By seomul on March 20, 2009
If you’re a small business owner, you need to check out the Small Business Administration website. You may have been reticent to visit as the SBA has not always been perceived as the most helpful or efficient agency out there. But they do, in fact, have some really helpful tools for small business owners that [...]
Posted in Small Business
By seomul on March 19, 2009
If you’re a business owner, you know that one of the most difficult aspects of your job is finding and retaining good employees. After all, your business is only going to be successful if you have high-quality people working for you. Here are 9 keys to motivating your employees. 1. Make the Job Meaningful. Your [...]
Posted in Employee Relations
By seomul on March 19, 2009
It’s no secret that we’re in a severe economic crisis in this country. What does this mean for you as a small business owner? It means that you’ll do well to follow the lead of internet business owners who experienced a similar downturn in 2001. At that time they chose to focus on search engine [...]
Posted in Business
By seomul on March 19, 2009
If you’re a small business owner, you’re all too aware of the current economic crisis and how it’s affecting small businesses all over the country. The most profound effect of the economic crisis is in the availability of credit. The news is grim, but it doesn’t have to paralyze your business. Here are 5 ways [...]
Posted in Business
By seomul on March 19, 2009
If you’re an entrepreneur who gets nervous at the very mention of the word “networking,” you’re not alone. While many business owners love the opportunity to talk about their business, others simply don’t feel comfortable walking up to complete strangers and starting conversations. The good news is that if networking is done properly, it doesn’t [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship
By seomul on March 19, 2009
The world of entrepreneurship is full of potholes and wrong turns. You may work for months and months only to find out that you need to scrap your original idea and try something else. You may follow a particular protocol for years before you realize that there’s a more efficient way to run your business. [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship
By seomul on March 19, 2009
You would’ve had to have been living under a rock not to notice the beauty and the pageantry of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. This particular Olympics was more widely covered by the media than any of the past Olympic Games, and there was plenty of scandal to boot. But what does that have to [...]
Posted in Strategic Planning
By seomul on March 19, 2009
One of the most difficult aspects of small business ownership is delegating some of your responsibility to others. The difficulty lies in the fact that your business is successful because of your strong leadership and your ability to wear many hats at once. If that wasn’t the case, then your business would have failed long [...]
Posted in Small Business
By seomul on March 19, 2009
You’ve been to business school and learned it all, right? Not so fast. Sometimes, the most important lessons come to us via mistakes we’ve made. Here are the top five keys to small business success that you never learned in school. 1. Don’t Be Such a Control Freak. One of the hardest things any small [...]
Posted in Small Business
By seomul on March 19, 2009
You are a small business owner with a vision and a passion. You are engaging and motivating to others and you know exactly how to use social networking sites to engage potential customers and increase the likelihood that you will make a sale. But admit it, you’re not the world’s greatest writer, and you’re not [...]
Posted in Small Business
