http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last few weeks we have been asking you "As an Entrepreneur - What is the one thing you cannot do without?". Thanks to everyone who entered, the overall winner was the iPhone - so entrepreneurs, if you don't have one, this is the number one gadget that entrepreneurs cannot ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/07/03/as-an-entrepreneur-what-is-the-one-thing-you-cannot-do-without-entrepreneur-poll-results/ People are being bombarded with marketing messages, from the time they get up in the morning and switch on the radio or TV, to the time that they venture out into the real world, to the time that they eat their TV dinner before crashing for the night. As an ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/07/02/how-to-create-a-marketing-campaign-that-everyone-will-be-talking-about/ I am really excited about this weeks interview with Brad Sugars. He is an amazing entrepreneur, and the founder of ActionCoach.com - read on to find out more. 1. Having had 27 jobs by the time you finished your degree must have given you a huge amount of experience in the real ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/07/01/interview-with-brad-sugars/ Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have ice cream in their veins. These two unlikely entrepreneurial heroes rose to pop culture status by following different paths. Jerry is more of the joker, always ready with a quick quip, who landed his first job in the industry as an ice cream scooper ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/30/%e2%80%9cwhen-you-are-led-by-values-it-doesnt-cost-your-business-it-helps-your-business%e2%80%9d-jerry-greenfield-of-ben-and-jerrys/ The thought of compiling a formal business plan can be quite daunting to the entrepreneur. Many of us see ourselves as the creative type rather than the formal intellectual and we might have an inbuilt tendency to try and fly by the “seat of our pants”. In spite of the ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/29/the-most-common-errors-when-writing-a-business-plan/ Hi Everyone, Adam Toren here with another poll update! In this poll, we are  putting together an amazing list of entrepreneurial tools and gadgets which make our busy lives so much easier. By the end of the poll we should have gathered an excellent list - so add your entry now! ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/26/as-an-entrepreneur-what-is-the-one-thing-you-cannot-do-without-entrepreneur-poll-update-2/ Word-of-mouth is certainly the best form of marketing available. In a recent study by the authority site emarketer.com, it was shown that fully 53% of online traffic comes from word-of-mouth – recommendations and referrals made by others. The growth of the Internet has certainly enhanced the potential for positive results from ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/25/why-word-of-mouth-is-still-the-best-form-of-marketing/ This week I was fortunate to catch up with Darren Rowse for a great  interview. Darren Rowse is perhaps the most famous full time Blogger in the area of helping other bloggers add income streams to their blogs. www.Problogger.net 1. Your writing style is very clear, informative and focused where does your ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/24/interview-with-darren-rowse/ If any of you have flown easyJet, stayed in an easyHotel, or rented an easyCar, then you know this serial entrepreneur. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou defines the entrepreneurial spirit, both by his success in developing businesses and in giving back to the community. He offers a multitude of best practices that ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/23/you-cannot-delegate-entrepreneurship-if-you-are-going-to-make-mistakes-make-them-yourself-%e2%80%93-sir-stelios-haji-ioannou/ First impressions are everything. We know this from our daily life experience, where we are constantly discovering new people, places, products and services and making instantaneous, subconscious, assumptions. When it comes to your business, one of the first impressions that a client gets to see is your logo. It should ... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/06/22/why-a-great-logo-design-is-key-to-your-business/