Alex Ivanovs, Founder of CodeCondo
Content, Design and Completeness: 3 Tips for Building a Website for a Small Business
Many small businesses will turn to local developers when it comes to building their first business website, while others will rely on agencies, or even step up and take on the challenge themselves. Today, we want to help those who’re brave enough to be building their own website. Not everyone is able to afford expensive designer and developer work, but even then – it costs hundreds of times less to just learn a common webRead More
Carrie Cousins and Edited
Most Popular and Used Small Business themes for WordPress
There are so many things to consider when launching a startup or small business. But creating your website does not have to be a chore thanks to plenty of great WordPress themes available on the market made just for small businesses. These small business themes focus less on blogging, news portal and more on promoting your company and products. So whether your focus is on a physical location or you want to dabble in e-commerce, weRead More
Patrick Clark, Businessweek Research,
Small Business Owners and the Economists Who Hate Them
Hugging a small business owner, like kissing a baby, is a time-honored way for politicians to broadcast their populist spirit. Supporting programs for Main Street has been a favorite salve for Wall Street bankers seeking to repair reputations wrecked during the financial crisis. Everyone, including 95 percent of the U.S. population, likes small business. Except, perhaps, economists. In recent years, a growing chorus has argued that small business owners are not the job creators they’reRead More
Osmond Vitez
Benefits of Small Business Management
Small business management is a process entrepreneurs use when running their business operations. Small business management often requires entrepreneurs to have a wide variety of knowledge or understanding relating to business topics. Entrepreneurs may need to understand how to manage employees, accurately report financial information, acquire economic resources or business assets, and make various business decisions. Entrepreneur and business owners are usually required to complete these functions because they may not have enough capital toRead More
George N. Root III, Demand Media
Small Business Management Tips
Managing a small business means managing your time, resources and employees as effectively as possible. Learning new ways to better manage the various aspects of your business can make your business more productive, and your life easier. Aggressive Management Sometimes pays to be aggressive when managing your business, especially if you find yourself consistently chasing the competition. Learn to work outside your own personal comfort zone and be prepared to take risks you would notRead More
Osmond Vitez, Demand Media
Principal Features of Small Business Management
Small business management requires individuals to have a wide variety of business knowledge and understanding. Business owners must often learn new skills as they work in a company and expand its operations. Individuals can often take college courses, attend seminars or review websites to increase their knowledge a small business management. Business owners may also consult with other owners or review information from the Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding small business management techniques. Leadership BusinessRead More
Neema P. Roshania
Fast-Growing Small Businesses Led by Women
The number of small businesses owned by women is growing 50% faster than the total number of small businesses, according to a small business monitoring report from American Express. And by 2018, one-third of new U.S. jobs will be generated by female-owned companies, compared with 16% now, based on projections by The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute.The shift has implications for employees, customers and competitors. Typically, women business owners tend to seek new waysRead More
Beth Solomon and Diane Tomb from CNBC
The Important Role of Female Small Business Owners
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sparked a national conversation recently, when she called for women to “lean in” and pursue their careers aggressively. While opinions are strong—and they vary—one thing all should be able to agree on is that entrepreneurship and business ownership are good things for women. In fact, if recent research is any indication, more women entrepreneurs is a good thing for everyone in the community: men and women. Let’stake a lookRead More
Catherine Kaputa
3 Personal Branding Tips From Highly Successful Women Entrepreneurs
Why are there more highly successful male entrepreneurs than women entrepreneurs? A key reason, I believe, is that women are not as aware as men are of the power of personal branding, whether it’s self promotion, projecting confidence or strategic networking. In talking over 150 of highly successful women entrepreneurs and business women for my new book, Women Who Brand: How Smart Women Promote Themselves and Get Ahead, I was struck by 3 personal brandingRead More
How Much You Should You Spend on Business Gifts
Whether around the Holiday season or during any other time of the year, you may occasionally need to choose gifts for those in your organization or those you do business with regularly. But when it comes to your employees and customers, how much should you spend on business gifts? Cost of a Gift How much you should spend depends on your budget and other factors, some of which are business gift giving etiquette. If you’ve decidedRead More