[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...
[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...
[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...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Infusionsoft just recently launched their new video series, Ignition, a fun and informative way to answer small business owner's questions about running and growing a small business. Each week, the show tackles one question from their viewership and brings a successful entrepreneur / business expert into their "success lab" to help answer. In this episode,...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] How many passwords do you have? If you’re like most business owners, the answer is “too many.” In the course of a month, the average individual visits over 25 different password-protected websites. That’s a lot of information to remember. To make it simpler, some people use the same password for multiple sites;...
12 Critical Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business All great businesses start with a great idea. But what’s next? Is that enough to get you going and to create an enterprise that will eventually make a million bucks? Probably not if you haven’t thought it through! There are many questions to ask yourself before...
10 Steps to Designing a Web Store That Sells The feeding frenzy over the ABC show "Shark Tank" among us “hustlers” is undeniable. Every week my DVR’s red recording light is on for ABC’s top-rated business based reality show. Some people think the show is about business, and it is. However more importantly the show...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] In order to survive in business, you need customers. How you get your customers – and how long you keep them – can directly determine your profitability. While it seems to be pretty straight forward, customer acquisition isn’t that simple. Especially not with all of the assumptions, myths and wrong pathways...
Hustle In the Hood: Small Businesses in High Crime Areas Face More Challenges Last night someone rammed their SUV into the fence and security booth of my church in Newark, NJ. Thankfully no one was hurt. This is just one of a string of challenges that have occurred to our church (and members) over the...
4 Reasons Office Design Is Important for Productivity As a small business entrepreneur we have a number of things to always be thinking of, such as marketing, hiring and finances. One slightly overlooked area, which is also very important to consider, is how our offices (home or otherwise) are designed. Afterall, it's where we spend a good...
