LinkedIn is one of the best business development tools online, many small businesses could be missing out by not leveraging this valuable free resource. LinkedIn provides information on users’ professional backgrounds and personal connections. You can even search for people you are not connected to. One of the best ways...
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What do Ben & Jerry’s, Katie Couric, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart and President Barack Obama have in common? You can find all of them on Pinterest http://pinterest.com. It’s a content sharing social media site that allows members to “pin” images, videos and other objects of their favorite events, hobbies, interests—you...
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Here’s a crazy story about a client of mine, “Katie” from Dallas. Katie doesn’t “tweet”. She doesn’t “like”. She has no “fans”. She has no followers. She isn’t even “linked” to anyone, and yet, she runs a successful, profitable five person engineering firm. She does it all the old fashioned...
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I was in Washington last week and met with two Congressmen who sit on the House Committee for Small Business. When I asked them each what they’re hearing most when they speak to small businesses around the country I received the same answer from both. Uncertainty. “Small businesses are uncertain...
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Back in December I wrote this blog and it went viral.
To date, there have been close to 700,000 views and countless other re-productions on other sites. Thousands and thousands of people have commented and tweeted about it. Al Sharpton criticized me on MSNBC and NPR discussed the blog...
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Back in December I wrote this blog and it went viral. To date, there have been close to 700,000 views and countless other re-productions on other sites. Thousands and thousands of people have commented and tweeted about it. Al Sharpton criticized me on MSNBC and NPR discussed the blog on...
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As one who loves to learn, I am a bit of an info junkie. I love to research new topics and then I feel compelled to share knowledge that may help others. I used to spend hours in the library looking at books on new topics that were...
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Have you ever been desperate for more business? Have you ever watched the bank account dropping low and suddenly, you do some quick envelope math and realize that things are going to crash hard if you don't get something sold soon? It's a horrible feeling.
At times like this is where...
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Going through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans was significant for us on many levels. On a personal level, most of our family and friends were seriously affected, displaced, and at a loss. On a professional level, our client in New Orleans was hit on every...
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I spend a lot of time in hotels. That might be why I'm often thinking up little startup ideas or partnership ideas that would benefit a hotel's guests. Working on the marketplace is convincing a hotel that a Starbucks kiosk is a great selling point for your venue. For you...
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