Jackie Nagel, Synnovatia 
Whether you’ve been in small business 6 days or 6 years, you understand the excitement of a pending new product or service launch. You also know how terrifying it can be. Fear and trepidation can sideline smart and potentially successful initiatives.
There’s only one solution to make sure your launch goes off without a hitch – grab a match!
No matter how well you and your small business services perform for your clients, one special ingredient makes your business irresistible – excellence. Excellence is the lip-smacking value-add that has your clients coming back for more!
Master carpenters operate by an age-old proverb that prevents wasting time and money. Before cutting a piece of wood, they check for accuracy by measuring twice and cutting once. In case you’re wondering what a master carpenter and a small business owner have in common, it turns out they share a universal objective…both want results without wasting valuable resources.
Summer has arrived and it’s a typical time for vacation. I admit. I’ve taken a few long weekends myself.
Smart patients don’t wait until they’re sick to look for a doctor. They don’t rely on magazine articles on illnesses because, though helpful, magazines can’t diagnose, inoculate, or treat the disease. But, when the patient has been exposed to disease, not already suffering from it, a doctor is needed. Small businesses need lawyers before being sued in the same way. Making a living exposes a business to legal problems. Reading publications is useful, but it merely makes the business the equivalent of an informed patient, not a doctor.
It wasn’t that long ago that we only had three primary social media platforms to choose from. LinkedIn launched in 2003 with Facebook quickly following with a 2004 launch, followed by Twitter in 2006. Since then, we’ve seen an explosion of social media platforms. In fact, here are the Top 15 most-popular social media sites including some you may not have heard of. Frankly, it’s all a bit overwhelming!
When did it happen? How did it happen? It was all so subtle. It started with a small portion of your day visiting your inbox. Your inbox was new and exciting and, with anything fresh, electrifying, and shimmering, it held mind-blowing magnetism!
