small business

Can Social Media Expand Your Search Results?

How Does Social Media Expand Your Search Results?

07/11/201411/27/2015Blog, marketing, retail, small business, Social Mediacustomer service, Facebook, search, Social Media

My client had an upcoming birthday soon, but is half way across the nation (it’s always a good practice to appreciate your clients). At any rate, I needed to purchase a gift for a client 900 miles Read More

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

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 . . .

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 . . .