Boosted Review: A One-Stop Shop Video Content Creation Platform
Any SMB wishing to attract an audience needs to take video marketing seriously. Here's how Boosted, a freemium video content creation app, can help.
Any SMB wishing to attract an audience needs to take video marketing seriously. Here's how Boosted, a freemium video content creation app, can help.
Having been an entrepreneur for 25+ years and running three businesses, I am often asked, “How do you have time for anything but work?” In those 25 years, my answer has not changed. I always respond with the idea that my business does not run my life, I run my business around my life. Do...
Fashion startups have special challenges. Not only are they dealing with making a product and selling it, but they're also in a market that's fraught with sourcing challenges and identifying their perfect customer. Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com spoke with the founders of Maison de Papillon, Danielle Salinas, and Shriya Bisht about their journey...
I just watched two and a half minute video from the head of Instagram, who explained how it's morphing from a "photo sharing" site into much more. Instagram's focus will be on creators, video, shopping, and messaging. We've talked quite a bit about the importance of video marketing, here at SmartHustle.com. Video is one of the most...
Gettr is a brand new social app, launched by Jason Miller, on July 4th, 2021. In our interview, he describes Gettr as a free speech platform, that opposes "cancel culture". While most of the top users on Getter are very "conservative" voices, Jason said the app is not about a particular political affiliation. His vision is...
What’s your small business operating system? If that question leaves you stumped, you might want to think about whether you’re really running your business, or whether your business is running you. Most small business owners started their business to gain more freedom, yet they find themselves working harder than ever– with less freedom. If that sounds like...
100% of the people I speak ask me, "how to get more referrals in their business". 100%. It’s the golden ticket to sales. But what actually is a referral, why does it matter so much and how can you get more word of mouth referrals in your business? I’m going to answer those questions for you...
Insights from Carol Roth's new book The War on Small Business, now out and available. Small Business Survival It’s never been harder for a small business to start, thrive or survive than it is today. If you were lucky enough to have a small business that was deemed “essential” by government mandate in early 2020, you may...
There are two things that make marketing very effective. Unfortunately so many businesses, especially smaller businesses, only focus on one part. We focus so much on the tactics and tools of marketing, which are important, but we don't spend enough time on the MESSAGE of what makes us different. We spend more time trying to...
In normal times, 90% of startups fail. And 2020 was anything but normal. One of the biggest challenges of being a new entrepreneur is the lack of knowledge and experience, which can lead to impostor syndrome, which, in turn, can set you up to fail. This is where finding a peer group - an...