Small Biz Resource Tip: Fiverr.com

If you’re just starting out as a business owner, two of the hardest challenges are 1) spreading the word about your new business and 2) getting the help you need inexpensively. Fiverr.com is a fun and clever way to do both at once. The site allows entrepreneurs (or anyone) to offer their products and services for $5. At this meeting place for “people to share things they’re willing to do for $5,” you can sell or buy just about anything. Recent postings included website reviews and business card design, and if you’re looking for radio advertising, someone was selling 30 seconds of airtime. Want to t

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Monday, July 25th, 2011 Small Business No Comments

Your customers have connection preferences

One of the markers of the digital age is the proliferation of handy electronic connecting tools, like email, text messaging and social media platforms. And as with any element of our lives where there is an abundance of choices, over time we establish preferences.

These days there are actually two preference scenarios in play with regard to the digital connecting platforms:

  • How we prefer to connect with family, friends and business associates; and
  • How we prefer to be contacted by businesses for order follow-up, and with information and offers.

The preference rule of thumb for connecting with family, friends and associates typically depends upon the generation. If you prefer email, that probably means you’ve been in the marketplace for a few years – Baby Boomers and much of Gen X. I

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Monday, July 25th, 2011 Small Business No Comments

Introducing WinWeb vCards

If you run a business you need to be able to have all your contact details in one place, online. WinWeb continued to speak to businesses that found it difficult to find somewhere to store the information necessary for their business. So, we came up with a simple solution that is available for every small business – the WinWeb vCard.

A WinWeb vCard gives you a place to tell the world what you do, collate your social media information and display contact details all in one place. And even better, you can complete your WinWeb vCard in just 60 seconds – and it’s completely free as part of our Start Up Cloud!

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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Small Business No Comments

Are Smarter Employees More Stressed-and What Can You Do About It?

Does your business rely on “knowledge workers”—white-collar employees who work with data, words or information all day? If so, your staff may be suffering from greater-than-average stress on the job, which could be hurting your company’s productivity and putting its future at risk.

Findings from GfK Custom Research North America’s found both good news and bad news about highly educated employees. First, the good:

Educated employees are more likely to be highly engaged with their jobs. In North

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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Small Business No Comments

Take our poll on the U.S. debt ceiling

With the intense debate going on right now in Congress over the U.S. deficit and the debt ceiling, we’d like to know what you think.

Do you think the government should raise the debt limit to avoid defaulting on its obligations?

Click on the question and give us your opinion – it will just take a few seconds and you’ll immediately see the current results of the poll.

Have more you’d like to say? Leave us a comment.

Want to know how the debt ceiling debate impacts you? Click

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Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Small Business No Comments

Welcome TriConf Richland Attendees

If you’re reading this while at the Tri-Conf event in Richland, a big welcome to you. In my presentations, I mention a bunch of web sites, articles, and other links that you may not have had time to jot down while I was speaking. If that’s the case, here are all the references I made in chronological order:

Basics
Jeremiah Owyang: Web Strategy: How To Evolve Your Irrelevant Corporate Website
HubSpot: Study Shows Small Businesses That Blog Get 55% More Website Visitors
Dr. Cynthia Bailey: Dr. Cyn

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Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Small Business No Comments