If you have an idea for a business, or if you already have a company of your own, then you probably love the show “Shark Tank.” It’s reality TV, sure, but it’s not like a...
Paying for additional team members can be a real struggle while you’re launching your startup. But get your customer service game wrong, and it won’t be long before your startup closes its doors. Thankfully, there...
More than 80 percent of abandoning visitors never return to a website. So, what’s killing those conversions? Smart marketers (or marketing ninjas, as we like to call them) will thwart conversion killers before they strike,...
At the start of 2018, there were an estimated 3.7 billion users using a mobile device to access the internet. For any entrepreneur or startup, one of the first dilemmas they’ll face is deciding whether...
Being an entrepreneur is challenging, but it can be especially difficult if you begin building your business at a young age. Young entrepreneurs face unique hurdles like creating a company with less work and life...
Female entrepreneurship has made great strides over the past 20 years, but we’ve got miles left to go, and many challenges to face along the way. In spite of these challenges, women entrepreneurs report a...
As the demand for mobile continues to rise, so do consumers’ needs for quick and easy service. Enter: the gig economy and the handy apps like TaskRabbit and Uber that go along with it. Why...
When examining the purchasing behaviors, habits and beliefs of different demographic groups, many startups fail to consider dads. This is a mistake, as today’s dads have many household responsibilities, including choosing products for children. Modern...
With the volume of digital content exploding, content marketers (and especially those at startups) need to work harder than ever to get their content noticed. Many are turning to custom visuals to augment their text-heavy...
Facebook for Business can be a powerful tool to help startups build an audience for their product or service. However, it can also involve a lot of time and effort with deceptively little reward. It’s...
There’s no doubt the world of work is changing. The internet, the cloud and apps have successfully untethered work from the office. You can run your business from anywhere, which minimizes startup costs and creates...
When you start up a new business, amongs the first things you do nowadays is get a website made, and no business website is complete without a Google Analytics account. There’s so much more to...
A well-developed digital marketing strategy has become a must-have for multi-location businesses. Customers are shopping online more than ever before, with 56 percent of sales influenced by digital during the past year. While many businesses...
Getting the most out of your work hours and consistently bringing your A-game to your tasks is a challenge every entrepreneur worries about. Some days you can be in the zone and racing through to-do...
For startups of all types, it can be confusing how to best take stock of and manage the sales process from the customer perspective. Many outdated ways of thinking have either changed or become obsolete....
Ghosts. Goblins. Ghouls. This month, there are a lot of frightening things out there. Your content marketing strategy shouldn’t be one of them. Yet, it can be a nightmare to continually come up with ideas...
You’ve come up with an excellent idea for a startup – congratulations! The opportunities for small businesses to succeed these days are manifold, yet so are the potential obstacles. Nowhere is this more pronounced than...
Food truck growth is on the rise and offers entrepreneurs with a passion for food an opportunity to start their own business. This infographic is designed to give owners and suppliers an easy-to-grasp snapshot of...
Considering what a rare commodity human attention is these days, it’s become more critical than ever for entrepreneurs to make an impact while giving a pitch presentation to prospective clients, investors and partners. Interestingly, when it...
Starting a new business can be the most exciting time of your life. When you’re sitting on a big idea, it’s natural to want to share it. Plus, you’re likely to need a bit support...