Meat and potatoes. That’s how I’d sum up the advice experts served up this week to help small business owners improve their operations. Virtually all the strategies are practical and things you can start doing right now. Dig in. Leadership, management and productivity Listen up, small business retailers: If you’re not delivering personalized digital customer […]
Sometimes young, innovative companies start an initiative and it gets a lot of publicity at the beginning then sort of fades away. The idea – however clever and forward-thinking it is – just doesn’t pan out. For example, Amazon shuttered its Amazon Webstore program in 2015. However, occasionally the ideas work and Facebook’s Hackamonth program […]
Much has be said about changes at Facebook in recent months. We know that Facebook is pushing small businesses and others to advertise and not depend totally on their fans and friends seeing their posts in their news feeds organically. We can’t be too critical of Facebook for this strategy. After all, millions of people […]
A lot of small business owners become successful with their first startup. However, the odds are against this group. One of the reasons why is because they carry a lot of baggage from their pre-business-owner days. As they kick off their business, they hear a lot about social media and branding. They carry their “civilian” […]
Who owns the professional contacts you’ve made once you’ve left a job? Small business expert Susan Solovic discusses what employees and employers need to know. Photo: AP