The Small Business Trends Category
What To Do When Business Goes South on You
Friday, February 6th, 2009I wish life were more like Mystery Science Theater 3000. Remember that show? It’s the one where three smart alecks watch a bad movie and make fun of it. I’ve watched a lot of it, and often I’ve wished I could talk back to life’s soundtrack without bystanders thinking I was ... Continue reading
We Have a Winner in our Get Outrageously Creative Drawing
Thursday, February 5th, 2009Thanks to all who participated in our Outrageously Creative Money-Saving or Business Growth Tips roundup. Your tips were outstanding — some really creative stuff. And we have a winner! Brian Wallace of Nowsourcing won our random drawing. The brand new HP Officejet J4680 color printer with fax, scanner and copier — ... Continue reading
Top 10 Ways to Promote Your Business Book in 2009
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Amazon.com, America’s favorite online bookstore currently shows 1,904,234 results for a search on business books. If you want to drill down — you can choose from eight categories such as accounting (58,626), management and leadership (239,423) or small business and entrepreneurship (23, 812). These books and their authors are your competition. ... Continue reading
A Radical Idea for Stimulating the Economy
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009The ”bad economic news fatigue” keeps building. That’s what I call that resistance people are building up to hearing about how bad the economy is. As I wrote recently, I “don’t know what’s worse, the bad economy or the incessant non-stop blaring of it in every news outlet, 24/7.” Replaying the same sad ... Continue reading
SEO Trends for 2009
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Following the pace of change relating to search engine optimization — or SEO as it’s often called — can be dizzying. Sure, there are landmark changes every once in a while that almost everyone hears about; Google’s introduction of “universal search”, in May 2007, is one example. But Google says they made ... Continue reading