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When you’re considering various business ideas, the advantages of buying a franchise are hard to ignore.  What a good franchise company offers is a blueprint to a successful venture.  They’ve done it before, they know what works, and they benefit from helping you find success.  The best franchises even provide hands-on training to further assure [...]

by Guest Writer Tim Andren
It was a painful thing to hear.  The words coming from his mouth felt like daggers in my chest.
“That will never work!”
In a handful of stages of my life, there has been a snarky, know-it-all who has attempted to shoot me down.
One time he was my basketball coach’s son, who didn’t [...]

SEO and other marketing trends are forever changing.  In fact, it might be difficult to keep up with it, but if you want to drive more traffic to your site, it’s worth the effort.  Obviously there are thousands of providers of information, each claiming to have the scoop on the right way to do it.  [...]

How do you know if all your work to build a Twitter following is paying off?  When it comes to what you’re really trying to accomplish on Twitter, the bottom line is “influence.”  In other words, do people listen to what you have to say, and do they follow your recommendations?  If the answer [...]

This post is written by Guest Blogger Suzanne Tulien.
Elevating Your Growth through Ancient Practices
Don’t you just love the word ‘Zen’? It just feels good to say it. ZZZZEEEEEEENNNNNN – you almost automatically take a deep breath and relax. It’s just weird.
Anyway, the other day I came across this word again and started thinking about how [...]

It’s no secret that the retail sector has taken a beating in the last couple of years.  But all signs point to it coming back, slowly but surely.  Part of being a successful entrepreneur is watching trends and responding to market demand in a way that puts money in your pocket.  As part of our [...]

By Guest Writer Gabriel Shaoolian
Social media in 2010 reminds me a lot of where the Internet was in 1996.
Back then, there were plenty of companies that believed they didn’t need to have a web presence. They were satisfied with their current status and had no interest in venturing into foreign territory.
Many of those companies ended [...]

One of the fantastic things about the Internet is that there is no such thing as age discrimination when it comes to being successful online.  It doesn’t matter if you’re 13 or 83 – you have as much chance as anyone to become rich and famous through your online efforts.  To prove the point, here [...]

By Guest Writer Crystal Yan
At an unconference I went to a couple weeks ago, I sat in on a lightning talks session. Everyone would get 5 minutes to talk about whatever they wanted, whoever they wanted. Understandably, most went up and talked about stuff they were working on and that they were passionate about: [...]

Unless you’ve been in a coma for the last couple of years, you no doubt have noticed that “green” is getting a lot of press.  And a lot of what you hear is the downside of what’s going on with the environment – CO2 is being pumped into the air at an alarming rate, [...]

Generally, brainstorming is considered something you do with at least one other person.  But you don’t always have people around – or those around you aren’t the right people for brainstorming – and as entrepreneurs, sometimes we need the spark that can be lit with a good brainstorming session.  We’re not talking rubbing sticks together [...]