MishTalk

JUNE 19, 2014

Thumbtack , in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation , conducted a Small Business Friendliness Survey. Overall ranking range from 1 through 38, with 1 being the most small business friendly and 38 the least small business friendly. Notes Lieber informs me there were insufficient replies to rate 12 states.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Paying for a cup of coffee on an iPad is mainstream in big cities, but the majority of small businesses — the backbone of our local economies — have not yet fully come online. I categorize local businesses into four generations of technological maturity. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Optimize staffing.

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Small Business Retail Real Estate Operations 73

BCG

JANUARY 26, 2017

The battery pack may be the least glamorous component in the electricity delivery network, but it is on the verge of transforming electricity markets worldwide. Around the world, retail power prices are rising and the cost of PV-generated and stored electricity is declining, creating potential savings for consumers and small businesses.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2018

Even if cryptocurrencies will not displace gold and fiat currencies, there is great potential in crypto and blockchain for business applications. So what can crypto really do for business, and for small business in particular? Free Marketing. Here are four ideas. Transactions. Words of Caution.

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Small Business Energy Efficiency Journal 68

On the Brink Podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Laurie Hirsch Schulz did something quite awesome: she left corporate life to pursue her calling as a coach and a champion for small businesses, particularly for women solopreneurs. Laurie's creative genius is in seeing unmet needs in her markets and finding innovative ways to solve them—rather Blue Ocean style.

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Small Business Energy Talent Company 82

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Owners of small businesses can set their own hours, make their own management decisions, and take pride in the ownership of their work. So, the remaining question about being a small firm CEO is the monetary reward; if the money is nearly the same, then the compensation as a small business CEO dominates other careers.

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Small Business Cash Flow Consulting Banking 71

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Joe Glover of ‘The Marketing Meetup’ wrote about simplifying strategy this morning on LinkedIn. His post got me to thinking about some of the steps that small businesses/challenger brands and others that don’t have huge brand equity or money can use to market themselves effectively.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2018

Facebook’s own marketing team make running a business page and using Facebook Ads sound simple and effective. The better you understand your Facebook page, its audience, its strengths, and its weaknesses, the more effectively you can deploy that page and your financial investment into generating worthwhile returns for your business.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Crowdfunding platforms and social media have changed the way many small businesses get started raising capital. For the first time, small business could think big and consumers could shop small, from anywhere in the world. These policies were not an accident. Moreover, not a single publicly-traded U.S.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 20, 2012

For example, suppose a manager wants to adapt a software product for an adjacent customer market. The manager may allocate a budget to a small business development and delivery team to explore and develop a lead customer in the new market. The Associations Versus Strategic Approach – Strategy ideally comes before tactics.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The Guardian claims Spanish rent changes ‘could close 20,000 small businesses’. Up to 20,000 small Spanish businesses could be forced to close when rent controls are abolished at the end of this month, according to the self-employed workers union. Government interference in the free market is never a good thing.

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Small Business Government Retail Banking 70

Henry DeVries

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Marketing is a team sport. If you want your small business to really grow, it’s time to move on from that frenzied blur of fads and find a real marketing partner, and a plan, that you can commit to.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

A marketing tagline is short phrase that helps people remember you in a certain way. What is necessary is to keep the tagline short, without overly long words or business jargon. Remember, clients want to hire The Expert, so be sure to market yourself as one! [1] You get the idea.

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Henry DeVries

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The biggest mistake in small business marketing is forgetting the phrase “lifetime value of a client.” Understanding this strategy can leave your cheaper competition in the dust.

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Marketing Small Business Strategy Strategy& 80

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2021

Survey data reveals where midsize companies have outperformed large and small businesses during the pandemic — and what they’re worried about.

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Marketing Small Business Survey Data 91

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As an independent consultant running your own business, good marketing is critical. No one is going to hire an unpolished freelancer to help solve their business problem, especially if they’re going to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Click on “Small Business.” Clearly, a professional image is vital.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

Small businesses play a vital role in the global economy, with millions of them operating worldwide. However, starting and running a small business can be a challenging task. One of the most critical challenges facing small business owners is organizational development. What is Organizational Development?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

Banking for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been astonishingly unaffected by the rise of the Internet. The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. Lending to small and medium-sized businesses is ready to move online.

