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What’s the First Step in a Solid Mobile Strategy & Why?
What’s the First Step in a Solid Mobile Strategy & Why?
Creating a mobile strategy from nothing is not easy. I know countless blogs and mobile gurus present it simply, but building a mobile…
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3 days ago
How to create a vision statement for your brand.
How to create a vision statement for your brand.
“All successful people, men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work…
Anna Hewstan
4 days ago
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The Challenge of Starting up a Startup: Part 1
The Challenge of Starting up a Startup: Part 1
This post is written as I'm stood at the metaphorical fork in the road about to begin a journey that I know tens of thousands of people…
Chris Herd
Jan 19
3 Books Every Content Marketer Should Read
3 Books Every Content Marketer Should Read
Developing content has many benefits for companies. It helps businesses to generate inbound leads, develop brand awareness, strengthen…
Teddy Crépineau
Mar 27
Don’t Spend $5000 on an Amazon Course…
Today, I’m going to save you $5000 (keep in mind there are many complexities to Amazon you will not run into 99.9% of them).
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Today, I’m going to save you $5000 (keep in mind there are many complexities to Amazon you will not run into 99.9% of them).
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If any of you have Facebook, and have any entrepreneurial aspirations you have seen it. Amazon courses, and the prices are starting to become more and more ridiculous. So I’m a going to tell you to push the pause button on buying.
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These courses promise you the world.
Jon Bowser
Jan 18
How the Hustle Is Killing Me (or, Why Gary Vee Looks Like He’s 50)
How the Hustle Is Killing Me (or, Why Gary Vee Looks Like He’s 50)
You know it’s been a tough start to the new year when you find yourself reading the want ads… but then you realize your specific skills and…
Lain Chroust Ehmann
Jan 11
5 Ways to Update your Small Business’s WordPress Site
5 Ways to Update your Small Business’s WordPress Site
Remember when you first got your business website online?
Jeff Daigle
Mar 22
Know Your eCommerce Website’s Enemy: The Back Button
Know Your eCommerce Website’s Enemy: The Back Button
Your website lives a rough life. Day in and day out, people you’ve never met visit and make a snap judgement about the quality of the site…
Jeff Daigle
Mar 29
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Awful story of a couple trying to buy a business. Thousands of dollars wasted for nothing…
Awful story of a couple trying to buy a business. Thousands of dollars wasted for nothing…
Watch here: https://youtu.be/8lZ6i0jOgBQ
David Barnett
Apr 3
Brand Strategy Firm, Emotive Brand CEO shares industry insights
Brand Strategy Firm, Emotive Brand CEO shares industry insights
As co-founder and CEO of Emotive Brand, a brand strategy firm, Bella is committed to the Agency promise of helping to transform brands and…
Emotive Brand
Mar 22
Why the right price is critical when trying to sell your small business
Think you can just ask whatever you want and hope for the best? You may be chasing off the buyer you need.
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Hi, Everyone it’s David Barnett here from InvestLocalBook.com and my new exit planning course: Howtogetoutofmybusiness.com. I’ve got a question here today, it’s sort of a topic of discussion but it’s for business owners, when you sell you need to get the price right you’re asking price. Let me give an example. When I was a business broker for over three years I would get people all the time come in and they would say ‘’Hey want to sell my business’’ and I would say great the…
David Barnett
Mar 13
Why Millennials Make Amazing Salespeople
Why Millennials Make Amazing Salespeople
Firstly, who are the Millennials? Millennials are the generation born between 1980–2000. They are vastly different from the generations…
Ali Mirza
Jan 25
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5 Harsh Truths for Entrepreneurs
5 Harsh Truths for Entrepreneurs
Are you stuck in a entrepreneurial rut? Lacking revenue and motivation to carry on? Maybe a reality check is just what you need. Heres 5.
