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11 Reasons Why You Need a Side Hustle

Side hustles aren’t new, but in today's uncertain or even volatile economy more people than ever are working to earn income on the side. That is especially true among millennials, who make up the majority...

byGeorgi Todorov

May 14, 2024

What Is the Average Income of a Subway Restaurant Franchise Owner?

Long before Subway was purchased by the private equity firm Roark Capital—a deal that closed April 30 with a price tag of $9.6 billion—an entrepreneurial member of the StartupNation community posed a question about the...

byColin McMahon

May 10, 2024

How to Start a Loyalty Program in 5 Easy Steps

One of the best ways to grow your startup business it to create a loyalty program. Rewards programs remain one of the most efficient methods for startups to reward existing customers and keep them coming...

byRay Clopton

April 9, 2024

How to Use Snapchat to Boost Your Sales

The parent company of Snapchat has gone through a rough stretch of late, with shares of plunged plunging in early February after the company reported a loss in last quarter of 2023. But CEO Evan...

byNav

February 12, 2024

The Importance Of SEO In Digital Marketing

Here's an obvious yet powerful fact: Your customers search online before making any purchase decisions. So, where do you want to be on the web when those customers go searching? That's right, before their eyes....

byAlisha Shibli

January 16, 2024

12 Keys to Choosing and Building Your Best Side Hustle

There is a reason that January is a popular time to start a business. New Year, new you, fresh start, all that. The good thing about a side hustle is that you don't have to...

byColin McMahon

January 9, 2024

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Productization of Services: 6 Tips, Best Practices and Examples

Transforming one-off services into proper products that you can brand, market and sell to clients can transform your business. That makes it sound simple, but the reality is quite different. The whole process can be...

byJessica Perkins

December 4, 2023

How to Make Passive Income with an Online Dropshipping Store

After my husband passed away unexpectedly in 2006, I decided to launch a side hustle to help me feel more financially secure. But, as a therapist who was used to earning money based on “billable...

byAmy Morin

May 2, 2023

6 Recession-Proof Side Hustles You Can Start Today to Bring in Extra Cash

With a couple of banks going under and jitters spreading about the banking industry overall, fears of a recession are back in the headlines. So it's only natural that with this economic volatility comes more...

byJennifer Paley

March 16, 2023

Learn How to Start and Build a Successful Lifestyle Brand

You’ve developed a great line of products or services. Now what? There are plenty of sales-focused businesses out there where this is the end of the story: have stuff, sell stuff, make money. Some entrepreneurs,...

byVeronica Vargas

March 16, 2023

How to Find and Apply for Minority Business Loans

Many minorities are starting businesses, have been running one for a while, or are well-established in their industry. Despite their qualifications and eagerness to be part of a growing economy, however, there are some obstacles...

byNav

February 13, 2023

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How AI and Machine Learning Can Boost Business Efficiency

Efficiency. It’s the goal of every modern business from the newly minted startup to the legacy enterprise. Yet becoming a well-oiled machine can be tough. Leveraging tools that use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...

byJohn Rampton

February 9, 2023

3 Things You Need for Success in Sales—as a Rep or a Business Owner

We’re all salespeople, whether we realize it or not. We’re selling something every day, and some of us choose to make a career of it. My sales career started with babysitting when I was 12....

byRhonda Petit

February 2, 2023

From Startup Nonprofits to Major Players, the 6 Keys to Growth in 2023

In order to make an impact in the nonprofit sector, it is important for organizations to understand and embrace the primary growth factors that will be at play in the coming year. While there are...

byGaurav Belani

January 4, 2023

Small Business Sales - Build Your Business Without Relying on Price

Start Lean, Stay Lean: 4 Ways to Shape Up Your Operation

As a startup founder, you have a lot of dreams to accomplish on a limited budget. One way to make sure you accomplish your goals is by focusing on efficiency right away. You can start...

byJohn Rampton

November 7, 2022

How to Leverage Customer Insights to Drive New Customer Acquisition Strategy

At its core, leveraging customer insights lets your business look into the hearts and minds of current and potential buyers. Tapping into customer insights offers a way to take the pulse of your target audience,...

byRachael Baihn

October 26, 2022

4 Major Obstacles Every Entrepreneur Must Overcome

With very few exceptions, the road to successful entrepreneurship has never been without its obstacles. Even during the best of times, blazing new ground in the business world has always been risky. After all, if...

byJohn Rampton

October 25, 2022

How To (Safely) Set Up a Crypto Wallet for Your Small Business

As a business owner, you're always looking for new and innovative ways to reduce costs and increase profits while providing better service and more value to your customers. You've probably heard of Bitcoin and other...

byJordan Bishop

October 24, 2022

A Beginner’s Guide to Business Success in the Metaverse

There’s no hiding from it: The metaverse is coming, and it’s on track to disrupt the world of business as we know it. Championed by newly rebranded Meta (formerly Facebook), the metaverse will be a...

byAlex Young

October 5, 2022