Search results for small businesses

Humor is a huge part of success in startups, small businesses, or any business for that matter.  More...
The award came from the Denver Business Journal, which teamed up with Quantum Market Research of Wichita, Kansas, to select winners based on the results of employee surveys.  More...
Five great blogs out there to give you great advice for your small business!  More...
Valuable and relevant content delivered to prospects and customers (called content marketing or custom publishing) is one of the best marketing methods on the planet. Here are 42 ways you can generate great content for your customers. These are applicable for small, medium and large-sized businesses and associations. If you have any additional, pl  More...
The idea is not new that small companies are more nimble and can move quicker than big companies in just about every operational area: bringing new products or services to market, recruiting and hiring, and of course, marketing.  More...
Naturally, this has led many individuals, sites and businesses seeking higher rankings to employee tactics that are plausibly removed from the direct exchange of capital for links, and while link brokers and link sales still thrive, they do so in an ever-increasingly paranoid & underground realm so as not to risk discovery and devaluation. In this  More...
So what’s the number one pet peeve? Businesses who are difficult to do business, especially when I am trying to PAY them! This is absolutely inexcusable, and I see it all the time. What do I mean by being difficult? Let me give you an example:  More...
What makes one business checking account stand out from the others? Here are 7 things to look for...along with my pick.  More...
Best-selling Author Scott Fox (me) offers a free download report titled "5 Instant Internet Businesses" if you'll take a reader survey. The free Special Report details "quick start" start-up e-businesses that anyone can start without much capital or tech expertise.  More...
How would you and your business like some free marketing? If this economy has you in a cost cutting frame of mind, you have something in common with the rest of us small business owners. You’re probably mulling over the dilemma of how to get more advertising, for less money, and still grow your customer base. Word of mouth marketing is the answer  More...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of networking, and what impact leveraging your small business networks has on your business. Darren Rowse @ Problogger.net put together a great post (and nice graphic) detailing what makes up his social media network at Problogger, which looked something like this...  More...
Vendors at VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 pushed a message that unified communications can cut operational costs and help businesses get more out of the people they have. Both Microsoft and IBM executives highlighted cost savings and productivity enhancement during their keynotes with demonstrations of their UC products. Separately, Avaya announced 0  More...
During an economic slowdown, business owners face distinct challenges in pricing their products and services. Today’s marketers strive to extend affordable prices to consumers who are making purchases with more apprehension and consideration, but lowering prices to attract careful customers also lowers the profit margin. Large corporations can a  More...
If there's an important one in your business, you don't have a business. You have a project that may or may not continue to make money.  More...
A lot of the small business owners and marketing executives I've spoken with since I started at HubSpot are learning similar lessons. They know that creating content is the best way to do search engine optimization -- to attract inbound links to their site and to improve their positions in organic (free) search engine results -- but they're not  More...