Networking Opportunities Made Possible by Guest Blogging Just like in the offline world, sometimes it is “who you know” that counts. In online business, there are many ways to network with other business owners. One way is through guest blogging. You are building your business and making your mark in cyberspace. As a complement to your business, you start a … Read More
W ith the income tax deadline just around the corner for tax year 2009, which is April 30, 2010 , it’s time to start thinking about what’s required to file. If you are a small business owner, you have until June 15th to file, but any taxes owning must be paid by April 30th. If you are entitled to a tax … Read More
Last week’s SMX West conference was a unique one for me. I didn’t get to sit in on many sessions as an attendee because we were a bit short-handed at Search Engine Land, and I was pretty much working constantly on a variety of things for SEL. I live-blogged the keynotes, did the daily coverage roundups, wrote up a bunch … Read More
If you missed yesterday’s 98th edition of GlobeTrade.com’s monthly e-newsletter, Borderbuster , you missed a really good Q&A about how to access international trade stats. Here it is for your benefit: Q: To Ask The Expert, Where’s a good place to search for U.S. import or export statistics? A: Our recommendations are: The U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade WTO International … Read More
One of the most common ways of promoting small businesses is with news releases . This old, yet still effective, promotional tactic, is often misused because small business owners write news releases like advertisements. That just doesn’t work. Why Many News Releases Never Get Used If you write news releases that concentrate on your business instead of providing relevant information … Read More
If you’re reading this while at SMX West, a big welcome to you. Thanks for visiting SmallBusinessSEM.com. In my presentation, I mention a half-dozen web sites that you may not have had time to jot down while I was speaking. If that’s the case, here are all the references I made in chronological order: GetListed.org Universal Business Listing Localeze Google … Read More
Isn’t it true that everyone has a goal? Some may dream of wealth, some of travel, some of dedicating their lives to service others, whatever the goal … it is human nature to have something to “aim for.” If you were asked, “How willing are you to take whatever steps necessary to achieve your personal and/or professional goals?” What would … Read More
As regular readers will know, I’m always interested in buying small businesses. In the vast majority of cases I end up walking away, often without having made an offer for the business. Why? Well it’s usually because the vendor – or more typically their business transfer agent (you can read a little more about my thoughts on business transfer agents … Read More
San Francisco-based online artisan food market Foodzie operates on a direct-to-Web consumer model in an effort to strengthen the relationship between sellers and consumers–all while providing the freshest food possible. The Foodzie team recently celebrated its first year in business, during which time it received $1 million in funding. Co-founder Emily Olson shares Foodzie’s vision to help small producers to … Read More
If you’re trying to improve how far your Tweets get shared, try talking about Twitter itself in those 140 characters–it’ll boost your chances according to some new analysis. But Facebookers seem to hate Twitter–its mention is a sharing killer. There’re a million ways to investigate the social trends exhibited in the status streams from Twitter and Facebook, but Dan Zarella … Read More