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Small business owners are notorious for burning the candle at both ends as they struggle to meet all of the demands placed upon them as they build and develop their businesses. This article provides tips on how to prevent your personal battery from going completely flat and bringing your business to a grinding halt. Read More

I had a driveway moment this morning in the Panera parking lot. I was just about to turn the ignition off when Scott Simon (NPR Weekend Edition Host) mentioned that his next interview was going to be with Jared Cohen, the State Department's point person on social media and youth issues. This interview took place in Mexico City, where Jared is cu Read More

Every bootstrapping entrepreneurs has their own challenges and trials. Nobody is exempted. If you are one of the struggling entrepreneurs out there, then that's normal. If you are planning, do it as if you are going to succeed with your goals. Never mind the failures for the more you think of it, the closer you may get it. Read More

His first reason: Create a strong first impression on people who are not logged into Facebook but are finding me on Facebook.com/InternetStrategyClub via Google or via an email. Dropping them on my Fan Page Wall which is active and full of comments, links, and photos etc might be way too much for somebody who just found me. Check out more of the r Read More

According to the newly-released Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2009 Report, the top 5,000 blogs have one thing in common: they publish frequent posts. Read More

Technorati has started to share content from their annual state of the blogosphere report. These stats support many of the reasons your small business should have a blog. And, despite the explosive growth of real-time services, there remain far more reasons you should blog and not just Tweet. Read More

Every small business wants new customers, but when is it time to draw the line and cut loose a problematic client? Save the drama for the stage by reading this rundown of the 80-20 rule and brief code red client description... Read More

Here are the five areas where growing businesses most often trip up in their marketing efforts, along with tips on how to correct course. Read More

Well, we might have known the debate over small business social media use wouldn't end quickly. In a recent post on your online column "The Social", Caroline McCarthy again questions whether small businesses that use social media are less than objective about its value. Needless to say, so are those peddling social media services. And that's O Read More

It used to be that business owners often struggled to afford advertising for their products or services. Google AdWords has changed that by offering an inexpensive way to spread the word. But if you don't do some careful planning, you can easily find yourself spending thousands of dollars with little to show for it. Read More