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One of the big questions that small businesses wrestle with right now is not whether they should participate in social media, but how to do it ways that make sense, show some return, and don't drive them crazy. Read More

Ideas to promote your small business particularly a new business including using social media like Facebook, blogs, YouTube etc. and working to get press coverage of your venture. Read More

A reader asks: Can you suggest some business ideas for women? Yes, in fact I'd argue that most, if not all, of the business ideas I've written about on this blog could be a "business idea for a woman". I don't believe that there are many business ideas that are purely business ideas for women (or for that matter purely business ideas for men). Read More

Ever Googled your own name? Most people have at some point, and there's a good chance your customers have Googled your name, too. Make sure what they find about you in Google makes them want to do business with you. Read More

Now that summer is here, I figure we could all use a little dose of self motivation. It's not always easy to be motivated to get your work done, even I as a long time entrepeneur sometimes tend to get either bored or lack self motivation to get my own work done. So I figured, I'd share some ways to increase and grow our self motivation. Read More

It is hard building a business and even harder keeping up with all the technologies that go into participating in “Social Media” to help support and promote your business. I haven't even touched upon how many personal accounts you might have that don't stray or even worse, blend into your work life. There are so many articles written on work-life Read More

There are times when blogging seems easy. Natural. Maybe even like breathing. Other times though when it's hard. Awkward. Perhaps you feel like you've become a stranger on your own blog. Or that there's nothing more you can add to the words that pour out into the blogosphere, day after busy posting day. Perhaps it starts to feel like you'r Read More

Your time in front of a prospective customer is extremely valuable. The hardest part of the sales process can sometimes be just getting quality time in front of the prospect to ask questions. When you get to this point, you definitely want to make the most of your opportunity. You never know, this might be your only chance to advance the sale. Read More

For many decades, perhaps the most successful client development strategy for both professional service firms and individual professionals has been one of focusing on a small number of high value clients. More recently, strategies have focused on building large "follower" lists - e.g. for email marketing purposes. Either strategy can work Read More