Category: Local Business

Work From Home Success Story – Embroidery Business

In 1995 my wife decided she hated her day job. The pay was meager, the commute was terrible and most importantly she felt she could achieve more with her life. At the time I was…

Is It A Mistake To Add Organic Food To Your Clean Eating Diet?

Are you one of the many people who are getting great results from eating clean? It doesn’t matter if your clean eating diet is super strict or even if its pretty loose – you are…

Product Images – Take the Time to Learn and Use the Right Tools

I am currently working with a very driven client. She is, finally, working to get her offline business online. Her website is an issue that she has been circling for years, literally, and finally she…

Small Business Marketing Tip #4: Ego Normous – Learn Marketing From The King

I was reading the latest edition of Adverting Age magazine, an industry pub for us advertising nut-cases. Actually, I’m not real fond of the journal – too much junk about big brands and million dollar…

3 Tips to Maximize Business Card Marketing For Your Small Business

I keep them in my wallet, my pocket, my briefcase and my car. I’ve left a few with my doctor, my dentist, my lawyer, my accountant and my mother! What am I talking about? My…

Mobile Search Yields Delicious Ribs

I used to travel quite a bit for work and my eastbound flights always had me arriving around dinner time. Being hungry in a strange city can be daunting especially if you are trying to…

How To Start and Run a Successful Lifestyle Business Online

A Personal Insight Congratulations! You have chosen a really rewarding option into how your business and life will coexist happily ever after.” That was a little note to myself when I chose the lifestyle business…

Business & Technology – Is Rural Business Ready For Location Based Applications?

I have been reading and hearing a lot about location based applications, namely Foursquare and Gowalla. I was even asked recently on Twitter which I felt was going to be the winner for their user…

Marketing For Small Business

First, let me define what marketing strategy is. It is a “big picture” of what a business will do in a specific market. A marketing planning is more than just assembling the 4Ps of Marketing,…

A Big Mistake You Are Making With Your Business Website and Your Business Marketing Online Strategy

I assume that most people have a business website for the purpose of getting more customers to it. Most business websites fail miserably in that goal. The lack of a clear business marketing online strategy…