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14 Signs You Might be a Small Business Owner

07/06/201412/07/2017Blog, humor, management, marketing, retail, small business, Social MediaAmerica, boomers, Brand, Christmas, family birthday, Internet Marketing, Jeff foxworthy, Small business, Social Media, Superbowl Sunday, World Cup

You might be a small business owner if*: you’re on a first name basis with the drive-thru coffee shop baristas. your inbox has 100+ unopened emails, and over 10,000 undeleted. out-of-town vacations include a trade show Read More

Spammers, Hackers, Identity Thieves! Oh, My!

07/04/201411/27/2015Blog, marketing, Social MediaFacebook, hacker, Identity theft, identity thieves, Memes, Social Media, Social network, spammer, Spammers

Before you like or share… click on the source. Is the profile one with whom you would normally associate? Could you potentially be opening your data door to spammers and hackers?

SMBs, Coach Your Staff Daily for Successful Marketing

06/09/201411/25/2015leadership, management, retail, small businessbusiness, Communications, customer service, Education and Training, Facebook, Google, maintenance problems, Small business, Social Media, staff division, staff issues, time management

Do you communicate daily with your staff? Ever notice how the more successful restaurants have daily meetings with staff before they . . .

“On Memorial Day…

05/26/2014leadership, retailAmerica, Holiday, Honor, Memorial Day, Veterans

“On Memorial Day, America’s thoughts go to the courageous men and women of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives for the country they love. They defended our Nation, liberated the oppressed, and Read More

Being an Entrepreneur Means Showing What You are Made Of

05/19/201411/25/2015Blog, leadership, management, small businessbusiness, commencement speech, Editor, entrepreneur, Jill Abramson, morale, New York Times, recognition, resilience, show what you are made of, Small business, small business owners, success, Wake Forest, Wake Forest University

Today, Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor of the New York Times, gave the commencement speech at Wake Forest University. Quite appropriately, Wake Forest requested she speak on resilience. Her controversial firing from the NYT . . .

Facebook Tool Tip: Scheduling

05/15/2014marketing, non-profit, small business, Social Mediaaudience, connection, Facebook, fans, Hootsuite, Non-Profit, schedule, Small business, small business owners, Social Media, Sprout Social

One of the best reasons to schedule posts is to space them out. And since one of the most common questions I hear from small business owners and non-profits is “How often should I post?” Rather than give you my annoying and potentially evasive answer, “it depends,” I thought I’d show you how to schedule. . .