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Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 136

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Is your small business making enough profit? To make it worthwhile, the business needs to be profitable. How much profit should a small business make? Profit is the difference between the money your business earns, your revenue, and the money your business spends, your expenses. What is profit?

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Henry DeVries

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Learn from marketing expert Alf Nucifora how cheapness becomes an accolade instead of a badge of derision.

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Small Business Marketing Strategy Strategy& 77

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Your business is struggling and you seek outside help? But what does a consultant for small business cost? What is a consultant for small business A consultant for small business helps smaller organizations achieve their goals. A nice add-on is when the consultant has own experience in small business.

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Running a small business? Here are our small business trends for 2023. Energy cost is a heavy burden for many businesses. In this economic climate, it remains critical for small business to stay on top of their cash flow. Recruit smarter, not harder The shift in the labor market is here to stay.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 7, 2017

If you find yourself regularly putting in forty hours per week and still getting home with energy and inspiration to burn, it can be both lucrative and educational to redirect that force towards building your own small business – even if you have no ambitions to conquer the world on your own.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

You need to consider the real and perceived value of your services, expertise, and experience, as well as geography and market conditions. Market conditions and competition — Are there a lot of consultants who do what you do? Client’s industry — Who is your target market? Type of experience — Where did you learn your craft?

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Jen Hamilton is a business coach that helps coaches and consultants build a business foundation that generates ongoing revenue. Using her background as a former certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse Coopers and as a small business advisor, she helps clients connect their business goals and financial investments.

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Small Business Operations Consulting An investment makes sense only when you get more in return than you invested. This blog posts outlines what the ROI for hiring a small business operations consultant is. If you hire an operations consultant, this Return on Investment might be not easy to calculate.

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Henry DeVries

APRIL 18, 2022

Even for the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links, the place Golf Digest dubs “the top public golf course in America,” marketing integrity matters. Small business and independents can take a lesson from this historic company.

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Henry DeVries

DECEMBER 29, 2021

"You can do all the marketing, sales training, and SEO-optimizing you want, but unless the story at the heart of your small business is compelling, all your other activities constitute merely the opportunity to bore, confuse or annoy.” Social media contrarian Ellen Melko Moore offers some advice.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 7, 2017

Jonathan works with companies both to preventing crises from happening, and also to maintain business continuity and functionality when a crisis does hit. Jonathan refers to this as the “art of crisis management,” and in this conversation he proves that having a plan in place is essential to every business, regardless of size.

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Management Small Business Consulting Education 145

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It claims Apple’s plan to give users more control over their data will harm small businesses. But the facts don’t add up.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Mehak Vohra is the founder and CEO of SkillBank, a online program focused on training the next generation of marketers. Cohorts are free upfront, and you only pay once you graduate, if have a job paying $40k or more.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 14, 2017

The late Jay Levinson created the Guerrilla Marketing series. One of the core tenets of the books was that marketing was no longer merely the work of giant organizations with giant budgets. We wanted people, particularly small businesses, to see that they could be marketers too. Well, that's no longer a problem.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

A Simplified Employee Pension is a type of IRA for self-employed individuals or small-business owners.) I was lucky to invest early in the longest bull market in history, but I'm not a sophisticated investor. This had the double benefit of growing my retirement account while also lowering my taxable income. Spend wisely.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Economists consider markups to be the difference between what a business pays for the inputs it uses and what it charges for the products it produces. In highly competitive markets, firms are forced to lower prices until they just cover their costs. economy, suggesting firms today have much more market power.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this episode of Harmonious Workplaces, Rachel Minion, Head Rockstar at Rockstarr and Moon, a marketing agency for small businesses, shares her origin story and insights on resilience and empathy in the face of change. The […] The post Episode 31: Resilience Through Empathy appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

DECEMBER 10, 2017

I just completed helping one of my small business clients (let’s call him Ted) with his sales and marketing quandary. The post Grow Your Business: Market Someone Else’s appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC. He has said to me, “I can […].

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

About the guest: Ann Carden has an extensive 41-year business and marketing background. After spending thirteen years in a corporate business management position, she became an entrepreneur and has been building her own businesses for twenty-eight years.

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