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How Your Small Business Can Prepare for the Slow Season

Depending on the industry you operate in, your business may see spikes in profitability at certain times throughout the year. If this is the case, you're likely also experience slow months in between, which can...

byNav

September 21, 2019

How Your Startup Can Benefit From Livestreaming

You’ve probably seen interactive broadcasting in your Facebook feed recently, those live videos created by friends and streamed directly to your news feed. Maybe you’ve come across Livestream’s Meevo, a $499 video camera built for...

byJT Ripton

January 5, 2018

How to Attract New Customers this Holiday Season

Attracting New Customers - It's easier than you think! Though distraction is plentiful this time of year, what with all of the potential for vacation, parties, and red coffee cups floating about, the holiday season...

byDeborah Sweeney

November 17, 2014

28 Small Business Marketing Resolutions for the New Year

It is common practice to set New Year's resolutions in our personal lives, but how often do we do it for our business? As you look forward to running your small business in 2012, think about...

byWendy Kenney

December 19, 2011

Small Business Marketing Ideas for September

If you're a business owner looking for some creative marketing ideas, you've come to the right place. Let me tell you something- If it's being talked about on the news or on the Internet, then...

byWendy Kenney

August 15, 2011

5 Tips for Running Facebook Contests

Looking for a great way to get more "Likes" for your business page on Facebook? Want a way to keep your current fans engaged or to generate some buzz for your business? Running a contest...

byWendy Kenney

August 8, 2011

Entrepreneurs Capture the Flag for Smarts & Prizes

We've been running a daily contest the past two weeks at StartupNation.com (there are still 2 days left!) and awarding daily prizes leading up to a Grand Prize drawing. The winner gets $1,000 to go...

byJoel Welsh

February 8, 2007

Another clever holiday promotion

This holiday promotion we received demonstrates how clever and creative you can be in the electronic medium. It's from a company we respect a lot called Enlighten, based in Ann Arbor, MI. If you're trying...

byRich Sloan

December 15, 2005

Who’s Hiring Santa Claus this Year?

OK, we're putting the word out to help one of our community members--you can read her article in this week's newsletter, actually... Linda Case. Here's her challenge and her request for help: ---- Hello StartupNation....

byRich Sloan

October 10, 2005

Fleshing out our latest promotion

Well, the "Fleshers" have it. They've won the battle (see previous entry, "War of words"). Thanks for the corroboration folks! (did i spell that right?!). Now, to flesh out our latest promotion, I wanted to...

byRich Sloan

September 20, 2005