Dec 1, 2016 | Marketing, Sales, Small Biz
Whether you missed “Small Business Saturday” or not, there are 364 other days a year for customers to support your local business. Why, in this age of massive online retailers and “big box” store chains, do your customers prefer to “Shop Local?” Here are the top three...
Sep 21, 2016 | Branding, Sales, Small Biz
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Aug 10, 2016 | Communication, Sales, Small Biz
Writer and communications strategist Claire Propsting gives advice on starting and maintaining a small business communications strategy in our four-part blog series I talk to a lot of small business owners. They all came to entrepreneurship for different reasons. They...
Aug 3, 2016 | Entrepreneurs, Sales, Small Biz
Despite many online project management tools and business-related chat programs, email still reigns supreme as a method of professional communication. It can be surprising, then, that we often struggle in conveying emotionally intelligent messages when using this...
Jul 6, 2016 | Branding, Marketing, Sales
Defining your target audience is the most important step after developing your business idea. What product or service do you want to offer, and who would be interested in it? First, you’ll need to know if you’re going to sell from business to consumer or...
Jun 22, 2016 | Marketing, Sales, Small Biz
You’ve reached your goal of opening your own business. Maybe you even have some regular clients and things are going well. But sooner or later, every business owner starts wondering how to increase profits. There are absolutely things you can do to increase profits,...
