NEW Guest Article on DirJournal.com shares tips to make moving a small business office easier. Goes beyond the business-as-usual checklists, throws mobile apps in the mix, and shares a stack of resources.
May 312013
May 152013
With gadgets in hand (and with or without pants), entrepreneurs get on with the business of creating startups — and they do it with a style of their own. This fun and colorful infographic from the team at Small Business Trends (@SmallBizTrends) takes a light-hearted look.
Apr 162013
Inspiration for this poem, written in 2012, was derived from words, phrases, questions and postulations popping up again and again in association with Google’s quest with algorithms during 2010, 2011, and 2012
May 282012
Tabs are standard fare in most software. My latest technology challenge was integrating custom fields and custom tabs to Listing pages of a local business directory using DirectoryPress directory-building software that runs atop the WordPress platform.
Feb 262012
Social media and social networking are equalizers for small businesses engaged in mobile vending. Columbia SC-based New York’s Famous Hotdogs is featured on DealChicken’s daily deal billboard – quite a leap from curbside word-of-mouth marketing to larger-than-life billboard promotions. Part 2 of the interview with the Whipper-Kloess team.
In the first part of the interview (Hotdog! Street Vending Saves Family Finances), the Whipper-Kloess team highlighted some of what got them here.
Feb 242012
Losing your job is not the end of the world – starting a small business vending operation might be the answer. Three years ago, Quinton Whipper was happily working as a finance manager at a loan company. Under the umbrella of realignment, the company filed bankruptcy and fired Quinton a month before his hefty bonus — $18 thousand dollars — was due to be paid. Interview with owners of New York Famous Hotdogs of Columbia, South Carolina, Quinton Whipper and Gisela Kloess.
Feb 212012
Strong guarantees and prompt refunds are customer service best business practices that protect both future cash flow and customers and assets. Does your refund policy suck?
Feb 042012
Starting with a blank slate, Duct Tape SEO fills your plate with food for thought then leads you to the buffet and shows you exactly what to select — and what to leave behind — for a healthy SEO diet. As much motivational as it is a teaching tool, it builds confidence in first-timers by creating context, providing worksheets, and sharing anecdotal tidbits from James’ own personal experiences.
Jan 142012
Street vending, pushcarts, food trucks, and vending machines … Another economic development strategy to level the playing field for local small business.
Nov 192011
Just because WordPress is free does not mean the creators can freely step in and muck around in it, on your site, without your permission. JetPack Stats Plugin from WordPress.com and Automattic hijacks your comments. Say NO this time.
