The Secret to Pitching Anything to Anyone
My last “real job,” before I ventured into entrepreneurial life ten years ago, was in software sales. I worked for a big Silicon Valley tech company and went through countless sales training programs over the years. But there was one lesson nobody ever taught me in those high-dollar training classes, and it’s the most important [...]7 Essential Steps to Build an Online Presence for Your Business
I’ve been speaking about the topic of online marketing for many years now, yet I still come across people every day who are struggling to put the pieces together. It can sound overwhelming to build a brand online, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Following are some important and effective steps you can [...]From Entrepreneur to CEO: The Most Important (and Profitable) Change You Can Make in Your Business
For years I have watched hundreds of entrepreneurs with tremendous potential struggle to grow their businesses. I have listened to their stories and watched the frustration that so many of them experience. Having built several businesses myself over the years, I eventually identified the common denominator: trying to do it all. By nature entrepreneurs are [...]20 Ways to Generate Blog Content Without Writing it Yourself
For years I have been preaching the value of blogging for small business owners and anyone who wants to build an audience online. When you update a blog regularly (at least twice per week, though more is better), your website traffic should increase over time. Google gives higher priority to websites that update content frequently, [...]How to Analyze Your Revenue Streams and Prepare for Significant Business Growth
Several times each year I go through an exercise where I analyze my revenue streams and forecast where I want them to be. There is a lot to be learned in this process, and it can have a significant impact on the growth of your business. No matter what kind of business you run, you [...]Simple Guidelines to Help You Write Great Copy for Your Website
The content on your website is as important, if not more important, than the actual site design. You could have the most beautiful website design, but if the content—your website copy—doesn’t deliver the right message, then your website will fail to do its job. I recommend hiring a professional web copywriter to help you develop [...]
Interviews - Entrepreneurs & Authors
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David Newman, Author of Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits, and Crush Your Competition
Book Title: Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits, and Crush Your Competition Website URL: http://www.doitmarketing.com/book Social Media Links: www.Twitter.com/dnewman www.linkedin.com/in/davidjnewman http://facebook.com/David.Newman.Marketing.Speaker www.doitmarketing.com/blog What is your book about? It’s a book for entrepreneurs, small business owners and independent professionals who want to sell more products and services – more easily, and [...]
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Paula L. Smith, Author of Easy Steps to Outlook 2010
Book Title: Easy Steps to Outlook 2010 Website URL: http://www.easystepslearningseries.com Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/easystepsseries Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/easystepslearningseries LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/paula-l-smith/37/882/94b/ What is your book about? Outlook and other Microsoft Office products can be difficult to grasp on your own, so we’ve put together this amazing step-by-step guide to walk you through Outlook 2010. Think of the book as an [...]
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Entrepreneur Interview: Steve Van Remortel, SM Advisors, Inc.
Business Name: SM Advisors, Inc. Website URL: www.smadvisors.com Social Media Links: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/stopthevanilla Twitter - http://twitter.com/@stopthevanilla Linked In - http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevevanremortel YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/stopthevanilla Year Founded: 1999 Number of Employees: 5 What does your company do? SM Advisors assists business leaders in maximizing organizational performance. More than 90% of our clients experience an increase in profitability and/or achieve their organizational objectives [...]
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Entrepreneur Interview: Victor Popovics, Ultimate Washer, Inc.
Business Name: Ultimate Washer, Inc. Website URL: http://www.ultimatewasher.com/ Year Founded: 2003 Business Partners: Paul Holstein/Cable Organizer, Inc. Number of Employees: 12 What does your company do? We are one of the largest online e-commerce sites for power equipment. Was there a specific turning point when you realized your business was moving to the next level? [...]
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Articles for Entrepreneurs
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9 Proven Tips to Control Your Inventory by Crystal Wells
Controlling inventory is the ongoing process of identifying and managing the constant flow of items into and out of an existing inventory. When you don’t know exactly what inventory you have available, where it is located, or where it is for sale, it’s going to be difficult to manage your inventory effectively and can lead [...]
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Tips for Increasing Your Business With Product Search Marketing by Liam Supple
Comparison shopping engines (CSEs), like Google Shopping, Shopzilla, NexTag and Bing, are filled withmillions of potential customers who are looking for the product they want. As an online merchant who sells physical products, you can use your product data to increase thenumber of customers visiting your website by listing your products on CSEs via a data feed. You only pay the [...]
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3 Things To Lookout For To Enhance Your Productivity, Improve Your Business And Profits by Carrie Greene
I’ve seen it happen again and again. You wake up in the morning ready to go. You’ve already decided, “Today’s the day.” It might be the day that you’re going to clear off your to-do list. Maybe you’ll spend the day making sales calls. Or maybe it’s the day that you’re finally going to tackle [...]
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Four Not-to-Miss Business Books of 2012
If you’re a business book junky, you want to make sure you don’t miss the best of the best. Here are four of the most reviewed and best reviewed business books of 2012: How Will You Measure Your Life The original Harvard commencement speech developed into How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen. [...]
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The Secret to Pitching Anything to Anyone
My last “real job,” before I ventured into entrepreneurial life ten years ago, was in software sales. I worked for a big Silicon Valley tech company and went through countless sales training programs over the years. But there was one lesson nobody ever taught me in those high-dollar training classes, and it’s the most important [...]
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7 Essential Steps to Build an Online Presence for Your Business
I’ve been speaking about the topic of online marketing for many years now, yet I still come across people every day who are struggling to put the pieces together. It can sound overwhelming to build a brand online, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Following are some important and effective steps you can [...]
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From Entrepreneur to CEO: The Most Important (and Profitable) Change You Can Make in Your Business
For years I have watched hundreds of entrepreneurs with tremendous potential struggle to grow their businesses. I have listened to their stories and watched the frustration that so many of them experience. Having built several businesses myself over the years, I eventually identified the common denominator: trying to do it all. By nature entrepreneurs are [...]
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20 Ways to Generate Blog Content Without Writing it Yourself
For years I have been preaching the value of blogging for small business owners and anyone who wants to build an audience online. When you update a blog regularly (at least twice per week, though more is better), your website traffic should increase over time. Google gives higher priority to websites that update content frequently, [...]
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Small Business Marketing
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7 Essential Steps to Build an Online Presence for Your Business
I’ve been speaking about the topic of online marketing for many years now, yet I still come across people every day who are struggling to put the pieces together. It can sound overwhelming to build a brand online, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Following are some important and effective steps you can [...]
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20 Ways to Generate Blog Content Without Writing it Yourself
For years I have been preaching the value of blogging for small business owners and anyone who wants to build an audience online. When you update a blog regularly (at least twice per week, though more is better), your website traffic should increase over time. Google gives higher priority to websites that update content frequently, [...]
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Simple Guidelines to Help You Write Great Copy for Your Website
The content on your website is as important, if not more important, than the actual site design. You could have the most beautiful website design, but if the content—your website copy—doesn’t deliver the right message, then your website will fail to do its job. I recommend hiring a professional web copywriter to help you develop [...]
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10 Creative Ways to Promote Your Business with PowerPoint and Slideshare
While PowerPoint slides are typically projected onto a screen while delivering a presentation, you can also feature them on your website pages using Slideshare, a free social sharing service for presentations. When you upload a presentation to Slideshare, you can then grab some HTML code and embed the presentation in a slide viewer on your [...]
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