When you have a logo or design created, ask for and keep a high resolution copy of the original artwork. That’s the advice from small town sign maker Wayne LaMunyon. He says it’s the number one complaint of sign and banner makers everywhere. Small business owners get a logo or a business card with a…
The best channel to communicate with customers is … the one the customer chooses. OK, you can stop reading right there, if you’ll take that sentence to heart. But for this installment of the Small Biz 100, I’m going to tell you a true story, as well as how to do this right. My husband…
For this installment of the Small Biz 100, Liz Strauss shares some insights on hiring an assistant, virtual or local. Where can a small business person find an assistant locally? Liz suggests looking in the local university, college, or even high school and technical education. You can also work with temp agencies, or any of…
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…
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