online small business

The 5 Absolutely Essential Personal Traits Needed to Become a Successful Entrepreneur

I am often asked by media interviewers, prospective entrepreneurs and college students I mentor to identify the most important qualities that are present in successful small business start-up owners and innovators. Obviously there are many personality traits that contribute to success in every sort of endeavor. Honesty, hard work, creativity and a positive mental attitude are only a few. However, I think that there are five traits that are essential keys to achieving entrepreneurial success. These are present in every successful entrepreneur I have ever worked with.

10 Small Business Twitter Accounts You Should Know (and follow!)

As Twitter gains momentum (and active users) it can become more and more difficult to weed out the best handles to follow. Some are spam handles, some share off-topic news, but some are gems! Today, Wasp Barcode Technologies has sorted through some of the more popular accounts, and we’re sharing with you our top ten twitter accounts relevant to small businesses.

Ranking small business in Google places

Have you claimed a Google places page for your business? Small business owners don't see the importance of Google places page, you need to have a Google places page for your business and ensure that it is ranked high to be visited by many, bring to you new customers and attract more leads to your company. Your business website can serve as a perfect marketing tool for your company when you get to know how to drive targeted traffic to it. Small and successful businesses have used this to further succeed in their ventures.

Twitter Marketing Is Simplistic and Effective

Twitter marketing is based upon first connecting with others to build up a following which allows you to easily initiate viral campaigns! What makes this social site such an effective marketing tool is its simplistic design combined with its huge user base. The need for extensive copy writing is not a concerned since only brief messages are allowed and are limited to 140 characters! This evens the playing field for marketers who don't have great copy writing talents or the funds to pay someone who does! As stated previously this popular social site makes for a very effective marketing platform due to the genius of its simplicity and here are 3 such examples.

Online Affiliate Marketing - Building Your Foundation

An online affiliate marketing business offers great potential to just about anybody looking to have a successful business on the internet. It is important to recognize however that most successful businesses got that way by building a strong foundation that allows for stable and continual growth! It is therefore important that as your affiliate business begins to prosper that you take measures that will help promote its growth into the future.

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