Great marketing ideas for your business bombard you all the time. Your ability to capture the best of those ideas and execute them is one measure of your success. Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr Those new promotion ideas come at you from all over. And you’re reading online right now, coming up with even more. But…
My friend Des Walsh is offering a series of free, monthly webinars on social media for small business. Des and I met at BlogWorld 2008(He’s drawing me a map to his small town.) The first issue will be TODAY, Monday, Jan. 24, 7pm USA Central Time. Here is how Des describes it. Going through to…
Occasionally, we profile small business mistakes, so we can all learn and improve our businesses. I called a local plumber and left a voicemail explaining what I needed done. Two days later, he called me back, and left me a voicemail. He said if I would call him back, we could talk about it. I…
These were the smartest trade show handouts at the Dallas Safari Club show this year. Vancouver Island Guide Outfitters printed targets on one side, and their flyer on the other. Magic formula: a useful item, inexpensive, with room to feature your business. What creative and useful trade show handouts have you seen? New to SmallBizSurvival.com?…
The average age of US farmers is over 57.Photo by Becky McCray Here is a chance to double down in San Francisco on 24 January 2011. Two million young people—many of them from rural backgrounds—have served in the U.S. military since the attacks of 9/11. These veterans are facing extremely hard times, with very high…
After I told you about my project folder, Jen asked for my day-to-day planning tool. So here it is: a simple weekly calendar. Before I start my work week, I review the projects in my project folder and assign the next actions to particular days on my weekly planner. I use the six most important…
I love it when a small business tells their story in a compelling way. Here is one terrific example. (If you can’t see the video below, click to open the original post.) I recently ordered from NutsOnline.com [UPDATE: Now they’re Nuts.com] because I loved the way they presented their family history all over their website. Their…
Time for two critical end of year accounting tasks: mileage and inventory. Use your vehicle for business? Write down your mileage at the beginning of the year. Learn more about deducting business use of your vehicle. Sell products? Take an inventory of all products on hand at the turn of the year. Make products? Inventory…
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