This week members of the Smart Hustle team will be heading off to ICON15 - Infusionsoft's Small Business conference. This annual event, now in it's 9th year, brings together small business entrepreneurs and business experts for three days of learning and networking. It's an event super-charged with excitement and inspiration. Throughout the week we'll be...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] For six years, a growing number of Americans have sat down in front of their televisions on Friday evenings to watch hopeful entrepreneurs ask for investment money from wealthy investors to help them continue to grow their businesses on the show Shark Tank. To some viewers, the program gives fascinating insight into how private...
6 Ways to Save Your Accountant's Life Having an accountant for your small business is essential. As a small business owner, you may be used to wearing multiple hats, but unless one of those hats says “finance professional,” it’s in your best interest to pull an accountant you trust into the picture. Too often small...
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...
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...
ArborBridge Co-founders Share Three Things To Do When Your Market Is Dominated By Giants It can be difficult in today's competitive business space to rise above all the noise so your product or service can be discovered and heard. It becomes even more difficult when you are not one of the dominate players in your...
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5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Social Media Accounts Spring is right around the corner, and with warmer weather comes the urge to clear out the clutter and begin the season with a fresh start. Beyond the annual tradition of spring cleaning your home and business, it’s also important to spruce up your social media...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D, Director, Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, and team recently conducted a longitudinal study of its annual in-depth study on the usage of social media by the fastest-growing corporations in the U.S. in the Inc. 500 list. Among the findings, they discovered that...
Wondering What's Next For Social Media? 25% of the world’s population uses social media, although individual purposes differ hugely. Consider the difference between the teen connecting and messaging with friend on Facebook and the ecommerce entrepreneur who is looking to drive traffic to his site and improve his SEO rankings. But today’s teen is tomorrow’s...
