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A lot is written about building customer profiles of those who you want as customers. This of course is an essential part of small business marketing. But what about the other side – those customers that you do not want as customers. Two blog posts recently have been written about this dilemma and give great insights into this problem as they shared their experiences.
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Our recent business blogging "think-tank" was held, of all places, at a local bowling alley! Amidst the backdrop of rolling balls and flying pins, Guinness was on tap and the biz-blogging ideas were arising fast and furiously. All of the tips, advice and principles we discussed on the art of business blogging right here... Read More

Smarter, Faster, Cheaper: Non-Boring Fluff-Free Strategies To Market and Promote Your Business by David Siteman Garland will be out late-fall 2010. Read More

Paul Chaney had a rewarding job with a young and growing company, but in the end he needed to follow his heart. This move has led him to focus on his passion for small business and for speaking in an effort to inspire others and help small businesses grow. But it has also led him to leave the security of full-time employment to become a small business person himself. Sometimes the best way to mak Read More

I have been adding new applications on my iPhone. It is interesting to see how a specialized browser for the mobile market, like Opera, is getting downloaded a million times in 24 hours! I have listed three examples of mobile applications that could change the way we communicate in the future. Do you think that these new applications will change how we work and interact during our spare time? Read More

Over the past few weeks I've been struck by the amount of arrogance that surrounds us. This arrogance, or - to use a tamer term - confidence, is in the mainstream and used by those with an element of success. Read More

Interview with the founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Brian Scudamore on how he built his business, the keys to good PR and advice for the new generation of entrepreneurs. Read More

I was recently offered my largest hourly freelance writing fee thus far to script an online gambling website. It became an inner battle between the need for a paycheck, ethics and morals. Sometimes in business, as in life, it is to our conscience and gut instinct that we must turn for the answers... Read More

So I’m a freelancer…where should I advertise my services? There are so many options available. I could advertise in the newspapers or in industry magazines, on TV (if I win the lottery), on radio or online. These are the main avenues that I could go down. Read More

I thought I'd share a few Free business tools which I am using at present. Here are 4 of my favourites. Read More