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Life is filled with many opportunities that are yours for the taking. Sometimes these opportunities can show up overtly while at other times they can be hidden. And there may be times when situations seem to fall in our lap. But there are really no hidden opportunities. Read More

Disorganization costs your business money. Not only that, it’s just plain stressful.

You know the feeling, you want to find a certain document or an article you need for a project but you can’t find it.

Now think about how you will feel when you want to find something and you can access it wi Read More

When an innovation fails, what do you do? Do you try to sweep it under the rug and never speak of it again? Or do you try to learn from the experience so you can do better next time? Here are six ways you can cull success from the seeds of failure. Read More

If you’ve been convinced that your brand should be blogging, your next obstacle is continually coming up with topics that your readers are interested in. It can be a challenge, coming up with two to three interesting topics a week. Here are some strategies to keep your blog flowing with great infor Read More

I just finished reading The Welcomer Edge by Richard Shapiro, and I got a lot out of it about customer service. We’ve all come to expect our experiences with call center reps, cashiers and customer service agents to be bad, based on the fact that many of them are. But think back to one or more time Read More

Yelp. Angie’s List. BizSugar. Digg. Amazon.

We now live in a world where anyone, regardless of location, education or age can tell others—perfect strangers even—what they think about products, services and content.

It’s truly a user generated era. Read More

One of the biggest challenges of being a small business owner is keeping the financial side of the house organized. Here are 5 simple things you – as a small business owner – can do to help keep your finances in order. Read More

Have you been struggling to make all of your online applications work together? Are tasks like synchronizing posts, sharing data, and managing all the content coming in starting to overwhelm you? Ifttt is a new web service that helps you automate social media tasks by setting rules and combining yo Read More

Before you jump into your new small business start-up, you should grasp the basics. Here are five books to get you set for success at your small business. Read More

The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your customer’s attention and their business. Then there is the Internet, delivered through every media, including your smart phone, where the v Read More