Avoid these financial missteps when starting your business
Guest blogger Ivan Serrano writes about how to build a pathway to success for your new business by avoiding common financial mistakes.
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Raising your hourly rates in 2015? Communicate this news the right way
Many consultants and solopreneurs use the new year as a time to raise their rates. Blogger Jeanne Yocum provides tips on how to communicate this important news to your clients.
10 things small business owners need to know about responsive Web design
Making your website work well on various platforms, including mobile phones, is increasingly important. Here are 10 tips from guess blogger Brad Schorr on how to make achieve great results with responsive web design.
Time is money: Time-saving tips for small business owners
Guest blogger Kristen Gramigna offers up great time-saving tips that will make the day of any small business owner more productive.
After 30 years in business, I’m learning from start-ups. Here’s why.
Long-time business owner Michelle van Schouwen writes about the business lessons she’s learned from mentoring early stage entrepreneurs.
What small business owners need to know about employee burnout
Employee burnout can really do a number on a small business, writes small business blogger Jeanne Yocum. Here are resources that can help.
New book, Smartcuts, gives insights into how to fast-forward your success
Journalist and Web entrepreneur Shane Snow has a new book on nine strategies that can help you fast track success in your career or small business, writes blogger Jeanne Yocum.
Reaching unreachable people: Marketing in an “overwhelmed” era
Blogger and business-owner Michelle van Schouwen provides tips on how to get in touch with customers and clients in a world where people are increasingly so overwhelmed with incoming information that they’re blocking out phone calls, e-mails and other communications methods.
Use humor in marketing wisely
Blogger Mark Auerbach advises business owners to tread carefully when using humor in marketing. While humor makes a campaign memorable, it can also backfire if the humor falls flat or offends.
Reinventing your small business’ approach to health insurance
Blogger Michelle van Schouwen shares how her small business found a workable solution to the dilemma of rising health insurance costs that actually ended up giving her employees more flexibility than in the past.
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