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What characteristics do successful entrepreneurs have in common? If it is the little businessman and not the big corporation that often drives the economy back into the black; what do you need to be one of those successful entrepreneurs? What Qualities need developed to drive on from the ordinary to the extra-ordinary? Read More

If you want to find the happiest people in the U.S., look first to small business owners, a recent survey says. Read the full article in the New York Times small business section along with an exhaustive list of how other workers rank. It's probably no surprise to anyone in this community that small business owners, who can often control their ow Read More

Facebook Adds Twitterlike Tagging Feature Tagging or bookmarking websites, images, and people is a tactic that is somewhat synonymous with social media. When you send an @reply through twitter you are effectively tagging that person and linking to them in your tweet. It's an effective tool on twitter and allows the twitterverse to see your link Read More

I had a business for 10 years. These tips are actually pieces of my experience, broken down in several areas, like projects, money, team, partnerships and strategy. Read More

Lehman Brothers, on the one year anniversary of this largest bankruptcy in US history, there are lessons to be learned from this financial system catastrophe. Here they are... Read More

If your prospect does not see the value in your product or service, and if the only difference between you and the competitors is in pricing, you didn't do a good job as a sales person. The main description of your position inside the company is to create the value, not just to show your price list. Teaching and educating customers is no longer en Read More

Sustainable, consistent, innovation is increasingly the competitive edge for businesses of all sizes. Here's 5 metrics any business, of any size, can measure to judge the success of their innovation. Read More

Here's a simple plan to help encourage you, as CEO, or your CEO to consistently contact your customers. A simple script's included and a list of some of the tangible metrics that improve as a result. Read More

In today's challenging economic climate, e-commerce businesses are finding that online reputation is more critical than ever to attract and serve customers. When it comes to sharing information with smaller Web sites, consumer confidence is shaky. A recent Marketing Sherpa study found that fifty-three percent of consumers worry about sharing perso Read More

Self publishing can be an important tool for small business. Books on your area of expertise can create a whole new product line for your business and now getting published is no longer the obstacle it once was. The self publishing revolution with technologies like print on demand at the forefront have revolutionized the publishing industry. This Read More