Business books are the best buy in business. I’ve always told all of my company’s employees: If you see a business book you want that’s in any way related to your area or function, if there’s even a chance it can help you do your job better, buy it. Think of it: An employee costs [...]
A good list of Small Business Contests and Awards appeared today on Ramon Ray’s excellent Smallbiztechnology.com. I notice there that this blog and Anita Campbell’s excellent Small Business Trends are going to be listing contests every two weeks. These contests can be a good idea for a growing small business. Winning something like that–and hey, [...]
Happy Monday morning to you. As I get back into the office today, absorbing my coffee, catching up on things after a week of business travel, I noticed Laura Leites has a posted very good list of Small Business Summits, Workshops, Events, and Webinar on Small Business Trends. These are mostly local events, a few [...]
This is a great list. If you are an entrepreneur, or want to become one, you want to be familiar with the Small Business Trends blog by Anita Campbell and a team of others (disclosure: including me, although I haven’t been posting there as often as I wish). It has a wide spread of coverage, good [...]
Anita Campbell published “51 Tips for Saving Money on Technology” on her Small Business Trends blog last week. Four of the 51 came from me: Eliminate Paper and Filing with Screen Shots “I’m finding I can eliminate a lot of paper and filing expenses–not to mention filing and recovery of documents–by taking quick screen shots [...]
Denise O’Berry’s post last Friday called Get Your Company on the Online Video Track – It’s Easy on her Just for Small Business blog is a good reminder, with good resources. The key point: If you’re intimidated by the thought of jumping into the online video pond, don’t be. It’s a piece of cake to [...]
Anita Campbell of the Small Business Trends website and blog is having a birthday this week, and to celebrate, she’s giving away amazing gifts all week long. Today’s give away is a chance to incorporate your business for free. Yes, that’s right…Free. If you have been thinking of turning your sole proprietorship into a corporation, [...]