Times are tough, advertising budgets are low, yet your small business needs some exposure to stay alive.  So what’s a penny-pitching small business owner to do? GET FREE PUBLICITY. That’s right.  I said free.  Now mind you, scoring free publicity for your small business will require a little bit of time and effort, but the [...]

Deadline has been extended through April 24th! Financial software maker Intuit recently reached out to us to let us know about a completely cool new program they have launched to help small biz owners get through the economic mess we are in. Personally, I’m hoping they thought I would be a shoe-in for the grand [...]

If you have an online business, you’ve probably been told at least once to get on Twitter.  Maybe you’re already on Twitter but don’t feel like you’re getting anything out of the space. Truth be told—Twitter can be great for promoting your small business.  And while proponents of social media like to say “anything goes, [...]

I know. I’m a professional blogger. And you all have been wondering why the heck I haven’t been writing lately. So, there’s been this Deal. The Deal I’ve been working on for 3 months. It was going to be a ‘Really Big Deal’ kind of Deal. A ‘Putting My Name on the Big Time Map’ [...]

There are millions of small and growing businesses around the world. Only 1/3 of them are on the web. The rest believe that it’s too expensive or it’s too difficult to get online. Every business must have their own web presence to compete in todays economy. A website is simply an electronic brochure that helps your [...]