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Small Biz Survival


Two ways to build your small biz website yourself nearly for free

Not every small business can afford to hire someone to create or maintain a website. So let's go over some relatively easy do-it-yourself ways to build your site, kind of two by two. It just so...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: small biz 100, tools, marketing
The Brag Basket includes an assignment

Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects.Tony Katz explained why this matters: It's ok to have success, it's...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: brag basket
Common Small Biz Mistakes - Blaming the customer

Common small business mistakes have become a regular series here. Today, a couple of examples of blaming the customer.I called the local paper to have an ad pulled. The gal said OK. But it ran again...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: customer service, mistakes
POV: A major decision point

All small businesses run into decision points. These are the things that can keep you up at night! Twitter friend Shama Hyder, of After the Launch, has come to one of these, and "tweeted": After The...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: small biz 100, entrepreneurship, pov, workforce
Say NO gracefully

Part of being a successful entrepreneur is saying "no."Small businesses are constantly hit with offers from potential suppliers, hopeful partners, and even potential customers. Then there are the...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: small biz 100, entrepreneurship
Business school for bloggers and entrepreneurs

If a blog is part (or all) of your business strategy, go to SOBCon '08.If you want your blog to become part of your business strategy, join me at SOBCon.If your blog is an important part of your...

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Tags: events
Can you be self employed AND on Social Security?

A reader arrived at Small Biz Survival with this search query:"I want to start a home business, but I'm on Social Security. Can I still be self employed?" This sounds like a good addition to the...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: tax matters, small biz 100
Resource: Sparkplugging and a rebranding story

Our friend Wendy Piersall is now CEO of Sparkplugging:: Thinking Big in the New Work at Home Generation. Sparkplugging is a complete rebranding of eMoms at Home. The new brand makes it clear that...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: resources, entrepreneurship, marketing
Small Biz 100 reaches 10

Our Small Biz 100 series, designed to give you 100 useful hands-on business basics posts, has reached 10 posts.And I have two requests of you.1. What other small business topics do you want to see me...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Small Biz 100 turns 10

Our Small Biz 100 series, designed to give you 100 useful hands-on business basics posts, is turning 10.And I have two requests of you.1. What other small business topics do you want to see me cover?...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 5 months ago • 0 responses