In the golden words of Bill Gates: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” So very true! Good businesses use customer feedback to get better, and improve themselves. Great, successful businesses though, place special focus and emphasis on negative customer feedback … [Read more...]
Best Practices For Choosing Domain Names
March 30, 2013 by 3 Comments
From a small-business standpoint, the importance of a domain name - or a good domain name for that matter - simply cannot be overstated. In fact, starting a small business by establishing a strong presence on the internet is extremely important, if not crucial! A good domain name allows you to … [Read more...]
Young Entrepreneurs: 8 Teenage Millionaires
March 27, 2013 by 3 Comments
One interesting bit of news that really got my attention this week was that of Nick D’Aloisio, the 17-year-old millionaire (yes, millionaire at 17!), who sold his smartphone app called Summly to Yahoo for a cool $30 million! It’s quite an interesting story actually: D’Aloisio started using the … [Read more...]
Inspiring Stories and Quotes on Failure and Dealing with Failure
March 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Failure, or failing at something, is a part of life. People experience failure both in their personal and professional lives on a daily basis. The great thing about failure is that it provides you with a second chance. You get the opportunity to pick yourself up once again, come back stronger and … [Read more...]
Inspirational Sales Quotes
March 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
Motivation and inspiration are two of the key elements to be successful in sales. I know because I’ve worked in sales (insurance, to be precise) for a couple of years (been there done that, in other words), and I know that more than anything else, you need that extra bit of motivation, impetus and … [Read more...]
6 Rock-solid Ways to Make Money through Blogging
March 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today, we see a lot more people turning to the internet to make their living and earn their livelihoods than we ever have. And why not, since there are some fantastic ways of making money online, especially if you have a blog. Blogs are pretty easy to monetize – provided you know some of the … [Read more...]
10 Effective Twitter Strategies for Businesses
March 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Twitter is an outstanding tool for individuals and businesses alike. With the passage of time, more and more businesses are turning towards Twitter to market themselves, get more exposure, generate leads, drive sales, ad provide customer support. Here are a few strategies that businesses can use … [Read more...]
10 Reasons Why Business Blogs and Websites Should Use Wordpress
March 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There’s a reason why WordPress is the most popular CMS out there, and the content-management-system-of-choice of millions of blogs and websites out there! In the years gone by, in order to get a website up, you usually had to hire a designer and pay him or her bucket-loads of money to design a … [Read more...]
9 Business-people, Influencers, and Extremely Successful People to Follow on Twitter
March 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Twitter is simply an outstanding tool, a true social media marvel I would say, that lets people seamlessly connect with others on the internet, share stuff, engage in meaningful conversations, read about their activities, stay up-to-date and current with what’s going on in the world, follow hashtags … [Read more...]
Business Plans for Entrepreneurs 101
March 6, 2013 by 2 Comments
Wikipedia defines a business plan as a ‘formal statement that contains a set of business goals, reasons an entrepreneur believes those goals are attainable, and how he or she thinks they can be achieved. You could say that a business plan is a ‘written form of a business’. It is usually a 25-30 … [Read more...]