What has added color to your world this week? What wonderful news will you choose to share? The basket is open all weekend, from February 18-20, 2011. Colorful Baskets by Miss Sydney Marie Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. It’s here so you can introduce yourself,…
Last week, we talked about finding conference sponsors from your local network, working with local businesses. Today, let’s talk about being your own sponsor. Adele McAlear shared herexperience with local sponsorson last week’s post Why put your conference attendance into someone else’s hands? Take charge and send yourself to the event. If it is worth attending,…
Defining a distinct niche is key to building your small business. The narrower the niche, the wider the opportunity. Easy to say, but hard to do. Where do you find your niche? How do you define it? Niche Marketing is Not Wrong Jay Ehret speaking at the 140 Conference Our friend Jay Ehret at The…
Elephants in the Caprivi Strip, Namibia Business management advice I heard twenty years ago: “If they’re selling elephants two for a quarter, that’s a great bargain, but only if you have a quarter and only if you need elephants.” David N. Dinkins, 1990 Bought any elephants lately? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like…
What wonderful news will you choose to share this week? The basket is open all weekend, from February 11-13, 2011. Basket in the Snow by Iguanasan, on Flickr Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. It’s here so you can introduce yourself, share some good news,…
Do you have conference sponsors? Are companies willing to pay you to attend a conference and represent their brand? The Awesome Table at SOBCon ’09, an expensive but well-worth-it conference. Becky McCray, Neenz Felaefine, Paul Merrill, and Sheila Scarborough. In some fields, it’s considered common practice. In other fields, it’s practically unheard of. I remember…
You know you should be keeping an eye on what is said about you online. But most monitoring tools are too complex for the average person who doesn’t spend all day online. And you sure don’t want to share them with anyone who isn’t a techie. The simple monitoring tool: Addictomatic Yeah, Addictomatic is a…
[Stephanie Ward is a fellow Oklahoman, who happens to now reside in The Netherlands. She’s been a good friend and coach, and I’m proud to offer this guest post from her. – Becky] By Stephanie Ward Everyone has an opinion about social networking and you’ll find a great disparity among people on what you should do, and…
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