According to statistics from the Small Business Administration, 30% of small businesses fail by the second year and 49% fail by the fifth year. While this suggests that more small businesses succeed than fail, the number successes can be greatly increased if business owners would just pay attention to the factors that commonly undermine the […]
The rise of social media and its interaction with every aspect of business and the process of “buying” has transformed the way buyers go to market to solve strategic business problems. Today, buyers demand to be empowered with education about their problem before they engage in searching for the best solution. Four years ago, a […]
Jeremy Salem, President of SmartStep Media and Consultant at Digital Traffic Ace (www.digitaltrafficace.com) specializes in teaching his clients his proven techniques for mining Facebook for high value clients. He goes far beyond what most people know of Facebook interaction for business where they post announcements about their company and cute pictures. He even goes far […]
Olivia Terziovski has carved a winning niche for her legal firm, Boutique Lawyers in Melbourne, Australia. Not only do they specialise in Building and Construction matters for home owners, owner-builders, builders and developers, but they charge an agreed fixed fee, almost unheard of in a profession where the billable hour rewards people simply for showing […]
While unemployment has dropped in recent months, job prospects for college graduates still seem bleak. The United States economy continues to sputter along, but that doesn’t matter according to Mike Marino, a junior in college who is teaching other students about entrepreneurship. “There are opportunities everywhere if you have the knowledge, mentors and desire to […]
Cliff Pelloni, founder of eFluential Marketing in Atlanta, Georgia recently launched eFluential Publishing, a business designed to assist people who want to take their ideas, knowledge, skills and experience, and turn them into books. The primary focus is to help authors turn their books into best-sellers using the eFluential Author Program. “Book and product creation […]
The bullying and cyber-bullying debate has been slung, hurled, and posted throughout the nation’s schools for years now, but it finally reached what CNN called a “tipping point” last fall when a 12 year-old girl – after years of being bullied, both live and online – committed suicide. In the fallout, two former classmates were […]
Nancy Seeger is the Owner and Director of Seeger Consulting, Inc. She brings over 20 years of experience as a Marketing Specialist. After freelancing with several companies as a Master Strategist, she saw a great need within successful businesses that were struggling in their marketing endeavors. She started Seeger Consulting, Inc. over three years ago […]
Having a great business model is only one part of a business owner’s ultimate success story. Without clients, there’s very little an entrepreneur can do to stand out and gain clients. Brent Allan of More Referrals More Clients (www.morereferralsmoreclients.com) has developed a strategy to help push business owners out of the doldrums of anonymity and […]
Malibu is one of the world’s most famous real estate markets, with 27 miles of beaches and is located close to one of the largest cities in the world, Los Angeles. Malibu’s just a 15-minute to a half hour drive into Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. Jeff Chertow, a top producing Malibu Real Estate […]