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Business Ideas

5 Reasons Why Online Entrepreneurs Need to Look Beyond the Numbers

Any business can buy an enormous pseudo-following. Focus on establishing a personal connection with customers and all the numbers that matter will grow.

Growing a Business

Pro Tip for Startups: Document Your Processes

Learn why documenting your processes is just as helpful for startups as it is for established businesses.

Marketing

The Last Thing You Want Your Customers to Do: Think

If you want to boost sales on your website, hold back product information from your visitors.

Fundraising

5 Ways Small Businesses Can Afford a Big-Time Trade Show

Trade shows are an opportunity for upstart companies to show their stuff and make vital connections but the cost of entry is steep.

Social Media

To Be Blunt, a Lot of Your Social-Media Marketing is Getting You Nowhere

An audit of your efforts on social media is will reveal which channels are worth more focus and which ones you should dump.

Money & Finance

Are You Ready to Pitch Investors for Funding?

As many entrepreneurs know, securing funding for new business ventures can be a very difficult endeavor. So, when seeking funding for your company, make sure you are prepared.

Marketing

7 Ways to Know You're Sending Marketing Emails to People Who Might Read Them

The unhappy truth is that most email pitches are ignored most of the time, but there is much you can do to improve your odds.

Marketing

Mobile Marketing Emerges as the Ultimate Vehicle for Crossing Advertising's 'Last Mile'

Countless brands have long puzzled how to nudge customers into buying. Mobile technologies are the answer everyone has sought.

Business Process

5 White-Hot Consumer Psychology Hacks to Boost Your Sales

A few simple changes to your website or copy can spur customers into buying your offerings.

Marketing

5 Things Most People Forget About Local SEO

Local SEO is critical to local business. This in-depth guide will get you started and clarify some of the perplexing elements.

Starting a Business

5 Common Pitfalls That Ruin Businesses -- and How to Avoid Them

Many businesses collapse as a result of common issues. Mitigate them before they do any real damage.

Operations & Logistics

Generate Great PR on a Shoestring Budget With These 5 Tips

Public relations is one of the most valuable and cost-effective pieces of a marketing mix in comparison to other channels

Marketing

3 Benefits of Meeting Face to Face

Even in the digital age, your most powerful sales tool may still be meeting in person.

Marketing

Good Work Plus These 3 Steps Converts New Customers Into Recurring Customers

A happy customer who comes back for more is, literally, money in the bank. Make their experience hassle free from beginning to end.

Marketing

The 5 Types of Customers Fatal to Startups and How Employees Attract Them

Small businesses cringe at these customers, but it might just be the internal team that keeps them coming back.