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If you run a small business, you know the power of networking. For business bloggers, it's important to actively participate in online blogging communities. Here are 5 blog communities, including BizSugar, every business blogger should join Read More

Here are five ways to bring the life back into your company so you and your staff begin to approach each day with renewed excitement and a burning desire to grow the business Read More

Ever make a sales call that went really, really well? That covered more topics than you had planned? All of which advanced your quest to deliver still more value to your client? (And increase your revenue?) But left a major new opportunity virtually un-discussed Read More

What makes a video go viral? No, we're not talking about something like the common cold or flu here. We're talking about an online video that is so popular with viewers that they feel the need to share it with their friends, colleagues or family via social media like Twitter or Facebook, or through e-mail or re-posting it on their blog or Website. Having your video go viral is often the ultimate goal of any online marketing campaign because it is a way of letting others spread your message with limited expense or effort on your part and allows you to reach a potentially huge audience as your viewers share the message with their network and those people share it with their network and so on and so on Read More

One of the pieces of entrepreneurial advice that I hear the most often is to start a business based on what you enjoy. Well this advice isn't always what it's cracked up to be. This article outlines some mistakes my wife and I made in deciding what to sell Read More

What comes first, the website design or the content? It's common for business to have their website designed and developed with no thought to content. This post addresses the problem of planning your website without a solid content strategy. Read More

Have you ever had a discussion with someone who states that something is a fact about marketing when you know it is not?Sometimes the person bases the fact on their experience and sometimes it is what they have read or heard. One experience on the weekend and one article I read got me thinking about this topic. Read More

Most small businesses in our network value retraining, but see it as an employee education investment of last resort Read More

The other I posed this somewhat trick laden question on Twitter – “Is making something easier to understand dumbing it down or smartening it up?” The answers I got were mixed. Some obviously saw that I was suggesting it’s actually harder to make some easy to understand. Others clearly felt that it somewhat of a disservice to try to make things that were complicated seem simple Read More

With all the forms of communication that are out there why have we forgotten about the power of a handwritten note for our business? When it’s a family member’s birthday don’t we take the time to write a little personal note in the card for them? Well, why don’t we do that in business for those that matter? Maybe, because it’s not the norm anymore or we think it’s more professional to send a well written letter or email. Otherwise, we just think a shout out on Twitter or Facebook is acceptable and it is at times, but in some situations a handwritten note could lead to a lifelong customer, a more productive employee and more business Read More