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Every entrepreneur I know is dismayed by the number of friends who approach them with a line such as “I have an even better idea that will change the world, and one of these days I’m going to get around to starting my own business.” I always wonder what is more important to them on an ongoing basis Read More

As a small business owner, I place emphasis on serving my customers, working with the team and overseeing the day-to-day business operations. As I've said before, it's easy to put my own marketing efforts on the backburner - and there are many times when creativity isn’t something that is easily su Read More

So a great social selling tip that will benefit all social marketers, sales people and businesses is to take the time every single day to do the following. Connect to your social network community with news, images, videos, snippets of information. Read More

We have a list of who we think are the top thought leaders on customer experience. These people are subject matter experts in their fields and have consistently shared their views, opinions and data to the world through their books, articles, blog posts and social media status updates. Read More

Before he realized that what he actually wanted out of life was financial freedom and the perfect lifestyle, Eddie Yu (@Eddie_Yu) spent three years in the software industry.
Not wanting to spend the rest of his life working for other people, he gave up his job and set about the task of finding som Read More

Imagine being able to make a living combining your greatest passions and a great business opportunity.
Thanks to sites like welovefine, artists are able to create fan-made, original pieces based on well known franchises, like Star Wars and start their own licensed merchandise business.
Founded in Read More

The way businesses market to their customers is constantly changing, from use of new tools like Twitter and Foursquare to the need to cope with shorter customer attention spans.
So, businesses need to constantly update their tactics in order to stay relevant.
This week, members of the small busin Read More

Hop onto Twitter with Small Business Trends founder and CEO Anita Campbell and Smart Hustle publisher Ramon Ray for the Microsoft “How to Grow a Dynamic Business” Chat. This event will be taking place Thursday, May 28 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. PDT (3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT).
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Perhaps I am just a cynic, but whenever I see a word such as “Fundamentals” in the title of a book, I immediate start to wonder if I am about to review a simplistic rehash of all that has been written before.
Happily, “Taking Your Brand from the Bench to the Playing Field: Social Media Fundamental Read More

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. I recognize that entrepreneurs tend to substitute vision and passion for formal processes, but no discipline or process in building something new is a sure way to Read More