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Do You Use a Content Calendar for Your Small Business?

Helena — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:45:29 +0000

I recently mentioned the importance of a content strategy and a content editorial calendar on my Facebook Page. Due to the reaction there, I thought it would make for a great informational blog post. Why is a content calendar important? In any business situation everything you do, you are doing for a purpose. The purpose [...]

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A Business Mentor Is a Perfect Guide to Success

Author — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:40:48 +0000

Running a business can be much more difficult than many people imagine, especially in our challenging economy. An article in Forbes reported that less than half of all start-up company’s make it to their fourth birthday. With such difficult odds, is it even worth it? The good news is that a professional business mentor can [...]

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Inspired Innovation: 3 Creative Leadership Principles

Helena — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:17:25 +0000

A successful company requires creative leadership to grow and prosper. When a company grows too fast, it will often promote people to a position of leadership that they may not be prepared for. Teach the following three leadership principles to new managers to enhance their performance and promote productivity in the transition phase. Be the [...]

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Key Drivers for Business Growth

Helena — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:06:33 +0000

No entrepreneur has ever started a business with the hope of merely breaking even. The whole idea behind creating a small business is to grow it over time and enjoy the pride that comes with having created a successful organization. And even though every business is unique in its own way, there are governing factors [...]

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5 Ways A Small Business Owner Can Buy More Time

Author — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:27:05 +0000

If you could buy anything in the world what would it be? The most valuable thing in the world is time. If you had all the money in the world to buy anything you wanted you would buy time if it was available. You can’t buy more time and add it onto the end of [...]

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Increase Web Traffic with these 5 Revolutionary Marketing Techniques

Helena — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:10:57 +0000

If your direct mail campaigns are not getting results, consider focusing more of your time and energy on online marketing techniques. A solid online marketing strategy can greatly improve the overall success of your business as many people are now turning to the Internet to find local business. If your website does a good job [...]

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Advertising Matters for New Enterprises

Author — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:04:18 +0000

One of the biggest challenges for any new enterprise is getting the word out. Your business cannot succeed if no one knows about it. You could have the best idea in the world, but your business will fail if you do not have any customers. There are many ways to spread the word, and some [...]

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Blog Commenting to Get Backlinks for Your Small Business Blog

Helena — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:01:18 +0000

In this tutorial, I want to share with you only one way to get backlinks for your small business blog. Obviously, there are many more ways to do this but the following method proved to me to be very easy and quick to do. So let us begin…. Why would you want to comment on [...]

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Simple Ways to Keep Your Employees Happy

Author — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:21:07 +0000

These days technology has taken every aspect of the world by storm but that doesn’t mean customer service has changed. Sure, customer service or teaching people is different from how it was in the past but the thought process behind these actions stayed the same. Technology cannot change certain things because it has to do [...]

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10 Mistakes That Play Havoc With First-Time Entrepreneurs

Helena — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:09:58 +0000

Running a successful business can a very tough task even for the most experienced entrepreneurs out there, as one always has to consider all actions really carefully and also try to predict the results of all the possible choices as accurately as possible. There are many traps and pitfalls waiting for the first-time entrepreneur – [...]

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5 Effective Team Building Activities for Your Customer Service Team

Helena — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:23:08 +0000

The customer service team is one of the most vital components to any business. With the customer service team, businesses can easily help their clients immediately and represent their company through customer service. Great customer service is one of the top aspects clients always look for in a business they’re planning to invest in. In [...]

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4 Ways To Turn Up The Heat On Employees Without Scaring Them Away

Author — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:26:00 +0000

Your employees can change your life if they work the way you want them to. I’m sure you have a special vision and wish everyone would work as hard as you to achieve it, but you have to remember that the people who work for you are just employees. If there was twenty identical copies [...]

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7 Power Twitter Tips for Your Business

Helena — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:12:41 +0000

Twitter is a fabulous micro-blogging platform and one of the fastest-growing social media platforms. To build your social media presence effectively you need to stay on top of Twitter trends. Here are 7 powerful Twitter tips to turn you in a professional Twitter user. Updating Your Twitter Stream Keeping tweets up-to-date and in a flowing [...]

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Day One: Tips for a Successful First Day of Business

Helena — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:29:11 +0000

Starting off on the right foot from day one is the way to make your business a success. A smart business person knows that you only get one time to make the right impression. That begins with taking the right steps the day you open your door. Here are Some Tips for Having a Successful [...]

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Small Businesses: How to Claim your Facebook Page Username

Helena — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:15:59 +0000

Small businesses should make it a priority to claim their Facebook page username. There is nothing in the world more heartbreaking for me when visiting Facebook Business Pages and found the following ugly URL: http://facebook.com/pages/xyz/123456789. Before I show you how to do it, I first want to touch upon the reasons while it is crucial [...]

