Author Archives: Jaclyn Wells
Often times when owning your own business it becomes clear that you are bringing in a ton of money/profit, but you are not able to hold onto as much of that profit as you hoped you would. Why is that? Well, this happens for a number of reasons. Look below for some possible reasons and solutions [...]
In a recent article located on Bizbox it was stated that there is money becoming available for small businesses out there more and more each day. This is due to a number of reasons: Small businesses are realizing that we are coming out of a huge recession and therefore there are not as many companies searching [...]
In business we all know that clicking with our customers is the ultimate key. It’s the key to getting them to come back more then once as well as getting them to refer our company to their friends and family and also giving good reviews. So how exactly do you know how to click [...]
Open Forum: When you’re a small business owner looking to get your company’s message out, perhaps the last thing you’re thinking about is the actual writing of a press release. If your business is not ready to hire a publicist, much less a strategic PR team, then the person who will be writing that [...]
Some of us may have chosen to work from home full time, and others of us work from home part time while still maintaining an office at our company or place of employment. Either way, I think it’s more than beneficial to offer some tips on working from home, as this can be a challenge [...]
Gain More Business At Networking Events
Entrepreneur.com: Businesspeople unfamiliar with referral networking sometimes lose sight of the fact that networking is the means–not the end–of their business-building activities. They attend three, four, even five events in a week in a desperate grasp for new business. The predictable result is that they stay so busy meeting new people that they never [...]
Gaining New Perspective On Dull Content
If you are one who often writes content for your business whether it’s a blog online or you are the content writer within your company, I’m sure that at some point in time you realize that your content sometimes is a little boring, blah or just doesn’t have that spark feeling to it. I recently [...]
Most of us start planning our tax season in the beginning of each new year, this way we are prepared for when tax season is actually upon us. Below is a few tips on how to plan your taxes so that you get the most out of it that I recently read on Open Forum. [...]
Good Tips Are Not A Dime A Dozen
Many of us has heard that saying “tips are a dime a dozen”, which is not always true. Yes you may be receiving a bunch of tips every day in your business, but that does not mean that those tips are worth listening to. Good tips can be hard to come by sometimes, and those [...]
Many businesses enjoy receiving referrals, but feel they come by mixing good work with chance mentions from satisfied customers. Certainly, many referrals happen this way, but if you understand the realities of referrals listed below you might rethink your approach to referral generation, with an eye on taking a more proactive view of the process. [...]
Make Your Meetings More Productive
I recently came across an article located on Entrepreneur.com that spoke about how you can make your meetings more productive rather than a waste of every one’s time. Look below for some really great ideas that I think will make all of your meetings a lot more note worthy. Make sure that the meeting has meaning [...]
We all know what kind of danger lurks around the corner every time you turn on your computer at home or at the office. We have all seen the television commercials advertising predators and way’s to protect yourself from them. With all of the way’s to steal your identity, credit and personal information, it should [...]
Sadly in the world today there is a lot more employee fraud going around then there ever use to be. This is a result of a number of reasons such as poor economy, poor morals and just plain the way people turn out to be over the year’s. But many boss’ have a hard [...]
I recently came across an article locate on USA Today that talked about the Golden Rule, the one that says ” treat others as you would want to be treated”. While this is a great philosophy to have in life and business, we have to remember that it doesn’t always work out as planned. For [...]
Open Forum: The time we spend at our desks is mainly spent using the Internet, and a majority of that time is spent in a browser or with a desktop application like Microsoft Outlook — which of course uses the Internet. Faster Internet access means that you can get more done in less time, online. [...]
Friendliest States For Small Businesses
photo credit: conner395 While today’s economy is slowly starting to get better and we are starting to see some small improvements on businesses and credit crunches, there are still many reasons to be leery of starting a business in this economic state for fear that we will go rapidly back under any day. Below are [...]
Many of us still don’t want to look the recession directly in the eye. We would rather acknowledge it in a back corner of our mind, and remain positive in the front of our mind as if there is nothing wrong. If you are one of these business owners who would rather remain positive up [...]
Many business owners often times reach a point in their business career where they realize that their business is in desperate need of enhancement, but yet they don’t usually know how to go about doing this. Well below are a few ideas for those of you who may find yourself at this point with your [...]
