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Planning to launch a company? This can surely be a great idea. But to start with, you need to take care a lot of things. Read More

Small business book lovers gather ‘round. The votes have been tallied and now it’s time to salute the winners of the 2015 Small Business Book Awards! A huge congratulations goes out to the winners and to all who were nominated. Read More

Back in February we invited you to share your visual marketing tips. And what a great response! We picked the most awesome and wonderful tips — over 130 of them! We included them in this exclusive free eBook, brought to you by Small Business Trends, with the support of Brother International. Read More

Did you know that you could actually sell from some social media channels, such as Facebook? Social selling is a growing trend, according to Google Trends, since it first started appearing in 2012. Here are 8 steps to get your business into social selling. Read More

Looking for new ways to eliminate customers’ stress while they wait for customer service? Try reducing the wait — or at least giving the impression you’re reducing it, a new study of customer psychology suggests. Read More

Many company owners come to me for advice on ways to grow their businesses massively. I start off by telling most that if you have big growth objectives, you better have big marketing vision. In order to achieve incredible growth, you must change the context of how the market sees what you offer, a Read More

These days, marketing has seen a big shift from email to social media, because of the big opportunities there. To some, the idea of email marketing may be past its prime. But nothing could be further from the truth, as you can see from this huge list of thriving email marketing services. Read More

The “super power” that I value, appreciate and try to emulate the most is, hands down, kindness. It is the most underused and undervalued business success tool that we have.
I have watched the power of kindness transform people’s lives with a simple word, gesture or random act. Kindness changes th Read More

Competitors. Every company’s got them, and without them, we would have no commerce.
But while you might dread thinking about what the competition is up to, it’s absolutely essential if you’re going to help your brand succeed.
Sometimes competitors get a little aggressive. Maybe they copy what you Read More

If readers think your content is a waste of time, they certainly won't waste any more time doing business with you! Read More