Business Basics to run your small business
Entrepreneurs are as varied as the businesses they build. However, as I’ve been out meeting people at networking meetings and interviewing entrepreneurs while researching my forthcoming book, I’ve noticed a few common traits of successful entrepreneurs. 1. Audacity and Courage Whether it’s the risk of the initial investment, the uncertainty of income in the early […]
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Many entrepreneurs are afraid of declaring a niche. They are afraid if they specialize too much – if at all – they’ll lose business. After all, a niche means focusing on a smaller segment of the entire market. They want to be able to draw from a bigger pool of potential customers. The problem with
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The beginning of May will be three years since I left my full time job and became an entrepreneur. Over these past three years I’ve learned some fundamental truths about being in business.Prior to stepping out on my own, I spent a lot of time researching what I would do for the next phase of
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As a writer I write daily blog posts, weekly newsletters plus comments on other blogs and social networking sites. And that’s just for my own business. Never mind the writing I do for clients – newsletters, websites, articles and more. With all this writing I need to do in any given week, it’s not surprising
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One of the hardest parts of being a solopreneur is getting yourself out of a rut. You know what I mean – you get behind on some projects and start adding more items to your to-do list and before you know it you’re overwhelmed. Or you have a task you don’t really want to do
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Today I am writing about an issue that has me so angry I am shaking. At first it may not seem to be about marketing, but bear with me; the connection will be made clear. My son has been taking an asthma medication for about a year – it’s been very effective in controlling his
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If the main purpose of your blog or website is to increase sales then you should make it easy for people to contact you. Are you?Too many people hide their contact information on their site. If a prospect has to search for a way to reach you, they may just move on to someone else.
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Working from home is one of the great perks of being self employed – no more commute, more flexible workday, eating lunch at home, being home when the kids get home from school. Yet one of the questions I get asked most frequently is how to stay productive when working from a home office. And
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I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about “Web 2.0” and I didn’t really know what it meant. Then Friday I picked up the book How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog. Author Todd Stauffer describes web 2.0 as “the next generation of Web applications that were turning the Web from a sort
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“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.” Cassius Longinus It was pointed out to me today that I have the wrong attitude about failure. I look at failure as a bad thing – something to be avoided at all costs. The only thing worse than failure is a bad ‘80s hairdo. But failure
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