Small Business Survival – Real Life Stories

May 26, 2010

Running a small business has it’s own unique set of challenges in any economic climate, but when trying to recover from a recession, small business survival depends upon a tenacious attitude and the ability to draw upon both external and internal resources and not be discouraged when things get tough.
You’ve heard me sing the praises [...]

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Business Success: Are you working with purpose?

May 25, 2010

Does business success and money matter if you’re not doing something you love?
One of the basic foundations of business coaching is to help people zero in on their purpose, the thing that makes life and work interesting, rewarding and fulfilling.
Often, clients come to coaching who have achieved what others may think of as [...]

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Small Business Week – What are you doing to celebrate your biz?

May 24, 2010

Last Thursday, President Obama proclaimed May23-29th to be National Small Business Week, a week in which “I call upon all Americans to recognize the tremendous contributions of small businesses to our Nation with appropriate programs and activities.” The Small Business Administration has scheduled a variety of events taking place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in [...]

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Professional Services Marketing: Why “Build it and they shall come” doesn’t work

May 20, 2010

The vast majority of professionals I’ve come across have a “build it and they shall come” attitude. They think that if they do a good job, that they’ll generate enough word of mouth referrals to support their practices and will never have to worry about professional services marketing. But can professionals really thrive [...]

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More on Facebook Privacy Violations

May 19, 2010

With over 400 million users and growing, facebook is cashing in big by changing the way your personal information is shared, and users are starting to revolt.
In a recent post entitled “Facebook Privacy Controls, Marketing Opportunities or Internet Danger?“, I wrote about some of the opportunities and dangers presented by this mammoth social [...]

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5 Time Management Tools You Can Use Right Now To Get Things Done

May 18, 2010

If you run a small business or work for yourself, you know how hard it can be to get things done. When the buck stops with you, trying to manage it all can be overwhelming. One of the biggest time management mistakes you can make in your business – or in your life – [...]

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Facebook Privacy Controls: Marketing Opportunities or Internet Dangers?

May 17, 2010

The internet is abuzz with the marketing opportunities that social networking offers. But as social networking has become an integral part of the way we communicate, not just for marketing purposes, but also among friends and family members; concerns about facebook privacy controls have been mounting.
And for good reason. The site [...]

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Senate Financial Reform Bill: Reduce Merchant Processing Fees

May 14, 2010

An article in the “You’re The Boss blog alerted me to an amendment to the Senate Financial Reform Bill proposed by Senator Durbin of Illinois “that would loosen the hold credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard now have over merchants. Senate leaders are expected to bring the amendment up for a vote — [...]

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Marketing Professional Services: When Self Promotion Doesn’t Come Naturally

May 12, 2010

If you’re like many professionals, marketing professional services may make you a wee bit uncomfortable. You may feel as though self promotion is a sleazy activity, engaged in only by people trying to put something over on unsuspecting prospects.
But marketing professional services is an important skill to cultivate if you want your [...]

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Hiring Good Employees: Why Performance Trumps All

May 11, 2010

Hiring good employees is yet another task that falls on the shoulders of the overwhelmed small business owner, who may be unprepared for and inexperienced in how to make the best possible hiring decisions. But making sound hiring decisions is critical to the success of a small business or professional practice, because resources are often [...]

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