This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is about Creating a Wow Experience.  Our Sparkplugging Authors have some Wow Factor tips for you today: Susan has ideas on how to wow your customers. Leslie is ready to go the extra mile. Crissy tells us to go beyond expectations. Traci says that ‘wowed’ customers spread the word [...]

So my last post I explained the importance of using a business blog as a marketing tool for your business. I explained their are really four reasons why you must use a business blog in your business. So today I’ll cover the first one which is getting found online. The cold hard truth is it [...]

The NFIB Virtual Summit is an exciting, informal online conference we are hosting on September 15, 2009.  No travel arrangements are necessary – you can attend from the convenience of your home or office!    In case you are not familiar with NFIB – we are the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, [...]

When it comes to making the leap from employee to full-time entrepreneur, do you follow your heart, your gut or your money? It’s a hard question and one that I still don’t have the answer for. If it were up to my heart, I would have left my job a week after I started. If [...]

Just a quick post to hopefully clear something up. There is a big difference between Guest Blogging and Article Marketing. Article Marketing involves you writing an article and making it available to web and print publishers with Free Reprint Rights.  Basically, you tell publishers they can use your content as is so long as they [...]

I used to struggle. A lot. I spent more than a decade suffocating under a burden of debt.  I wore the letters off of my keyboard building my online business – and finally knew the pleasure of being debt free and being able to pay bills on time.  I know what it’s like to build [...]

This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is all about Motivating Others.  Our Sparkplugging Authors have some great advice for us! Susan says to be inspiring and she shares some quick tips she gathered on Twitter. Lynette shares what others do that motivates her. Laurie compares motivating horses to people… interesting! Christina says to share success [...]