Ali Mirza
Mar 2
SEO for Small Business Websites Part 2: Design
SEO for Small Business Websites Part 2: Design
When people think of Search Engine Optimization, they tend to think of things like links, keywords, and meta tags.
Jeff Daigle
Mar 4
Outsourcing: The #1 Business Development Hack for 2016
Outsourcing: The #1 Business Development Hack for 2016
Outsourcing is no more just seen as a financially savvy measure, it is currently viewed as a strategic move to propel businesses forward…
Camila Anderson
Feb 2
Our millions of unpaid employees.
Our millions of unpaid employees.
I’d like to introduce you to the Emerald Ash Borer!
James Eldridge
Feb 3
It’s so great to know that I’m not alone.
I often feel like I’m in uncharted waters and while guidance from others and other situations are helpful, they never appear to “give me…
I often feel like I’m in uncharted waters and while guidance from others and other situations are helpful, they never appear to “give me the answer”. So often I’m left to just make the best decisions I can with the information I have and move forward — waiting to see what happens. I love how this article captures the spirit of what I’ve been experiencing! I’m not alone apparently. I also think that to hide behind perfectionism can be related to fear.
Jannie Scott Brown
Feb 4
Screw It Let’s Do It by R. Branson
‘Some people said I couldn’t do it. They said I was too young and had no experience. But I wanted to prove them wrong and I believed it…
could be done.’
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‘People ask me what my secret is. How do I make money? What they really want to know is — how can they make money? Everyone wants to be a millionaire.’
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‘As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on.’
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‘Watch out for dirty tricks. Complain loudly. Don’t make it cheap. Instead offer a better service at a good price. People want comfort. And don’t forget the fun.
Anna Popova
Feb 4
Case study: building custom applicant tracking system
Case study: building custom applicant tracking system
Last year we were engaged in the development of powerful recruitment solution for IT company which needed to automate their HR workflow. As…
DDI Development
Feb 11
Building your Small Business Website: DIY or Hire a Pro?
Building your Small Business Website: DIY or Hire a Pro?
There’s a scene in the movie There’s Something About Mary that has Ben Stiller’s character picking up a hitchhiker.
Jeff Daigle
Feb 16
Seeing Profit as a Consequence Not a Purpose
Seeing Profit as a Consequence Not a Purpose
How do you define the purpose of your business? Like many, you probably default to saying, “To make profits”. And while that is certainly…
Emotive Brand
Nov 27, 2014
Startup Journal: The Feeling When Your Business Takes Flight
Startup Journal: The Feeling When Your Business Takes Flight
When I was 13, a family friend took me flying in a Cessna 172, a tiny and reliable little beauty with only four seats and a single-prop…
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Feb 26
Behind Facebook’s Emoji
Behind Facebook’s Emoji
Actions & Reactions
Areti Vassou
Feb 27
How to Get the Website Your Small Business Needs
How to Get the Website Your Small Business Needs
This isn’t backed by any hard data, but I’ll bet that if you asked artists, makers, and small business owners what the the most dreaded…
Jeff Daigle
Feb 23
Engaging Consumers: 4 Key Statistics You Need to Know
Engaging Consumers: 4 Key Statistics You Need to Know
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a hundred times. You’ve got to be constantly engaging consumers to stay afloat in business, much less…
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Feb 22
Sell Features or Sell Benefits? How To Get Your Customer To Bite
Want to know what businesses get confused more than anything else?
Features and benefits.
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They mix up the use of these two things and the result is deadly to your conversion rate.
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Prospects can’t handle confusion. The moment they become confused, they bail.
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Remember that “a confused mind does not buy”.
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The only thing people care about is their own interest.
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If your prospect doesn’t understand what’s in it for them, then you are both missing out.
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Features are solid facts.
Josh Rhodes
Feb 4
The Importance of Linguistics in Business Networking
The Importance of Linguistics in Business Networking
When it comes to Business Networking, there are many, many rules on how to make the best of it. Some of these common rules are:
iSBS
Feb 18
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