Before seeking out a business partner, reflect on your own needs and expectations in a partner and for your business. This will result in a better match to potential partners. Consider work style, vision and commitment, values and goals, integrity, …

Is it absolutely necessary to write a business plan before embarking on a business venture? After all, it has been done before. Yet beginning a business without a clear, concise, written vision and making a success of it is rather …

Fact #1: Everybody is blogging these days. Fact #2: Very few people are blogging effectively. Fact #3: Even fewer blogs generate business, revenues, and profits. Fact #4: A great blog can do wonders for an entrepreneurial business. A well-written, informative …

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You wouldn't dream of starting as business without a plan, so why do so many business owners start social media campaigns without any real planning or strategy. Typically, they start blogging, Tweeting, building Facebook pages and checking in on FourSquare …

These days, just about every business with any kind of online presence has a Facebook page.  Social media for your business is such a great way to connect with customers and manage service, vendor, and colleague relationships – all for …

When used properly, pay per click (PPC) advertising can be a small business' most effective lead building and sales generation tool. Paid search allows your company to show up at the top of the search results for targeted keywords that …

It is no secret that creating original content for your website is a terrific way to get your marketing messages across, establish yourself as an expert and humanize your company and its employees. By writing articles, blogs and white papers, …

At some point, almost all bloggers toy with the idea of selling advertising space on their blog. This is a good way for bloggers to earn more money for their blogging efforts, helping to create recurring income each month. But …

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of SheerSEO. All opinions are 100% mine. There's zero question that SEO is vitally important for any commercial website.  Study after study has proven that people turn to search engine …

Trying to make sense of all the Social Media options available to entrepreneurs is enough to make anyone's head spin. How do you know where to devote your attention? Is it smart, or even possible, to use all the available …

To say that Social Media has changed the way businesses communicate and market themselves is an understatement.  It's no secret that social sites like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, and bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon and Digg are vastly popular and can …

I was reading some articles recently about the top reasons why businesses fail and when I couple that with what I’ve learned from all my interviews with experts I would say without a doubt the 2 biggest factors to success …

It goes without saying that Social Media has forever changed the way we market our businesses, communicate with customers, and connect with each other about everything from business to personal interests.  It's also an almost universal sentiment that figuring out …

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 …

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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 …

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Gabcast! YE BizBytes #17 – Business Success Formula for Entrepreneurs – Vision http://youngentrepreneur.com/business-coaching There are 3 critical elements to the success formula in anything. Vision is the third of 3 elements. Without it your destined to travel without a destination. …

Gabcast! YE BizBytes #7 – UVP – Elevator Speech – A Critical Piece to Marketing Your Business Entrepreneur’s Young and Old alike need to be sure and understand the reason a Unique Value Proposition and an Elevator Speech are so …

Gabcast! YE BizBytes #5 – Persistence – the other side! Persistence really is the equalizer and the creator of what’s fair in the world of being an entrepreneur. It’s ultimately what levels the playing field.

Gabcast! YE BizBytes #4 – An Entrepreneur’s Biggest Expense – Not What You’d Think Consider that the agreements we make on many levels impact the success of our business and beyond. This one will get you thinking about how big …

Gabcast! YE BizBytes #3 – Social Constraints – Hidden Caste System Did you ever feel you didn’t belong? Did you ever feel a glass ceiling but didn’t know why or where it came from? This may provide some insight to …

Gabcast! YE BizBytes #2 – Answer Your Business Calling – Align With Your Passion Balance is a lie – consider that aligning yourself with what your passionate about will center you. Stop trying to live a life or start a …