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The challenges of raising investment capital for your business and how to best prepare for an investor have been well documented by many industry experts. Darrin Redus of JumpStart has witnessed scores of presentations over the years and has found that many entrepreneurs routinely miss a few key areas. He provides his suggestions that should help Read More

Dealing with business operations is important, managing and communicating with employees is important, heck...even talking to yourself is important! However, customer communications is the most important and too often business owners stop communicating directly with customers and leave all communications in the hands of employees or other third parties Read More

A well rounded search engine optimization plan requires aggressive backlinking. Agressive, does not however mean you should be spamming or searching for quick and easy links. Looking for a quality backlink? Why not guest blog Read More

No longer regarded as a frivolous and unnecessary expense, employee incentive programs are now widely accepted as justifiable and beneficial – boosting morale through engagement and reward, stimulating productivity, and encouraging a collective participation in the success of the business.

Here are five ways to introduce employee incentives into your day-to-day business strateg Read More

An interesting question that arises, and one which I recently put out there to my own network is why do we unfollow on Twitter? I thought I’d share some of the more common responses to this question Read More

The world's population is "greying!"

Seniors now represent the fastest growing demographic. People are living longer and spending more on goods and services.

Is your 21st Century business prepared to do business with Granny and Pappy Read More

Project management could learn from nature. When you watch it, everything seems so, well... , efficient! Don't you wish all your projects could run this smoothly Read More

What is this list?  195 (and growing) Tools and Solutions to help you measure and analyze your Social Media efforts.
Special thanks to  Infusionsoft (Email Marketing 2.0 experts) for generously supporting our work to help other small and midsize businesses. 

I normally don't post my own links, but this list has gotten so much attention I couldn't help sharing it. Read More

How to Write a One Page Business Plan. Businesses can do well without planning, many do. However, to become a high performing organization, to grow rapidly, a company really needs a planning and monitoring process Read More

I’ll never forget that coffee mug. It was the second year of my sales career, and I had finally submitted a proposal that got me invited to “present and defend” in front the powers that be in the executive conference room of one of my key customers. It sat in the middle of the table. Papa frog, mama frog and baby frog, smiling happily under that goofy slogan Read More