which I recently put out there to my own network is why do we unfollow on Twitter? I thought I’d share some of the more common responses to this question Read More

What is this list?  195 (and growing) Tools and Solutions to help you measure and analyze your Social Media efforts.
Special thanks to  Infusionsoft (Email Marketing 2.0 experts) for generously supporting our work to help other small and midsize businesses. 

I normally don't post my own links, but this list has gotten so much attention I couldn't help sharing it. Read More

As professional business people it is incumbent on us to understand what steps are involved in our customer buying process, what activities will take place in each step and who will be involved across the process.. Read More

While browsing the web for small business ideas and tips, I discover a resource that is fascinating: The DaVinci Method that can better your as an entrepreneur Read More

Raising money for business based around delivering education on the Web is clearly going to somewhat easier with potential investors looking in that direction. Here's a discussion with the guys from Union Square Ventures about their interest in funding Web-based ventures designed to help "disrupt" the education industry. Though it's an older video this one definitely speaks of potential things to come. I'm hunting around for the transcript Albert Wenger said would likely be published from the "hacking education" event Read More

Once in awhile, I receive an email or two from a loyal reader of this blog suggesting that I'm being rather negative, when it comes to my writing. I think that I'm a realist. I think I... Read More