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Whenever I use social media tools, I find myself communicating in two languages: English and Tagalog. I use the former to talk to international contacts, and the latter for local contacts. It's not a strict rule, since I prefer to use English, but there are some cases where sending updates in Tagalog is preferable or unavoidable. For bilingual we Read More

Veterans, you can learn a lot about the world of franchise ownership, if you know where to look... Read More

Are you a visual person? Can you "see" things? Look at this! Read More

Keeping great small business employees is as simple as defining a job description. Hold on to great employees with tips from a business consultant in this free small business video. Expert: Daniel Diener Read More

The New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Group recently carried out a study of recession survival strategies. Their findings should be of interest to business owners everywhere. They concluded that seven factors helped businesses through the recession, and also that these factors are well applied to small as well as large business interests. Read More

An oldie but goodie. This is hands down my favorite post of all time on startup, as relevant today as the day it was pecked out on Kawasaki's keyboard. Credit crunch? Lack of investment? No problem! Create a product, find someone who will pay for it and go! Number 3 is the one that resonates with me (and, no, it's not because I like the idea of Read More

So, what I'm wondering is this - What fundamental marketing “drills” should you, and every one in the organization be doing every single day to become marketing MVPs? (or at least get off the bench) Read More

If your business limits its online presence to advertising banners and blogging, it's missing out. The Internet provides powerful networking opportunities that allow users to effectively target their audience by logging on to social sites like LinkedIn, Digg and more. Take advantage of these tools by asserting your company's presence online and Read More

I wish there were a secret formula to ensure that the freelance business you have been madly working on is going to generate enough income to compensate for your current salary as an employee, if not much more. Unfortunately, there are many, many factors that go into determining business success. Read More

Cristian Dorobantescu, a Romanian entrepreneur and blogger, has some interesting takes on business startup from his perspective as a business person operating in Eastern Europe. Here is his reaction, drawing on his own experience, to an article from Entrepreneur.com on how to pitch to investors with a link to the original. Read More