September, 2013

Entertaining a Crowd: Cheap Giveaways to Try

If you are in charge of the party, or get together, then you are definitely looking for a cheaper way to entertain the entire crowd. Fortunately there are many tried and true ideas that you can rely on if you need some inspiration!

Marketing Your Business When Money is Tight

Marketing your business is one of the most important aspects creating a large and varied consumer base.

It can be difficult to reach a wide enough audience without a large marketing budget at your disposal. This is especially true if you run a small business or are a sole proprietor.

Independence - Is it the key to being an Entrepreneur?

It’s common knowledge that both the environment we grow up in and the way that we are raised have strong effects on the person that we become and the path that we choose. But in a world where the job market is saturating, entrepreneurialism is on the rise and the pioneers are becoming younger and younger. It leaves some people asking; what is the secret ingredient in order to be an Entrepreneur?

Can a Business Own an Annuity?

Small business owners may choose to purchase annuities in order to benefit their business with tax savings and retain talented employees by providing retirement plan options.

An annuity, which is a financial product sold be an insurance company, can offer a guaranteed stream of income, options to make tax-deferred contributions and beneficiary provisions.

3 Small Business Public Relations Tips to Supercharge Sales

Public relations remains an effective strategy to controlling the content of your brand from customers and the media. Using public relations effectively can help your business sustain a positive image to the public and help with brand recognition. However, if you are a small business, you might think investing in public relations strategies would take too much time or capital. Thankfully, in today's market with technology and computer communications, like social media, small businesses can utilize new mediums to increase their public relations message. Here are 3 ways small businesses can use public relations to supercharge their sales. 

5 Things Small Businesses Don’t Know About Payment Processing

It isn’t hard in today’s fast-paced marketplace for small businesses to fall behind in terms of technology, especially when it comes to payment processing. The pressure to take on-site and mobile payments is creating a commerce environment where small businesses might not think it possible to compete. 

Entrepreneur Strategies to Make a Better Business

Success as an entrepreneur requires both intrinsic and extrinsic qualities. Intrinsic qualities are things like a positive attitude, passion, and a desire to persist past obstacles. Extrinsic qualities are a high degree of knowledge and skill in a specific field. Given that someone has the right blend of inner drive and outer opportunity, what strategies will make for a better business? Four proven strategies that will make a huge difference are money management, providing great customer service, a niche specific focus, and marketing your business. Let's look at each in turn in some detail.

Office Meetings: How to Improve Your Presentation

Business presentations are a part of everyday life for many people. Presentations are intended to deliver information, new ideas, or changes to a group of employees all at the same time. Presentations can be given to just a few co-workers or to an entire company. Developing an effective and interesting presentation can be difficult. There are several tips that will help to improve any business presentation.

Get Off the Ground: 5 Inexpensive Ways to Build a Client Base

All kinds of companies strive to build their customer bases. Developing the best products is useless if you cannot find loyal consumers. Marketing is a valuable tool for business owners in narrow fields, such as veterinarians, proctologists, and SEO managers.

3 Best Stock Market Apps

“The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of many men,” said Bernard Baruch. In our quest to make it big, many of us make uninformed decisions that cost a pretty penny, but it doesn’t have to be that way. You may not have the advanced tools of Brian Ferdinand, Liquid Holdings' wunderkind, but you can still give yourself a leg up on the industry. You may not become a billionaire overnight, but these apps can help educate and offer insight that can help give you the upper hand in the market.