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Mastering Your Small Business Cross-Channel Marketing Mix
Most small businesses—especially ones with only a few employees—do not have much time or money to dedicate to marketing, so getting the most out of these efforts is absolutely essential. That means finding the right channels (both online and off), and combining tactics to get the best return on investments. But where to begin?...
SCORE Webinar Producer Shares How To Produce A Successful Webinar
One of the hottest forms of marketing in today’s digital world is the webinar. You have seen large companies offer them and you may have even attended one – but are webinars appropriate for small businesses too? According to our latest interview guest, Steve Jarriel, the answer is a resounding YES! Steve started out as...
Stop Trying To Be The Best. Be Different. Comedian Accountant Shares His Advice.
So many professionals strive to be the best. The best is impossible says John Garret of Green Apple Podcast, there can be only one "best". However, we can ALL be different. It's also important to realize that for MOST people, it's a given that we're "the best". I've never heard someone sell themselves by...
Book Review: Dad Taught Me These 7 Lessons of Entrepreneurship
I learned my first business lesson very early as a young boy, watching the owner of a corner grocery store – my dad – cry when he didn’t have a deli item for one of his customers. He rode his bicycle across town in blistering heat to buy the specialty meat, went to the...
How Prioritizing ROI Can Boost Your Small Business
Want to build a successful small business? Figure out where you should focus your attention. As for how to do that, today we offer a simple rule shared with us by Robert Baldino of Balitello Performance Dress Socks. After six months of following the wrong priorities, he and co-founder Mickey Abbatiello decided that they...
Tips for Energizing Your Holiday Creative
The holidays are right around the corner and in today’s mobilized economy businesses have to be quick, nimble, and creative to grow. One way is to spice up ad campaigns. Our mobile phones have a high-quality camera plus a selection of free and easy-to-use apps that can help transform your images and videos in...
4 Traits that Make Introverts Sales Rockstars
Introvert. What does the word conjure up for you? Bookworm? Loner or loser? Somebody who’s socially awkward? A boring wallflower? The last person picked for kickball? That’s how I was seen for most of my life. It didn’t get easier as I got older. When I interviewed for jobs I couldn’t walk across a...
4 Things to Keep in Mind When Networking
As a business owner, one of the best ways to get ahead of your competition is to network with people within your industry, potential customers, and potential partners. But how do you network at events and go about starting a conversation in the first place? Keep these quick tips in mind and you’ll be...
Join Ramon Ray Live – OfficeSmall Biz Academy Show -13 Dec 12pm ET
Ramon Ray joins the Office Small Business Academy Show and speaks with host Carol Roth about taking the leap into entrepreneurship. This is a fun filled, fast paced episode you don't want to miss. Check it out on December 13th, 12pm ET. Check out a sneak peek of the episode below and the FULL show here. https://youtu.be/U7q9eGymuEQ Smart Hustle...
The Power of Video Marketing
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. Video brings your company to life and allows you to humanize your business by putting a face with a name and showcasing a likable personality that people can relate to. After all, people buy from people they like. This is...
Relentless Networking: How BJ Dowlen Turns Networking into Opportunities
When we started planning this edition of Smart Hustle Magazine, we knew that we wanted to concentrate on the power of networking, an area that many Smart Hustlers should be focused on. It was only natural that, when choosing an entrepreneur who epitomized everything that is “relentless networking,” we chose BJ Dowlen, Founder and...
Why DIY Logo Design Service LogoJoy Is A Winner
Your business logo is an important part of your corporate identity. Typically, you can tell one that was self-made and one that was done by a professional designer. You can also tell one that was made by a "logo farm" and one that had deep thought put into it. Recently I tried out a DIY...