Category: Business
Could Your Business Benefit From a Mentor?
Once you’re ready to start a business, you’ll have many important decisions to make. This is especially true in the first months of opening your business. You might worry that you’ll have to make every decision on your own. Ultimately, you are responsible for the decisions you make, but you can always consult others to get guidance. A mentor could be an invaluable resource to you.
Tips for Taking Your Small Business Green
Green: it’s everywhere. It’s taught in the first grade. It’s at the center of many corporate manufacturing and marketing policies. And whether you believe in climate change or still have doubts, consumers are now demanding GREEN.
Attend National Small Business Week Forums in Person or Online
The U.S. Small Business Administration and its private sector partners are holding key business forums, and are encouraging small business owners and entrepreneurs to sign up, register and spread the word to other small businesses interested in attending.
Saving American Jobs
America’s aerospace and defense workers hope that people will contact their elected officials to let them know how they feel about this issue.
Click Millionaires: A Roadmap for Today’s Entrepreneurs
The internet has changed the way that business startups are launched — and Scott Fox’s new book, Click Millionaires, offers a helpful roadmap to help you navigate the terrain, and find success as a lifestyle business owner. We’ve all heard of the big name “gurus” that pontificate exploiting search engine vulnerabilities, “gaming the system” in [...]
Self-Assessment: Are You Ready for a Career Change?
A down economy may not seem like a great time to look for a new job, but there are satisfying, financially rewarding jobs out there.
Interested in Bringing Your Invention to Market?
In a recent survey, more than 90 percent of respondents believe it is a difficult process to bring an invention to the store shelf.
Protect Workplace Information to Keep Employees’ and Customers’ Data Safe
People don’t realize is that when they don’t protect their company’s confidential information at work, they’re not just putting their employer, clients and customers at risk – they’re endangering themselves and their co-workers too.
Tips to Start, Build & Maintain Your Small Business Blog
There are many traditional and non-traditional ways to drive traffic to your blog – from ensuring you have RSS feeds built in to adding a link to your blog from other customer touch points such as your email signature and main business Web site.
10 Ways to Prepare for Retirement
Financial security in retirement doesn’t just happen. It takes planning and commitment and, yes, money.
What is HUBZone Certification, and How Can it Help My Business?
The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program helps small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone certification in part by employing staff who live in a HUBZone. The company must also maintain a “principal office” in one of these specially [...]
Considerations for Creating an Online Privacy Policy
If you are starting an online business, conducting email marketing, or interacting with your customers via your website, then you need to be aware of and adhere to online privacy policies. What do online privacy policies accomplish? Why do you need one? Sometimes, it’s required, such as the statutes that govern email SPAM. Others are [...]
Tips for Setting Freelance Rates
Thinking of going it alone? Becoming a freelancer is an attractive option for many professionals, but can you make it work for you? One of the most critical steps involved in planning and growing your freelance business is setting your rates. However, when you are charging for a service, this is easier said than done [...]
Breakeven Analysis: Know When you can Expect a Profit
Breakeven analysis is a tool used to determine when a business will be able to cover all its expenses and begin to make a profit.
Characteristics of an Effective Leader
The Leadership Potential Equation was developed in 1954. Based upon military leaders, it is used today to determine the traits which characterize effective leaders.
Keeping Your Business Blog Fresh & Relevant
As a business blogger you don’t need to post five blogs a week; you just need consistency, relevance and a little inspiration.
5 Free Sources for Market Research Data
Are you considering writing a business plan, or extending your reach into a new market? Here’s some helpful resources you can tap for valuable insights.
