The Empty Inbox - Email Nirvana for Small Business Communications [Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:10]
If you're reading this, you are most likely a small business owner or employee and you feel that you have too many messages in your inbox. You're feeling overwhelmed by it all, and you're afraid that the sheer mass of your small business communications might be affecting your ability to do your job, which is probably not centered on email, or the productivity involved in answering it. Eventually, you actually need to do the things you talk about in your emails, the things that you started
Small Business Marketing: Managing Your Voice Brand [Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:10]
A company projects its brand in many ways: its logo, Web site, advertising, office and even employee attire. Yet with such an emphasis on developing an appropriate small business marketing strategy, it is surprising that one of the most active customer touch points is often ignored.
The phone call still reigns as the primary mode of interaction between small businesses and their customers. If there is a problem, most entrepreneurs will pick up the phone to quickly fix the problem rather
3 P's Drive Small Business Success in 2010 [Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:10]
What a year! For many, 2009 is a year they would like to forget. Between overleveraged mortgages, banks that failed or were too big to fail, and a restructuring of the auto industry, many individuals and businesses alike are ready to ring in 2010 with a more hopeful outlook.
In the coming months, the healthcare debate, business incentives and changes to the tax code will be at the forefront of local and national debates. Though important, these are issues in which the individual small bus
12 Tips to Maximize IT Expenditures and Improve Business Productivity [Posted: 2010-05-05 13:23:24]
Now more than ever, small businesses need ways to drive and improve business productivity and maximize investments on each small business IT solution in order to deliver excellent customer service and accelerate revenues. The good news is, there are numerous, actionable steps business owners can follow to move beyond survival mode into thrive territory.
When you think about IT, you may immediately see dollar signs, but there are ways to maximize your IT expenditures, which will ul
Stop, Collaborate and Engage: Small Business Communication Tools for Entrepreneurs to Navigate the Social Media Seas [Posted: 2010-05-12 14:21:27]
From smoke signals and carrier pigeons to smartphones and their ubiquitous apps, the way people interact across distances has drastically evolved. With each passing year, innovation appoints a new form of communication as revolutionary while decrying another form as passé.
During the past six months, you've probably learned what a "tweet" is and what it means to "friend" someone. Though both are interesting new forms of interaction, their applicatio
