Investing in a marketing campaign: How the economic downturn can benefit the small business owner

Investing in a marketing campaign: How the economic downturn can benefit the small business owner

Tips For Business Owners
Posted by     May 19, 2011   

Submitted by Guest Author Deborah Held Thinking of joining the social networking revolution or otherwise investing in a new marketing campaign, but it’s just not in the budget? Think again, because there is no better time than the present for the small business owner to invest in a new promotional strategy. Marketing, Web and interactive agencies — just like most other businesses today ̵... Read More »

Now Is The Time – Start Your Own Business Now

Now Is The Time – Start Your Own Business Now

Business Building Partners / Of Interest for Buyers / Random Thoughts
Posted by     April 27, 2011   

OK, the gloves are off, you have no more excuses.  If you have ever thought about, or dreamed of, or wished that you could own your own business…NOW IS THE TIME!!  As this economy starts turning north again you need to be in a position to take advantage of it.  It is not a seller’s market: The reason is that most small businesses have been beaten up over the past two years and can’t get the money ... Read More »

A bright spot in the economy “Big business from small people”

A bright spot in the economy “Big business from small people”

Business Building Partners / Of Interest for Buyers / Of Interest for Sellers / Random Thoughts / Tips For Business Owners
Posted by     April 8, 2011   

      There is a reason why young people come up with new ideas.  It is not that they are smarter or faster or better.  It is because this is their future, their life to grow into.  They see the world with no fear because fear does not let them grow.  Fear is not helpful to them.  That is why when I went for a walk with my 11 year old boy last year to look at the effects of the flood damage in the... Read More »

To Leap or Not To Leap

To Leap or Not To Leap

Of Interest for Buyers / Of Interest for Sellers / Random Thoughts / Tips For Business Owners
Posted by     March 22, 2011   

            Remember the time you grabbed all the bravery you had, and jumped off the high dive for the first time?  For many of you that was the first real due diligence that you undertook.  You probably stood around the ladder for a couple of days just to see if anyone fell off while climbing.  You checked out the jumpers and compared them to yourself, in terms of age, weight, athletic ability a... Read More »

Buy A Job, Not A Small Business

Buy A Job, Not A Small Business

Of Interest for Buyers / Random Thoughts
Posted by     March 18, 2011   

It may sound crazy at first, but that is only because you have been sold a bill of goods your whole life from people who mean well, but are lacking in confidence in their own ability.  You have also been told that if you buy your own business, you should want to own a business that can run on its own, without you, and grow while you vacation in the Greek isles.  Well, they are right too; in the se... Read More »

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