Small Business Tips: How Do You Leverage Existing Customers?

by Dawn Fotopulos on April 26, 2012

Meet my buddy Mike Zumchak. He teaches Easy Excel Classes and he’s a genius at it.  Business is booming, but it didn’t start out that way. Why? In the middle of a recession, most people are learning new skills to make them more valuable in the marketplace.

When I first met Mike four years ago, he was teaching  classes on Saturdays to three students. You can’t make money doing that. The best small business tips really helped him attract lots of new customers. Here’s what we did: [click to continue…]

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Instagram: How to Build a Billion Dollar Business

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Unless you’ve been living on Saturn, you’ve probably heard that Instagram received a whopping price of $1 BILLION from Facebook recently. It begs the question, how did this yearling upstart with thirteen people command such a crazy price tag?

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Skate to Where the Puck is Going Not Where It’s Been; Read “Aftershock”

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The title of this post is actually a famous quote attributed to the great ice hockey star, Wayne Gretzky. But the truth is, it was advice given to him by Wayne’s father Walter. It’s great advice for hockey players and small business owners. We can’t change the past, we can only look forward. Here’s how to…

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Financial Literacy Month!

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Did you know that April is financial literacy month? What is financial literacy? It’s the ability to interpret numbers and is the best defense against losing money. Reuters put together a little five question quiz to see if you know more than a high school senior about financial literacy.

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United States Economy; What is Rich?

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The volume continues to rise on the rhetoric: “Tax the rich!” If the scene feels familiar, it may be because it recalls another, this time from Beauty and the Beast. Remember the scene? Gaston whips the townspeople into a frenzy, convincing them that the beast is a threat, and out come the torches. And you’ve [...]

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Small Business Start Up Tips: Teach What You Know to Bring In Cash

April 9, 2012Small Biz Start Up

Two weeks ago, my computer crashed while I was in the hinterlands. I needed a really great tech person on the hop. Mike McNemar was just what the doctor ordered. He calls himself the “SI Computer Guy”. He’s Microsoft Certified, has worked for some big names in technology and decided he and his wife wanted [...]

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Mobile Applications for Small Businesses: Have you downloaded Bump yet?

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Our reporter on the beat, Celina Durgin, brings us this latest on mobile applications for small business brings to streamline your life. What’s next for business cards in an age of smartphones and contact lists?  How can you ensure that customers or colleagues will transfer your contact information from your card onto their phones? Bump, [...]

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