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Pinterest Visual Discovery Tool allows you to take online window shopping to a whole new level for businesses using Social Media to sell products/services. Read More

I interviewed Jim Sweeney on February 13. I wonder if Jim's favorite beverage is apple cider? I look forward to a followup conversation with MikeRaffone in the near future.

"As creator of the Trademarked MIKE cartoon sports character, Jim Sweeney has crafted some really good stuff."

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In the right context and deployed shrewdly, outsourcing can be a fantastic way for small business owners to improve efficiencies and bolster their company’s bottom line. But that doesn’t mean the practice isn’t without its own disadvantages, too. To help you get started, here are 20 advantages and Read More

Almost every business can find a use for social media sites these days. You can use them for marketing, research, customer service and so much more. But managing those social media sites isn’t always easy. Here are 50 different social media management tools that can help you build your business’s p Read More

You’re caught between the holiday shopping frenzy and the anticipation of spring. Bad weather in most of the country (even in Southern California where I live, it’s been pouring rain for months) tends to keep shoppers indoors. On one of those days when you’ve been open two hours without a single sh Read More

Social networking site Facebook has a history of challenging, if not buying out, its competitors, and now it looks like it’s going after LinkedIn. Starting yesterday, businesses in both the U.S. and Canada could post job listings natively to their Facebook pages or in the new jobs bookmark. Read More

Inspiring small businesses are being recognized and rewarded every year. Share what inspired you and your core mission and you could be the next winner. Entering its fifth year, the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest awards tens of thousands of dollars to passionate small business owners across the Read More

Deciding when the time is right to start a business is a huge challenge. How do you know when to take the plunge? Should you go all in, all at once—or take it more slowly? Here's how to decide. Read More

Want to get started with lead magnets? Or struggling to get your lead magnet to convert? I've got your back.

Inside this post, I cover:

1) A quick primer on why lead magnets are critical for bloggers
2) What makes a lead magnet that will actually work?
3) 10 Great lead magnet ideas with e Read More

When looking for ways to boost the bottom line, businesses usually look for shortcuts—apps that automatically do work for you, or techniques to upsell your way to the top. But as in life, there are no shortcuts to the ultimate work hack—happiness.

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