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Meet and Eat: How Can a Restaurant Cost-Effectively Promote Itself?
September 24th, 2024|
Restaurants are a tough business. The margins are tight, the competition’s fierce and you’re at the mercy of outside events. For instance, following the lockdowns [...]
How to Start and Run a Home-Based Business
September 23rd, 2024|
Many business magazines are saying that home-based businesses are the future, but most employers have doubts about it. There are many challenges when you have [...]
Grow Your Business by Starting Your Own Conference
September 22nd, 2024|
[adrotate group="4"] Philip Taylor or "PT" is the man behind PT Money blog. In addition to writing for his own blog, PT has been published [...]
Fascinating Statistics on Cloud Computing in 2020
Almost every business has at least one toe dipped into the cloud, which offers several vital benefits to business networks. Still, it is interesting to see how the cloud has grown and changed in the relatively brief time it has been available to business leaders. Here are some of the most interesting statistics concerning cloud computing in 2020, which entrepreneurs can use to alter their cloud strategy and configurations. The Size of the Cloud Computing Market Facts about the size of the cloud are perhaps the most astonishing, and thus worth a look. 94 percent of enterprises use the cloud. [...]
Shark Tank Reject Makes $10 Million
[adrotate group="4"] How do you walk off Shark Tank and make $10 million with your business? Scott Jordan is the CEO of Scottevest and Technology Enabled Clothing. Scottevest is a business with over $10 Million in revenue. You might have seen Scott on Shark Tank. Where he ended up arguing with billionaire Marc Cuban. Find out how Scott connected with Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak. During one of its more entertaining episode, Scott ended up storming out of Shark Tank. Scott left Shark Tank without getting an investment, but he walked away with great PR for his company. We’ll talk about how being [...]
5 Traditional Options for Funding Your Startup
Do you dream of starting a small business? It’s a common goal for many. Some believe their product or service will change the world while. Others desire more flexibility or the freedom to steer their own ship. Regardless of why you may want to launch your startup, chances are you’ll need the funding to get the train rolling. But pooling resources is sometimes easier said than done. So, here are some options to consider: 1. Bootstrapping If you’re not familiar with the term “bootstrapping”, you may want to get acclimated as it may be your only option for [...]
4 Types of Effective Website Marketing
You want an effective website marketing strategy, right? No business can succeed without an effective marketing strategy. The content on your website can go further than you think. With smart website marketing, you can extend your website to new audiences. Often this involves sharing your content through different channels. Other times you need to repurpose your ideas in different mediums. Here are four mediums to consider to market your website content: SOCIAL MEDIA Social media is an important part of a successful website marketing strategy. Chances are a good chunk of your audience uses one of the big six social [...]
How to Get Over 2 Million Subscribers and 530 Million Views on Youtube
What does it take to start a business? Syed Balkhi created his first business when he was only 7 years old. Syed has been doing internet stuff since he was 12. He is an online marketer with design and development experience. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Yahoo, just to mention a few. Syed is the founder of WPBeginner a wildly popular site that provides quality tips, tricks, and hacks for Wordpress users. In 2011, Syed created a site called List25 which is an extremely popular site. Within 3 months of launch, the site [...]
How to Take Your Hobby Blog to Over $300,000 Revenue
[adrotate group="4"] What does it take to turn a hobby blog into a $300,000 plus a year business? Michelle Schroeder is a successful personal finance and lifestyle blogger. Michelle started her blog as a hobby that eventually turned into a business. She started her blog on the side while working full-time. Today she is a professional blogger. Michelle has been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, US News, and many more. I recommend that you check out my "How to Start a Blog" post, to find out exactly what you need to get started [...]
How To Start a Blog With a Mission
What does it take to start a business on your own terms? Carrie Smith is a financial writer featured on The Huffington Post and Yahoo Finance. Carrie is also a blogger at Careful Cents where she blogs about entrepreneurship, finance and business tactics for people that want to make money from things they love. Carrie has built a community of more than 7,000 freelancers and creatives. Her focus is building an online business without compromising her work ethics. On top of it all, she is only working on projects that get her excited. Carrie's mission is to help freelancers start [...]
3 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Getting an MBA
For some reason, a lot of entrepreneurs seem to think that MBAs have become obsolete. Because of a few success stories of business owners who were able to take their small business and turn it into a huge success without any formation, they completely ignore the thousands who failed because they lacked the business acumen it takes to succeed. In this article, we’re going to give you a few compelling reasons why every entrepreneur should still consider enrolling in an MBA program. You’ll Understand the Importance of Soft Skills - and be Able to Integrate them Most MBA programs will [...]
22 Ways to Increase Website Traffic
[adrotate group="4"] What are the most effective ways to increase your website traffic? Smaller businesses don’t need huge budgets or big marketing teams to boost website traffic. Follow these tips to find out how to grow your website traffic. Remarket with Facebook. Whether you’re in the B2B or B2C industry, Facebook is a great way to promote your brand. Take it a step further by using Facebook to remarket to audiences. Install a Facebook tracking pixel on your site to continue marketing to visitors after they leave your site. With an audience as small as 100 people, you can use [...]
Great Tools Female Entrepreneurs Can use to Digitize Their Businesses
Did you realize that nearly 11 million small businesses in the United States are owned by women? If you have owned a business for a few years and feel like your growth is stagnant, it is time to do something about it. Diagnosing the reason for stalled sales or non-existent sales leads can be difficult. One of the first things you should consider when trying to diagnose growth issues is the condition of your existing business technology. Some entrepreneurs fail to realize just how important the right technology is to their success in their chosen industry. If you are looking [...]
From Multiple Failures To $10 Million Venture Capital and 100,000 Users
What does it take to raise $10 million and get 100,000 users? After starting multiple businesses with little success, Lucas Carlson started AppFog in 2010. Lucas raised almost $10 million dollars in venture capital, and was acquired in 2013 after signing up over 100,000 developers. Lucas is also an author. He wrote Ruby Cookbook which was published by O’Reilly in 2006 and has sold over 20,000 copies. 20,000 copies for a programming book is a big number. Lucas is also a keynote speaker. He spoke at nearly 30-conferences around the world. And last but not least he is an open [...]
How to Jumpstart Your SEO Before Going Live
[adrotate group="4"] SEO matters even before your website goes live. Are you thinking about redesigning your website or designing a brand new website? Even before your website goes live SEO should be top of mind. Before you launch your website, you have to attend to many details. From the technical to the creative, these many features will contribute to your website's user experience. You will work and rework content and agonize over the many accessibility and design choices. But whatever you do, never consider launching your new website until it's optimized. In fact, SEO is not only important once you [...]
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