The Small Business Administration says that National Small Business Week – May 4-8 – is for “celebrating America’s entrepreneurs.” But can anyone afford the party favors this year? One of the uplifting facts of entrepreneurship, is that many successful founders start their businesses in slow economies. However, that hasn’t been the case in the past […]
Can you actually launch an Instagram marketing campaign in two hours? Are startups running down? Is ransomware the next “killer” app? Inquiring minds want to know, and that’s why they check out all of these great articles. Leadership, management and productivity Lessons in how to run a startup and small business are always being taught […]
There’s so much good news and information this week on email marketing that you should be able to give your sales a major kick in the pants. On the economic front, the new is so-so, but there are a couple of interesting items that sing the praises of the now-aging Baby Boomers. Marketing and sales […]
There are a number Big-Biz-Small-Biz David and Goliath themed stories this week, and let’s be sure that the Bible isn’t the only place where David reliably wins! Marketing We’re always talking about thinking “outside the box.” Here are three marketing campaigns that took major risks and actually worked. If you woke up this morning thinking […]
Sometimes there are troubling phrases that creep into our language so slowly that few people stop to consider the consequences. “The new normal,” is one of these. When real GDP growth for 2014 was announced last month, it came in at 2.4 percent. Politicians crowed about how the economy grew throughout the year, pointing to […]