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Ah, the life of an entrepreneur. Come up with a business idea, write your business plan, line up a bunch of venture funding, and retire to a private island a few short years later when you go public. If you're heading off to business school right now, reading this on your iPhone, dreaming of buying your own island - sorry for the ice bath of reali Read More

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People are turning to the search engines to search for “local” service providers, including home improvement, health care, restaurants, and entertainment. With many individuals preferring to deal with local companies and businesses, local search is becoming an increasingly important aspect of every business. Read More

The idea of hiring a Virtual Assistant in some parts of the world, particularly in the United States, is an everyday fact. However, the concept is still relatively new in the UK but an increasing number of individuals are starting to choose this line of work as their full time career. Read More

The GFC has been great for Marketing Eye of late. It has allowed us to really look at our business, re-discover what makes our brand so unique and employ the best of the best. Read More

Not long ago I wrote about the YouTube video sensation called “United Breaks Guitars.” It's a creative customer complaint in the form of a music video by a professional musician against United Airlines. (See “YouTube: Where Customers Get the Last Word.”) The interesting side note about this video is how it has set the stage for entrepreneurs pu Read More

Do you really know how your customers think, feel and behave towards your small business and your competitors? Successful marketing for any small business starts by knowing who your customers are and what they need and desire. You need to communicate with the people who matter most to your business and do it better than your competitors. Read More

A wonderful colleague of UnderstandingMarketing.com, John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing, recently blogged about the Return On Investment (ROI) of social networking for small business. In his blog post, and as to be expected, he mentions that virtually every small business owner and entrepreneur asks about measuring the success of a social netwo Read More

Clayton Christopher of Sweet Leaf Tea talks about how to choose a business name. His suggestion: make your name short and memorable but don't get too hung up on the decision. Your name can eventually be changed if necessary and can evolve with your business. Read More

An article in the New York Times' small business section reports on a Maryland University business school study that suggests venture capital firms often ignore business plans and even an entrepreneur's past startup experience when deciding what projects to fund preferring to go on instinct and their experience instead when judging a venture's Read More