4 Easy Resolutions for Success in Marketing Your Small Business throughout 2017

Already having trouble keeping focused on your 2017 New Year’s Resolutions? Setting resolutions is the norm at this time of year. Of course, we often get overzealous and set goals that are unrealistic. This year I want to suggest four simple marketing resolutions for your small business that are easily achievable and some tips and techniques on making them a Read more…


Poker, Angry Orchard and Dreams of … #Movember? Why Small Business Should Be More Social.

I had a dream and in this dream…no not like Martin Luther King. At least I didn’t think it was a dream of a better world but in a weird way it kind of was. When I say weird, I mean it. I was dreaming of social media hashtags…one in particular that was mentioned casually at a friend’s house during Read more…


How Small Business can Convert Prospects into Clients with Conversations on Social Media

Featured Follower Friday – Author Nicky Kriel @NickyKriel Nicky Kriel’s latest book – Converting Conversations to Customers: The Essential Guide to Social Media Sales Success is packed with a lot of good information for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs which is why she was chosen as our Featured Follower along with a sample of some of the good info in Read more…


Unlimited Creativity for Small Business Success – Entrepreneur IQ

How do small businesses continue to be successful in the long run. Simple…Creativity. Small business often provide solutions that their larger competitors don’t think of, and use their creativity to innovate more quickly. Our Entrepreneur IQ (Inspirational Quote) below is meant to encourage you to flex your creative brain muscles on a regular basis. Whether you provide services or products Read more…


Get Your Small Business Noticed in Social Media – Content Ignition

The author of The Content Code, Mark W. Schaefer (@markwschaefer), gave a presentation entitled Content Ignition: 10 Ways to Get More Economic Value from Your Social Media Content, and I want to share some observations and tips we can all benefit from as small business entrepreneurs. Basically in order to know where we are going in social media marketing we Read more…


How Small Business Entrepreneurs Can Develop New Revenue on a Small Budget

The Lean Startup (@leanstartup) by Eric Ries (@ericries) is a great book for any small business owner whether you are just getting started or have been long established. Small businesses are constantly reinventing themselves, improving their products and services to better serve their customers so they can keep growing their business. This book covers some important principles and techniques for Read more…


Start Now or you will never finish…Entrepreneur IQ

Taking action in business is one of the critical keys to success, while planning can be helpful there is a limit to its usefulness, especially if while you are planning someone else is building a dominant market share in your industry or local area. This is our Entrepreneur IQ (Inspirational Quote) for Thinking Thursday…is there a project or new idea Read more…


Why should I want Pokémon Go around my small business?

Like most small business owners I don’t have time to play around with a lot of phone apps or play games on my smartphone, a game console or even on my computer. That makes it easy to be out of the loop when a new hot new trend comes out. I wanted to share some info with small business owners Read more…


Small Business Week – Encouraging the Entrepreneurial Spirit

This week take time to inspire Entrepreneurship in others! May 1st to May 7th is Small Business Week. I am proud to own a small business but more importantly to provide services that help other Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs become more successful. If you are a small business owner as well, I applaud you wholeheartedly. No one really knows Read more…


Shayna’s Corner on #NationalPetDay – Adopt a Mascot for your Small Business

April 11th is #NationalPetDay, a day to support rescues and shelters across America. Our mascot Shayna would like to remind you that even if you can’t adopt a rescue dog there are many ways to support a local shelter or rescue. Donations of goods, money or your time do a lot to help your local SPCA or rescue. Shayna was Read more…