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Facebook Business Pages Want More Likes, NOT Likes. Huh?

07/10/201411/24/2015Blog, humor, marketing, small business, Social Mediabusiness pages, Communications, Facebook, Like, personal pages, small business owners, Social Media

Dear Facebook,
Why did you choose the same word – LIKE – on business pages for becoming a fan AND for giving approval to a post?

3 Reasons NOT to DIY Market Your Small Business

07/08/201411/24/2015Blog, management, marketing, small business, Social Mediablogging, business, DIY, email, entrepreneur, experience, experts, Marketing, productivity, Small business, time management, YouTube

Did you lose money doing it yourself? You tried to DIY market again, didn’t you? My husband and I are both entrepreneurs, and when we need help on anything outside our frame of expertise, here are 3 considerations we Read More

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?

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 . . .

Shopping Small is Shopping Wise for Busy Entrepreneurs

Shopping Small is Shopping Wisely

04/21/201411/27/2015Blog, management, marketing, retail, small business, Social Mediablogging, boomers, business, Communications, connection, consumers, customer loyalty, customer service, Education and Training, Email marketing, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, Google, Google Places for Business, LinkedIn, maintenance, productivity, recognition, retail, reviews, salesperson, Shopping, Small business, Social Media, technology, text, time, time management, Yelp

Are you guilty of lost time picking through discount racks to NOT find what you need? It is a far more enjoyable shopping experience to “Shop Small.” Since Entrepreneurs are always short on time, small business Read More