Online banking is a double-edged sword for small businesses: It’s easy and convenient, and yet it makes them vulnerable targets for cybercriminals. There are a lot of small businesses out there, and they don’t all have the big budgets for IT resources or a large staff. Another potential downside is that as a small business, [...]
Many professional bloggers tend to have a hard time updating or improving their blog in order to receive the very best out of their blog. I have put together a small list of some tips that you can follow in order to improve your blog instantly and be sure to get the most out of [...]
Open Forum: There are 130 million blogs on the Internet (according to Technorati), and 350 million people reading blogs daily (according to Comscore). Clearly, engaging with influential bloggers can be a real boon to your business, if you can win them over towards your brand and persuade them to evangelize your product. Rather than offering [...]
Biggest Mistakes Owners Make When Selling Their Company
photo credit: timparkinson John Warrillow, the author of Built To Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell, knows about selling businesses: He has started and exited four companies. His new book is a compact and essential guide to anyone who plans to sell their business. Suggestion: buy the book a couple of years [...]
Keys To Building A Successful Business
photo credit: Stars*Go*Blue We all want to succeed at everything we do in life, especially that of a small business opening. You put so much effort, time and money into opening up your new business that of course you want to see it succeed in all aspects that it can. I recently came across a [...]
Small Business PR Plan For Today
photo credit: LoopZilla Major media outlets are still important, but their importance has been diluted to some degree by a million bloggers and the flow of information that marches directly to the end user. Both of these trends spell opportunity for small businesses aiming to tap the awesome lead generation and customer loyalty building power [...]
Preparing For Growth And Success
photo credit: iChaz There are so many different aspects of business that one needs to plan for but all too often business owners don’t properly prepare for the two most important aspects, which are growth and success. It’s almost as though they don’t want to count their chickens before they hatch, so they wait to [...]
How To Build Your Self Confidence
photo credit: jcoterhals Self confidence is one of the greatest attributes that you can have on your side, whether it is for business or personal life. The more self confidence you have the more likely it is that you will succeed in life and the more people that will look up to you as they [...]
photo credit: ( Torsten ) Have you ever heard the phrase “are you working hard or hardly working?”, this article that I recently read on Open Forum talks directly about how you can actually work less in order to do better in your business. Now it’s not that we are suggesting you don’t work at all [...]
Essential Ingredients For A Great Online Comment
photo credit: Crystl Those of you who operate an online business or often comment on other online businesses are sure to find this post very useful and important as we will be going over the crucial ingredients of a great online comment. Remember that once you hit that “post” button there is no going back, [...]
photo credit: ottonassar As the pace of change quickens and business planning becomes more vital, untruths and mythology about the subject keep coming up. I’d like to clear them up. Entrepreneur.com. When people in business tell you that investors don’t read your business plan, this is about the biggest myth out there! Not only do [...]
How To Tell If Your Price Is Right
photo credit: estraire Pricing has always been one of the greatest games in business. In times of scarcity, this is ever so true. The price you offer has to reflect value, convey trust and cover costs of sales, delivery, and unfortunately, collections. And you have to be able to get your price. As stated on [...]
photo credit: Paulo Brandão During the past few years, business owners have seen some very rough times and their employees have been loosing faith as they watch several hundred people being fired and laid off permanently. I just read an amazing article located on EsbJournal.com that had some really great ideas for keeping your remaining employees [...]
Make The Most Of Running Your Family Business
Open Forum: When done well, a lasting family business can be a great experience. Not just for both the family members involved, but also the clients doing business with the company. Parents, children, siblings and several generations of family together can create a powerfully successful business model. One of the main concerns with running [...]
photo credit: Robert S. Donovan It’s not easy to know what is worth reading in social media these days. As technology makes it simpler and simpler to create content, the predictable problem this causes is that people who have no business creating content are doing it with abandon. Do any Google search that returns more [...]
Connecting The Dots In Your Business
photo credit: Josean Prado I’ll describe what needs to happen if you want to connect disparate pieces of information about the same person, organization, or entity. I hope you’ll be further persuaded of both the difficulty and the value of such an effort. The need is widely felt, whether you’re trying to connect the dots [...]
