Recently I read a LinkedIn article for small business owners that stated, “You should think of your profile as an online resume.”  I could not disagree more. And, when you are done reading this article, let me know what you think! Now, while you think whether or not your LinkedIn profile should be regarded as a resume, let me ask you: When was the last time you read an interesting and... 

End of the day business is about getting more leads and closing those leads. If you already have too many leads, then you are probably doing something right. This article is for people who want to generate more leads for their business. Lead Source #1: Press releases Press releases are a FREE way of generating leads for your business. A press release is a statement you send out to the media that you... 

Top 5 Things To Include on Your Marketing Assessment Checklist Create Your Market Research Checklist and Check it Twice. For most businesses, December signals the dreaded year-end circus when juggling everything from reconciling the books, preparing taxes, issuing 1099s and W2s is a required act. And while those are mission-critical tasks, one that should not be overlooked is your marketing assessment... 

Change comes at us like a huge wave in the ocean and we need to be ready to jump high or dive down. We never know which is best till that moment of truth. The rest of the time we practice, practice, practice. It is vital for leaders to be flexible physically, emotionally, and mentally. Once we get stuck in patterned responses we start a chain of events that lead to old ways of solving problems. In... 

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I built a business once when I was a young single mother, a long, long time ago. It supported us well. I got tired and started looking for a partner, in life…in business…who knows. I found both. After working together for five years, I was broke. Manual labor business is like that. Many service industries rely heavily on the back, legs and knees. My tendons and bones gave up simply because I was... 

Uncovering The Mystery Behind Market Research. What is market research? Market research is the practice of digging for, and uncovering ‘truth’, about any given topic, geographic location or target audience.  Market research explores and probes, digging further to unearth the ‘why’s and ‘hows’.  Simply put, market research is the process of discovery. Why do companies need to do market... 

With the strong emergence of social media in the internet marketing world, every Tom, Dick and Harry has come out saying they are social media experts. They are feeding on the desires of entrepreneurs who do not have time to dedicate to developing their social media presence effectively. If you do not ask the right questions you may wind up spending thousands of dollars and get no results.  That’s... 

In this bleak economy, lots of people are contemplating striking out on their own — whether they’re frustrated job seekers or people who are already employed but getting antsy about their company’s prospects. For some people, entrepreneurship is the best option around, a way to build wealth and do something you love without answering to somebody else. But it’s also a huge financial... 

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Dr Wayne Dyers The last week I read an article on the Power of Intention written by Harv Eker. Harv believes that if there is something that you really want and you have a compelling reason for wanting it, then the universe will give it to you. I have been researching further on this topic and I came across a video...