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Matt Gottesman Shares How to Increase Traffic to Your Website

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Are you having trouble driving traffic to your website?  In this weeks episode of Ignition,  Matt Gottesman, expert in digital marketing, shares how businesses can use one common tactic to increase traffic to their site. This is box titleQuestion of the Week: My business sells surfing gear online. We get a respectful number of return customers...

5 Tips on What To Consider When Hiring

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Hiring, regardless of size of your company, is one of the most daunting, anxiety ridden and costly tasks you will be faced with as a business owner. For small businesses, however, it comes at a much greater cost, both in time and dollars. So getting it ‘right’ is of the utmost...

Create a Strong Digital Footprint By Utilizing Your Digital Channels the Right Way

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] How Americans (and the rest of world, which is quickly catching up) interact with technology is a remarkable transformation, circa 2014. According to a ComScore release, mobile app usage has exploded, leading online publishers are posting revenues that should shame traditional print industry, and traditional TV ratings saw pronounced declines with...

McDonald’s Franchise Owner Jim Lewis on Building Brand Trust, Creating a Culture and Building a Winning Team

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Two of the biggest struggles most small business face are building a trusted brand and hiring the right people that will enforce that brand. The two go hand-in-hand and can constantly teeter on good or bad depending on the experience your customer has. You can spend tremendous amounts of time and dollars...

5 Small Business Lessons To Be Learned From Game of Thrones

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] If you happen to be a devout fan of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, then you are waiting in anticipation for the start of Season 5 tonight. While most of us enjoy the series for its drama, horror and interesting cast of characters, what most probably miss are the very...

Why It’s Important to Find Perspective When Making Business Decisions

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] “No Man Is an Island”, but sometimes as small business owners we feel like we are deserted on an island – entrenched in our non-stop world of tasks, planning and decisions. Being a small business owner could possibly be one of the most difficult challenges one could ever take on. So...

4 Tech Solutions That Help You Run Your Business Your Way

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] More businesses and entrepreneurs are beginning to see the advantage of adopting various technologies to help take care of tasks that they used to spend a lot of time and resources managing. While we are accelerating the rate at which we adopt software, there are those who still worry that we might...

Is Mobile Trading The Next Big Thing? Millennials Would Tell You Yes!

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Remember back in the 1980s and 1990s when the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was flooded with ambitious traders representing individuals and firms? When 11 Wall Street New York, NY was the epitome of capitalism, but now all the individuals who once inhabited this famous location are now replaced...

11 Big Tips for A Perfect Pitch On Shark Tank or Anywhere from #GROWCO15

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Shark Tank is awesome. Millions of us watch each week as the entrepreneurs brave the glare of the studio lights and the 5 sharks. It's great entertainment, but more so, it's chock full of great lessons for entrepreneurs, professionals and everyone in between. At #GROWCO15, INC magazines three day event for entrepreneurs,...

Shark Tank’s Lori Greiner on Surviving the Turbulent Waters (and Sharks) of Entrepreneurship

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] She might be small in stature and known as the 'Shark with a Heart', but don't be mistaken - Lori Greiner is a fierce entrepreneur who is leaving a huge mark on the entrepreneurial landscape. Having made over sixty deals on ABC's Shark Tank, with well over fifty percent of those closing,...

Ignition Video Series: Stacey Harris on Developing a Social Media Plan That Works

  [content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] As many entrepreneurs know, social media plays such an important role when it comes to marketing for your business. With so many different platforms to choose from and a limitless amount of audiences to target, the number of possibilities on social media are endless. So how do entrepreneurs know where to start? ...

11 Reasons to Consider Bringing on a SEO Expert

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Should my growing company hire an SEO Expert? Why or why not? The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. [Tweet "Find out if your #business...