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Project management is a must for any business, but the language of project management has created an impression of over-complexity that has made it exclusive. This article hopes to break down some of that complexity - it's a big subject so it focusses on some of the language aspects. Read More

And the third in our ongoing series of links from BusinessWeek's The New Entrepreneur blog as guest blogger Jonathan I. Ezor looks at demystifying yet another business contract area, non-disclosure provisions. If you've ever signed a contract containing them or if you are contemplating creating one for business needs of your own, this could be an excellent preparation for the process. Of course, Read More

Guest blogger Jonathan I. Ezor continues with an ongoing series aimed at demystifying legalese for the entrepreneur and small business owner. Often these are the people most in need of answers and yet most unable to afford legal help during the startup process. The series is part of BusinessWeek' The New Entrepreneur blog and I strongly suggest you share it with any friend you happen to know who Read More

There is no question that Twitter was the media darling of 2009.  But is it really an effective tool for marketing your small business? A press release from LinkedIn and Harris Interactive reveals discrepancies in how effective advertisers believe Twitter is, compared to consumers. Read More

Two posts over the last two days have generated some interesting comments and feedback. The first was a post titled Quantify Yourself. This post explained that sales is not a numbers game and suggested that you quantify your own personal sales metrics as way to understanding what you might need to improve to improve your sales results. Read More

Everyone writes and blogs about trends and predictions for the coming year, so we’ll join the crowd. John Arnold wrote about 10 online marketing trends for 2010 on Entrepreneur.com. We’d like to list them here and debate whether or not we agree with his assessment to “test, invest or rest” the tactics. Many we agree on but there are a few we disagree with so here’s our small business marketing ad Read More

The article is designed to reiterate that you have to decide whether a technology is helping you in your business when you decide to upgrade. Like Ramon Ray ( quoted there) says -Technology is a TOOL. Use it to GROW your business. Read More

In the past marketing was something that you did to customers! Today marketing needs to have meaning in order to make a connection with your customer. Customers Read More

Interesting article comparing small business use of Social Media and forutne 500 companies and also giviens some tips on engagement Read More

It’s that time of year again. The time when we reflect on the past 365 days, examine our accomplishments and shortcomings, and then determine how THIS year we will make things better. For freelancers, this season is no different. In fact, running your own freelance business requires the end of the year assessment. I would suggest it even requires self-evaluation much more often than annually. Read More