Do you have a marketing plan in place for your small business for this year? How about next year? The fourth quarter is usually the time when business owners take stock of where they are and lay plans for what they want to do in the coming year. While there is plenty of time to

The devastation from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma struck far and wide, from small towns to large, islands to mainland, and homes or businesses alike. While we keep these areas in our thoughts or contribute to the recovery efforts, we can also look at lessons that might be learned from such a tragedy. For small businesses,

Have you ever pictured yourself on the “big” screen? No? Well, then how about the “small” screen as the star of your own Facebook video, live from your own smartphone or computer? More and more entrepreneurs are using the advantages of video to introduce themselves and their business, and create one-on-one relationships. Millennials and modern

It’s the old vicious cycle of small business marketing – if you had more money you’d do more marketing but you need more customers to get more money. It’s kind of like the chicken and the egg, but with bigger consequences in your business life. Starting and running a small business is hard, and it’s

Sometimes it is hard to be a woman who is trying to achieve success in the business world. When you need inspiration, you might try to look around for examples of success at the highest levels of corporate America, but find they are few and far between. It might seem like the deck is stacked

It can be tough running a business when you are doing everything alone. Most entrepreneurs are not masters of all the skills necessary to be successful, yet this very lack could be hurting their business the most. If you are starting or running your own business, take an honest inventory of your skill set to

During the month of August small business entrepreneurs often take a few moments to reassess. You may be on a family vacation, business may have slowed, or you could just be thinking about steps to take to make things better by the end of the calendar year. Whatever the motivation, here are five concerns that

As small business owners we sometimes let doubt, despair, and uncertainty keep us from moving ahead. When a new idea comes along that might help our business, we dismiss it out of hand by thinking, “I don’t know how” or “That wouldn’t work for me.” But the thing is that you never know exactly what

Has your small business reached a revenue plateau? Have you tried everything you can think of, but you just can’t seem to take it to the next level? One sure way to increase revenue is to increase your customer base, but how exactly can you go about doing that when you have to take care

When you look at successful entrepreneurs, you will find that there are certain qualities they all have in common. Some are just born with these traits, while others learn as they go along. In some areas, it is even possible to partner with or hire someone who specifically has the skills you are lacking. Here