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If You’re Not Investing in Local Search, Your Business Is Losing Out

You know you need a business website—and most likely, you already have one. But are you taking all the necessary steps to ensure that customers can find you when they do an online search? The explosion of mobile devices in the last several years, led by the growing use of smartphones and the launch of [...]

Be Fear-Less. Face Everything And Roar

“Courage is fear that’s said its prayers.” (Dorothy Bernard, author) I decided voluntarily to change my career and lifestyle in 2006, after living and working in the same place for several decades. I was older, and I moved to take a career opportunity in a place where I didn’t know anyone. My friends and colleagues [...]

Our minds will at first be bound by old rules

Originally posted in New Rules

…of economic growth and productivity. Listening to the technology can loose them. Technology says, rank opportunities before efficiencies. For any individual, organization, or country the key decision…

Charitable Giving: 10 Charities Your Small Business Can Support Today

Here are ten nonprofit organizations that your small business can support, starting today, and create immediate impact in the lives of others.

Breaking the Fear Barrier: Don’t Let Fear Prevent Success in Your Company

Breaking the Fear Barrier“A company’s worst enemy is not always the competition. Sometimes it’s the fear that lives within its own walls.” ~ Breaking the Fear Barrier

Fear is universal. It’s in our DNA, our basic structure. If it wasn’t for fear, mankind wouldn’t exist today. It’s the fear that makes humans aware there is danger. It tells us to pay attention because there is the possibility that something bad is going to happen. It’s one of those emotions that is deeply ingrainedRead More

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Breaking the Fear Barrier: Don’t Let Fear Prevent Success in Your Company

It’s Not the Process, It’s Not the End Result, It’s the Act of Making Things

We all know there is a problem in focusing entirely on the end result.

When you reach the end, what

25 Quotes to Inspire Entrepreneurs

Get inspired with these thought-provoking statements on leadership, vision, challenges, greatness and success.

Prepare Your Business for Disaster

When a natural disaster strikes, it can impact every aspect of a community—homes, utility systems, communications  infrastructure, government services. Damage from tornadoes or floods may require not only rebuilding homes, schools and institutions but rebuilding businesses and jobs as well. Certainly businesses can be severely damaged by weather-related catastrophes, but often the damage is just [...]

Trends: Four Digital Marketing Trends to Watch

Given that we are already a few months into the year, it’s necessary for every young entrepreneur to know several of the key digital marketing trends to watch this year.

How to Startup Before You Startup

If you’re thinking about starting a business or even if you’ve already started one, don’t spend your time fussing over spreadsheets, logos, budgets or competition. Those are all parts of the puzzle, but if you want to build a business that cannot fail, spend what may feel like an exorbitant amount of time focused on [...]

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