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Three Unexpected Role Models For Entrepreneurs

Author — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:03:04 +0000

If you work online as an entrepreneur then that makes you an unusual type of person. Entrepreneurs are rare to come by, as they need to have a very specific set of personality traits. Not only must the entrepreneur be driven, be creative and be intelligent, but they also need to be optimists, risk takers [...]

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Creating Dynamic Content to Entertain

Helena — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:49:48 +0000

We’ve been parking cars at Heathrow and other UK airports for over 20 years and consider ourselves experts in our sector but we’ve faced a challenge over the past couple of years. How do you create dynamic content for your website that’s inspiring, compelling, visual and, most importantly, genuinely useful to our customers? What we [...]

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Six Tips for Maximizing Resource Management

Helena — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:28:44 +0000

Proper management of marketing resources is very important for every small business. The reason why many marketing campaigns don’t show positive results or fail is the improper management of resources. A lot of company revenues were wasted, profit was lost putting the business in dilemma. Resource management and good communication are important to achieve marketing [...]

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The Best Social Media Campaigns rely Heavily on Video Integration

Helena — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:48:34 +0000

With an increasing focus on the online market and the ways in which you can reach out to and engage with potential customers, social media is a hot topic. More and more small businesses are looking to expand their more traditional direct marketing campaigns by the inclusion of an online element incorporating search engine optimization, [...]

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Does Your Small Business Really Need a Social Media Manager?

Helena — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:19:31 +0000

Are you on the fence about whether or not having a social media manager in your corner is worth the investment? I realize small businesses may be very skeptical because of past SEO experiences that left them with a bad taste in the mouth. It is also true that the abusive use of Social Media [...]

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Professional Business Cards: Make Sure Your Name Stands Out

Helena — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 08:00:39 +0000

People have been using business cards dating back to the 17th century. These types of cards are excellent marketing tools to use because they can help companies increase their brand awareness, and they also make it easy for consumers to recall a business’s contact information. In doing so, they help businesses increase their profit levels. [...]

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Socially Behaving Badly: Social Media Etiquette Mistakes

Helena — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:16:24 +0000

It seems as if everyone loves to use social media, but some people simply don’t know how to use it correctly. Just because sites like Facebook and Twitter are an open forum that allow you to share what’s on your mind doesn’t mean that you can say and act however you want. Though there may [...]

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Boost Your Small Business with an Unique Blog

Helena — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:27:58 +0000

A great way to take your small business to the next level may be through a blog. There are a lot of different benefits that blogging can have for a small venture: flexibility, access to new clients, the ability to develop new skills, to name a few. A blog doesn’t have to be a platform [...]

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Social Media Marketing Strategies – Must Have in 2012 and Beyond

Helena — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:06:26 +0000

Small businesses are finding it much harder to ignore the importance of incorporating effective social media marketing strategies, completely. In order to stay in touch with the evolving business world every business needs to embrace the new technologies available to the business world. Now is the time to consider and explore these new shifts in [...]

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Curb Business Expenses – Prolong Printer Ink Life

Helena — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:00:31 +0000

Business expenses can begin adding up very quickly. From advertising and accounting to employee benefits and office expenses, it doesn’t take long for all of these expenses to start cutting into profits. One way to begin cutting down on business expenses is by prolonging printer ink life. Ask any business owner and they’ll tell you; [...]

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Set up Your Business Like a Successful Business Owner

Helena — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:33:07 +0000

If you want to be a successful business owner, you have to act like a successful business owner. Walk the walk and talk the talk; dress like a successful business owner, talk like a successful business owner, and set up your business like a successful business owner. Before you do anything else, you need to [...]

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5 Marketing Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read

Author — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:44:31 +0000

Small business owners obviously understand the need for great marketing methods. However, as a small business owner, you may feel overwhelmed. Is it even possible to market your business on a small budget? The truth is there are a number of great marketing methods. The following books will help you make the most of marketing. [...]

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Why Small Businesses Also Need Knowledge Management

Helena — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:17:42 +0000

The business environment is now a harder place to survive than ever. A simple mistake could easily give leeway to your competitors and see you close shop a few months down the line. If you don’t want to share in such a fate, it is high time you started investing in knowledge management. A good [...]

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The 5 Secret Steps Of The Successful Entrepreneur

Helena — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:59:51 +0000

The economy has been well and truly flushed down the toilet. Things are starting to pick up, but for some people they don’t even want to take the chance of it happening again. Maybe they have lost their jobs or came close, and they just don’t want to go through it all for a second [...]

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5 Effective Ways To Marketing Your Small Business

Author — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:45:20 +0000

When you’re starting a small business it’s hard to get it off the ground. Not because you aren’t an expert at what you do, but because nobody will ever know about you. Having the skills necessary to sell a product or provide a service is only the beginning. Marketing your small business is one of [...]

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