The third Saturday of July – it’s July 16 in 2016 – is Toss Away the “Could Haves” and “Should Haves” Day, a special day created by Martha J. Ross-Rodgers. Since so many of you are small business owners, this may seem like a foreign concept. After all, you have struck out on your own […]
I’ve heard the rumors that email is becoming obsolete, but I don’t see it happening soon, so we still need things like the 9 small business Gmail plugins listed here to help keep you organized and productive. And hey, although I’m billing these as great small business Gmail plugins, several of them will be very useful […]
Important small business marketing thoughts occurred to me recently when I was listening to an interview with Zach Smith, the founder of Funded.today, a company that has proved very successful at helping projects get funded on Kickstarter. We’ve all been getting schooled in crowdfunding in recent years. It’s a new way to get a company […]
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” – Stevie Wonder I’d like to tweak that just a little bit and say, “If you don’t ask, you’ll never know,” and that gets at the heart of many problems small business owners have: lack of information. The more you know about your customers, the better you’re able […]
I don’t know what this means, but you’ll find two oxymorons (friendly fraud and vegan meat) among this week’s collection of curated content. On top of that, there is great leadership, marketing, and startup advice. Marketing and sales Believe it or not, you can learn some marketing lessons – five to be exact – from […]