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Success Tips You Never Learn in School

August 30, 2008 By

Small Business Trends has a great synopsis of some of the most important success skills for an entrepreneur. Call it learning “life skills for entrepreneurs”, something you probably wish you’d learned in college.

Filed Under: Resources, Small Business

Free Stuff For The Office

May 26, 2008 By

The May 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine features a bunch of free tools that you may find useful for your business.

Filed Under: Open-Source, Resources, Small Business, Technology Trends

Running Over Budget

May 25, 2008 By

How do projects run over budget? Or would it be better to say that the project wasn’t priced correctly at the outset?

Filed Under: Best Practices, Design, Resources, Small Business

Mastering Keywords

May 20, 2008 By

Proper planning at the outset of a project is a critical success factor – one such facet is keyword research and how it ties into copywriting and search engine optimization.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Marketing, Resources, Small Business

Content Theft and Plagiarism

March 31, 2008 By

The demand for content puts more pressure on website administrators, who may resort to stealing content in order to fill space on their sites

Filed Under: Best Practices, Resources, Security, Small Business

How Much Is Too Much?

January 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

How much should you spend to register new domain names? Why would you even bother to spend more than you have to?

Filed Under: Marketing, Resources, Small Business

The Perfect Newsletter

July 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Anyone should have a newsletter, regardless of what type of site they are running.

Filed Under: Marketing, Resources, Small Business

Logo and Corporate Identities Don’t Come Cheap

May 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment

A logo visually represents a company’s values, mission and offerings – so communicating these items requires some serious thinking.

Filed Under: E-Commerce, Marketing, Resources, Small Business

Clients Don’t Get It, Do They?

March 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Who’s at fault when things don’t go as smoothly as they should?

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Magic Doesn’t Just Happen By Itself

February 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment

It takes more than good design and a good team to create successful websites.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Blogging, Small Business

Leaders Lead, Managers Manage?

January 13, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Managers push. Leaders pull. Managers command. Leaders communicate.

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When Brainstorming Goes Bad

December 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Fruitless sessions are a clear sign your company isn’t doing it the right way.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business, Technology Trends

Project Management Basics

December 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment

A thought or two that’ll help you manage your projects better and easier.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

Converting Visitors Into Customers

December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment

101 simple, surefire techniques that will make a significant difference.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Marketing, Small Business

When Disaster Strikes

December 3, 2006 By Leave a Comment

A stich in time saves nine. True for businesses as well.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

Google Checkout

November 10, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Service competes with ebays PayPal system, with much lower transaction charges.

Filed Under: E-Commerce, Small Business

Building Analytics into Your Website

October 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Do yourself a favor and plan to integrate analytics from the outset.

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Don’t Cut Corners

October 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment

There is a difference between risk taking and taking stupid risks.

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Competitive Analysis

October 18, 2006 By 1 Comment

Great tutorial on how to carry out competitive analysis yourself.

Filed Under: E-Commerce, Marketing, Small Business

Naming A Business

October 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Just like naming your firstborn, choosing the right name for a business is an artform.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business