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When I talk to business owners about social media and blogging, it is always the risks they are worried about. What are the social media risks and how to do minimize the risks while still capitalizing on the social media opportunities? Read More

Ah - work at home. A dream that turns into reality to many, including me. The idea of working in your pajamas and work as you like (and how you like it) is intriguing. To me, working at home is freedom; working at home brings you more 'power' to control your life and money making endeavours. Read More

Where do you start? That's the question I get often when I'm asked how to help a company market using social media tools. The people who contact me are smart. They tell me things like, “Yeah, they said we should start with a blog, and we said, 'like the blog we already have?'” But what comes next is rarely a simple choice. I wanted to take you thr Read More

A few years ago I stumbled onto a website called “Escape from Cubicle Nation.” At the time I remember thinking, 'this is the BEST name' for a target audience of corporate employees longing to start (or who had recently started) businesses of their own. I could identify with it. After all, I once had been in cubicle nation and left to start my o Read More

Keeping great small business employees is as simple as defining a job description. Hold on to great employees with tips from a business consultant in this free small business video. Expert: Daniel Diener Read More

Whenever I use social media tools, I find myself communicating in two languages: English and Tagalog. I use the former to talk to international contacts, and the latter for local contacts. It's not a strict rule, since I prefer to use English, but there are some cases where sending updates in Tagalog is preferable or unavoidable. For bilingual we 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

Almost every small business is looking for new markets right now. Internet marketing such as this social media campaign is especially appealing, if like most businesses right now, you're watching costs. Read More

Be someone who is dedicated to working hard and making a lot of money as an SEO. Hopefully these 7 reasons are a help to you as you strive to be the best SEO you can possibly be and make the most money possible. Read More