Tag Archive: small business success

Facebook Ads — the New PPC Winner for Small Business

I was slow to embrace Facebook ads, but I don’t think there’s a better PayPerClick option available for small business owners right now. PLUS, the last paragraph gives you a VALUABLE tip (worth $50, at least!).

Tips on Making Up a Lost Hour

We lost an hour this weekend because of the switch to Daylight Savings Time.  If you are like many small business owners, you need more hours every day, not less.  Here are a couple ideas on how to get that hour back and build a more successful small business while doing so. 1)  Learn to …

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Thinking Outside the Box for Small Business Success

When a small business brainstorming session was confronted with two lost women needing directions, the idea of “thinking outside of the box” took on a whole new meaning.

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.

Create a Prospect Contact Follow-Up Plan for Long-Term Results

If you want to get the call instead of your competitor, you want to stay top-of-mind with all the prospects you come in contact with. Take the time to create and follow a prospect contact follow-up plan and reap the rewards.

4 Tips for Online Business Success

Building a success business online can be daunting but here are 4 tips to help small business owners focus on success.

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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