For small town small business people, virtual assistants could be one of the best kept secret tools. A good VA can take some of the administrative load off of your shoulders, and make your business more successful. As a bonus, VA’s can work from anywhere, so I see them as an emerging class of small…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Kim bragged on the awesome PhillyMac. Anna was proud to be returning to school, and Angela bragged on Mike Sansone and the Support a Local Teacher project. What will you put in the Brag…
Our Friend Susan Reynolds has a terrific story of a marketing success you can learn from. It’s so good, I’m including it in our Small Biz 100, so you can develop your compelling offer that gets you more of the right customers. A Fish StoryFirst the fish story. Susan taught children’s art lessons, starting with…
Another great connection via Twitter! Grant D. Griffiths lives about 4 hours away from me, so that qualifies as practically neighbors around here. When he emailed me, I promptly asked him for a guest post sharing his story. Enjoy. Clay Centerby bmcguirk Needless to say, I was excited to come across Becky’s blog, Small Biz…
If you’ve reached the point of having employees in your small biz, I suggest you to pay attention to Winning Workplaces’ training webinars. Any given day, there are great workplace trainings going on in the metros. I get flyers all the time for the terrific events at big city business schools, chambers of commerce, and…
At SXSW, Britt Raybould and I met, introduced by Chris Brogan (who else?). We had some excellent conversations about working in a high tech field, without being from a major metro area. We both got lots of surprised comments from the big city folks. Of course, I wanted to introduce her to you, too. Before…
In our massively connected professional networks, handing work off to friends and associates is pretty common. But it also triggers some tax issues in the US. When you pay someone to write an article, to be your virtual assistant, to redesign your site, to work with you on a project for your client, basically anytime…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Kim shared a compliment from a colleague, our own Maesz was proud to be still learning, Erica shared some recent writings, Jim celebrated a completed project and its payoff, Shashi bragged on interviewing me…
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