Know the Market
You start your business, calculate your operating expenses, calculate the cost of goods, and hone in on developing a go-to market product or service. Seems pretty straight-forward. But this may be the most difficult part…
Small Business Merchant Account Strategy
One of the keys to powering your small business, once you pass many initial formalities, is the choice of a merchant account for your business. This seemingly straight-forward choice is actually a very important decision…
Powering Small Business SEO
Here is a fact: As a small business owner, you are competing against much larger companies. These larger companies have greater resources than you do. In regards to search engine optimization (SEO) they likely have…
More Ways to Power Up Your Small Business
To continue along with our theme of how you can compete effectively and power your small business, today we will look at small business marketing. Basically this means marketing on a budget. To be clear…
Surfing the Edge
The other day I came across a video online that grabbed my attention. It was a series of video clips of young men doing ridiculous stunts on the top of huge buildings. They were trying…
Powering Your Small Business
Sitting on my desk right now is a notepad with the words “To Do” scribbled at the top of the first page. Over the next 10 pages, are things that need to get done. Some…
Don’t Fall Victim to this Scam
We touch a lot on the subject of financing to fund your business in this blog. It is perhaps the most important aspect of running your business, and not being in the moment when making…
Conquering Retail through Omnichannel
If you are involved in the retail industry, you likely have heard the term ‘omnichannel’. If you haven’t, then you may want to read further. It is very important to your continued success to understand…
You End Up Where You Are Because You Stop Trying.
Imagine you decide to run a road race. On the morning of the event, you arrive, register, and work your way to the starting line to find out that 7,000,000,000 people had the same thought…
You Are Not Alone
Running a small business requires dedication, belief in one’s self, good luck, and super effort. Grinding it out day after day to pay the bills, meet payroll, feed the family. These are very real concerns….