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Category Archive: success point
Feb
28
Fear of Change and the Small Business Owner
Convincing a small business owner that his or her current way of doing business needs to change is difficult. There’s actually a scientifically-proven mathematical formula on what it takes to overcome the resistance to change. It takes dissatisfaction + a vision + action.
Oct
20
Website Traffic Building Ideas for the Small Business
Every small business online quickly discovers that you need to have traffic to make any website or blog successful. Just as quickly, you’ll discover that traffic is an elusive thing to find. Traffic, traffic, traffic. The fact: building traffic to a website or blog takes time. It doesn’t happen overnight. Even if you find the …
Oct
15
Installing System Updates — A Necessary Process for Successful Small Business Owners
Does your computer do this to you? I woke up this morning, all rarin’ to go, ready to finish up some market research I owe a client on, of all things, reikki for animals (this is the small business she wants to start and by golly, I think there may be a market for it …
Oct
12
Separating Tire-Kickers from Buyers — The Marketing Funnel for Small Business Success
One of the most effective marketing strategies that has been practiced by successful small businesses for decades is the marketing funnel. Online, the funnel takes on an even more vital role as it can quickly separate the tire-kickers from the true prospective customers. Now, let me just say right here at the beginning: a marketing …
Oct
02
Attack With Hummus and Other Great Problem-Solving Ideas for Small Business Success
Success takes action. Sometimes it is simply that easy. If you want to be successful at building a small business, you have to beat the paralysis of analysis and do something. I met with two small business owners and their staff about a year ago who were struggling with knowing what do to next. They …
Sep
29
Beat the Paralysis of Analysis. Action Leads to Small Business Success
Admit it. When you first thought about starting a small business of your own,you got really excited. You were going to set the world on fire. But then you spent WAY too much time surfing the web, reading sales letters that go on and on, pulling out your credit card to buy this and to …
Sep
22
Small Business Success via Online Article Marketing
If you are looking for low-cost or no-cost ways to promote any small business, try online article marketing. Well-written original articles have proven to be one of the most powerful strategies for small business success on the internet. Online article marketing can take several forms. First, there’s writing original content for your own blog or …
Sep
17
Blogging for Profit: Success Ideas
Here are some quick reminders on how to create an effective small business blog.
Sep
09
Use the Mini-Day Schedule for Small Business Success
Manage your small business more efficiently and effectively by implementing mini-day scheduling. Group activities together and spend a specific amount of time on each. You’ll find yourself keeping pace with projects and getting ahead on others. It’s a great way to get your small business to its success point.