Small Business Blog

From the Small Business Association’s Website: If your small business is stressed meeting expenses during these economic times, the U.S....

Everywhere you turn for marketing advice, you’ll hear how important word-of-mouth marketing is. Start-up business owners even list this...

We all know the old saying about familiarity, but I have been thinking about it differently based on a conversation I had last week. I...

Last Friday’s Big O conference created lots of buzz about failure for entrepreneurs. What was most compelling to me was to hear the...

We hear every day how busy everyone is. We’re busy, our friends our busy, our family members are busy, and on it goes. Guess what? No...

This week, my small business records were audited for three years for state sales and use taxes. I learned some important lessons from...

Yes.  Times are tough and businesses bottom lines are suffering.   I am seeing even the strongest businesses taking a double take at...

As a Small Business Development Center Director for Southwest Iowa, I tell ALL of the businesses and start-ups that I work with that they...

Remember how your mom used to tell you that if something seemed to good to be true, it probably was? In today’s information-overloaded...

Three times in the past week, I’ve been at meetings where I wanted to hand out my business cards. Three times in the past week, I’ve...

According to entrepreneur and author Jay Goltz, businesses go through three stages: start up, throw up and grow up. In the March edition...

For the last nine years, my business purchased a spot on a search engine-type Website to help potential customers find us. In the first...

It may be  a stretch to say that President Elect Barack Obama’s Web 2.0 tactics during his campaign was the single factor in his win, but...

Tragedy struck very close to home for me and many  residents of the Glenwood and Council Bluffs area.  The Fountains Ballroom, a fabulous...

Digital marketing gives small businesses an opportunity to engage  customers in a one on one conversational and interactive experience. ...

Okay, choir, heads up. The sermon is about to begin. A marketing plan is more than an advertising campaign. All together now, a marketing...

So here is the problem.  I lose things.  And so does my family.  Things like phones, coats, DVDs, etc.   We typically travel over 1000...

In my opinion,  ALL individuals starting a new business should have some “form” of a plan.  The form could be a 150 page formal plan with...

Times must be tough. I’ve heard from several business owners in the past few weeks that they are suddenly receiving past due notices from...

I love everything that is marketing and am eager to get ideas and usually will spend time learning everything I can from anyones’...