What Were You Thinking Marketing Moments
photo credit: Mr.Thomas We have all been there, those times when you temporarily loose your mind for a few seconds and do something very stupid and often funny. However, I read an article posted recently on Small Biz Trends that takes the cake on “what were you thinking moments”. Wearing a sweat pant suit to some [...]
Cheaper Ways To Ship FedEx And UPS
photo credit: JOE M500 Many business owners ship products by using the services of FedEx or UPS so all of you know by now just how expensive those darn shipping charges can be, especially if you are shipping out of state or out of the country. I recently read an article posted on Bizmore.com that goes [...]
Easy Steps To Starting Your Business
Starting a new business can be very time consuming, hectic and confusing at times. But rest assured that we have some suggestions to help. Look below for some great easy tips on starting up your own business that I came across on Biz Start-up Services that I know are surely going to be helpful [...]
Tracking Your Daily Marketing Activity
photo credit: accent on eclectic Many of us do a lot of marketing activity throughout our day of doing business, the problem with this is that we don’t have time to track it, forget to track it or don’t know how to track it. Below are some great tips that I came across on Small [...]
Should You Be Increasing Your Prices?
photo credit: geishaboy500 There is lots of speculation lately in businesses regarding correct pricing. Since the economy seems to be slowing getting better and more and more of your loyal customers are returning closer and closer to their older shopping habits, many of us are wondering if it’s time to re-consider our pricing structures. Below [...]
photo credit: kevindooley OpenForum.com: When comedian Steve Martin declared, “Let’s get small,” he could have been coining today’s consumer mantra. Across the nation, shoppers are shifting their purchases to small and local businesses. One great way to go local with your business is by doing the three goodness rules. Do good for yourself obviously because [...]
photo credit: ckaroli Many business owners wonder how they can get a little inside information regarding their competitors such as their products, services, prices and more. I have put together a small list of some very helpful tips on spying on your competitors that I recently came across while reading an article located on Forbes.com. [...]
Keeping Your Great Employees In A Bad Economy
photo credit: nosha It can be quite difficult as a business owner to hold onto your employees in a tough economy when you no longer can provide the incentives, benefits and other bargaining chips that most employees now a days look for in their career. So how do you hold onto your great employees then? [...]
photo credit: Lori Greig I recently found a great article located on CopyBlogger for all of you professional bloggers in business. Blogging is a wonderful way to reach your audience, customers and clients, however if you’re not careful you can make some very severe mistakes that can also cost you all of those things in the [...]
photo credit: Dyanna For any college student who is looking to launch a business and make a little extra cash for their expensive college life is sure to find this article recently posted on Inc.com very interesting and useful. College can be quite expensive for anyone so I have put together a small list of [...]
Stop Being Annoying On Twitter
photo credit: jmilles With the many people that make up the Twitter community, its not hard to find a lot of annoying Twitters on there. It’s bound to happen with such a large community and people having access to not only so many people but so many features and tools as well. Below are some [...]
photo credit: Kelly Sue Today many people are contemplating making a switch from the corporate office to the home office. This can be a great switch but you should know it’s not for everyone. When many of us think about working from home we think it will be easier then working from a corporate office. [...]
Improving Your Presentation Skills
photo credit: Brymo In business we find ourselves having to give presentations from time to time in order to create knowledge and bring in more business for our company. The problem with giving presentations is that not only are many people afraid of public speaking but they also don’t really know how to put together [...]
Where To Find Money For Your Start-up
photo credit: h.koppdelaney OpenForum.com: Research shows that over 90 percent of new ventures start with whatever money entrepreneurs can scrounge from personal resources. The other 10 percent relied on external sources with family members (parents and spouse) as the most common (5.0 percent). Private investors fund less than 3 percent of start ups. Venture capitalists [...]
Making Customer Experiences Memorable
Entrepreneur.com: It is often the little details that customers recall even more than the product they purchased or the service they received. Little details that customers notice, and that makes them feel good about not only making the purchase, but making the purchase from you, is a significant part of the overall customer experience. [...]
photo credit: Editor B During the past couple of years as we have tried to fight our way through the recession, we have all been aware of the unemployment sky rocketing. What some of you may not know is just how many are actually unemployed long-term as well as the groups that it is most [...]
