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Small Business Owners Need to Know About Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity - In today’s digital world, business owners need to worry about more than locking up their stores after business hours. As Small Biz Trends reports, 43 percent of cyber attacks are on small businesses. But how can you defend against data breaches or...
How to Increase Social Media Engagement in Ten Easy Steps
Social media has been a cultural phenomenon since the early 2000s – which means that we’ve been in the practice of engaging with schoolmates, friends, and coworkers for nearly twenty years. Shortly after, most social media allowed business and corporate accounts. Now,...
How to Incorporate Indirect Marketing Naturally Into Your Website
There is more to marketing than creating advertisements about your products and prices. In fact, some of the most effective marketing techniques use an indirect approach. Rather than focusing on selling your product or service, these techniques focus on building your...
The Best Email Marketing Software for 2020 – Constant Contact
Looking to construct an email list but aren't sure which email marketing service to pick? Check out Constant Contact, because they have been an industry leader in email marketing for over twenty years. Why Use Email Marketing? If you have a website that has traffic,...
Alignable: A Powerful Tool for Small Businesses
My Business on Alignable Small businesses need to choose their social network battles carefully. After all, they don’t have the same time or resources of large corporations to spread their presence over every conceivable social platform available. When it comes...
What Is Nextdoor and How Can It Help Promote Your Business?
Nextdoor brings communities together Social media comes in many forms, from the major networks that connect the world together to those that focus on bringing local communities together. Nextdoor is one of the latter, and it works as a private social network...
How to Set Up a LinkedIn Company Page and Why You Need One
As a rapidly growing platform that is already the largest professional networking site on the market, LinkedIn provides an easy space for businesses to attract the attention of more than 500 million monthly users.
You Can Now Create a URL & a Short Name for Your Google My Business Listing
Here’s How to Make The Most of the Google My Business Feature One of the most important tools for any small to medium business is the Google My Business feature. Most users know that Google My Business offers a snapshot of how businesses appear on their search...
The Easy Guide to Using and Understanding Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool for checking traffic and engagement on your website. It may be overwhelming at first, but it’s possible to start making the most of this resource, even as a beginner. With Google Analytics under your belt, you can get the best...
Starting a new Home Business? Check out these tips!
Check out these great tips on starting your home business! Making the decision to start a home-based business is scary and exciting at the same time. The following short article will offer you with some knowledge and how-to's from individuals with...
How to Set Up a Facebook Business Page and Why You Need One
Benefits of a Facebook Business Page Facebook has more monthly active users than any other social media platform on the market, clocking in at a staggering 2 billion. More adults use Facebook more than any other social network, making it the go-to platform for many...
Patreon – A Few Frequently Asked Questions About the Site Where Creatives Make a Living
This past month I've had 4 different clients inquire about Patreon, and how they can use it to make money online with their business. So I thought I'd do a quick blog about Patreon this weekend, and tell you more about it! I'm including a link to my own...
How to Set Up a Business Twitter Account and Why You Need One
Millions of users log in to Twitter every single day, sharing jokes, pictures, and musings to share among friends and various Twitter communities. Collectively, Twitter users send over 500 million Tweets every day. People use Twitter to peruse articles, links, photos,...
How to Set Up Instagram for a Business Account
Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps out there. The image-sharing platform boasts millions of users, including 25 million business accounts worldwide.
My cancer was cancer, plain and simple.
I shouldn’t be silent about my cancer, because I had nothing to be ashamed of. My cancer was cancer, plain and simple. Some say that I didn’t “really” have cancer because I didn’t do chemotherapy or radiation.
How to Create An Amazon Business Account
Amazon Business makes purchasing on Amazon easier for registered businesses, and it’s free.
How to Set Up a Pinterest Business Account
How to Use Pinterest to Promote Your Business When you think of Pinterest, you’re probably reminded of wedding planning, fashion inspiration, thousands of exciting recipes that you’ll never get around to making, exciting infographics, and/or DIY life...
Best Times to Post on Social Media
The Best Times to Post on Social Media Social media is great for connecting with potential customers, but having social media accounts isn’t enough. You need to consider which platforms your audience uses, as well as what content will encourage them to...
Going Live: What to Do After Your Website Is Complete
Your Website has launched, now what? You’ve finally done it – you’ve finished your website! The layout is beautiful! The content is engaging! It’s simple, secure, and search engine optimized to boot! You’ve checked and double checked, and you think you’re...
SEO Basics for the Small Business
SEO Basics for the Small Business SEO is a term used to describe certain website-building practices that increase the likelihood of your site showing up in search engine results. The better your SEO, the higher you’re likely to find yourself on the list of...