5 Apps Your Accountant is Begging You to Have for 2015 Running a small business can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Handling the tricky financial side of things is typically not. Income taxes and deductions, sales tax, sales receipts, inventory management, expenses and many other financial responsibilities can be overwhelming. And for those entrepreneurs...
10 Smartphone Apps to Help Run Your Small Business On The Go As a small business owner you are inevitably away from your desk and office a lot - meeting with clients, business partners, suppliers, distributors, or simply networking. While you are on the move work still needs get done and that can be a...
3 Ways Interactive Marketing Can Help Your Brand Stand Out in 2015 Consumers are bombarded with marketing messages each day, whether they’re watching TV, surfing the internet, or strolling through the expo booths at an industry conference. All of this noise has created immunity in customers, who now view ads as something to be ignored....
5 Tips for Avoiding the Spam Folder: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor Any marketer can feel a bit like Katniss Everdeen of the Hunger Games during the holiday season – maneuvering from one promotional battle to the next trying to keep emails alive and out of spam folders. It’s an email marketing game and...
What Legal Considerations Do I Need To Think About As A Start-Up? Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. Applicability of any legal principles discussed have not been verified for compliance with the law of any particular state and may differ substantially in individual situations....
Are You Hiring the Right Person for the Job? In a small business, everyone needs to be pulling much more than his or her own weight. But it’s often hard to know if someone’s the right person for the job. Nobody’s 100% perfect, but is this person good enough? Would it be worth the hassle of finding...
5 Common Mistakes to Avoid as a Small Business Owner It is easy to ascribe mistakes in our personal lives to the motto “You live, you learn”. However, mistakes in business are not as easy to shrug off. Poor business decisions can have adverse financial and legal implications for your company, prematurely end your dream...
I've long dreamed of starting my own business. How do I make the leap? This issue our expert mentor is Michael Alden, business guru and author of the best-selling book Ask More, Get More. Michael overcame a traumatic childhood (born into poverty, his father, step-father and brother all were drug addicts, and his mother was...
How Cyber Secure Is Your Small Business? If you’re like most entrepreneurs, the answer is “not very.” 78 percent of small business owners say it is very important to protect their data and computer systems But… 25 percent say they have a little to no understanding of cyber security. What security risks are small business owners most worried about? 63%: Undetected...
How to Make the Most of Email Marketing for Your Growing Business With a plethora of affordable online marketing options, you may wonder which online business promotion tool can offer the biggest bang for your bucks. The answer is simple - email marketing. Emails: Most Effective Online Promotional Tool for Business According to a 2012 McKinsey Survey,...
