It’s a new year and for those entrepreneurial folk, an opportunity to start a new business. However, make sure to steer clear of these three business models which clearly showed their fallibility in the previous year.
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In this interview on Mixergy, I address “How to DO PR on a Tight Budget.” As promised, here are some Dos and Don’ts to keep in mind when you’re thinking about your PR strategy. Read more
Sometimes what works for everyone else might not be the right thing for you. After all, your business isn’t like everyone else’s, so why should you follow the same rules? Read more
For most businesses, their supplier pipeline is a key ingredient of success, but many times business owners have worked for many years with the same suppliers. On the surface, that’s a great idea, but it makes sense to evaluate your supplier relationships every few years to determine whether it’s truly the best thing for your business. Read more
Lately, I’ve been getting headaches and feeling a lot of fatigue and burning from my eyes. Though this happens every once in a while, it started to become more consistent in the past few weeks, hurting my productivity. Read more
Virtual interactions are becoming a larger part of most people’ business experience, but unfortunately, not everyone understands what it takes to set the stage for a popular virtual meeting. Read more
We’ve all heard about the importance of using Facebook for our businesses, and many people are seeing the social media platform pay off for them. But the typical business that comes from a Facebook page is consumer-driven. For instance, if you announce that you’re having a sale on Facebook, your loyal fans and customers will likely show up for the event. But what about those businesses that sell business to business—can social media help increase their business as well? Read more
Startup people often ask me how much traffic we receive after being mentioned in TechCrunch. Since we’ve been on there a few times, I thought it’s be instructive to show just how much of an effect it has on our traffic. Read more
These days, a business without a website is like a kite without a string, and as more and more business owners go online, I thought it might be a good time to talk about the basics of web hosting. After all, there are a lot of choices out there when it comes to hosting your website, but it’s critical that you select the right host for you—otherwise, your website won’t be as profitable as it could be. Read more
Groupon has been experiencing some major criticism from burned business owners recently, but is running a Groupon bad for all parties in the business? Consider a masseuse who works at a spa that recently ran a Groupon for 50% off massages. Read more
Go to any credible website and they are there: logos from accredited news publications, the more famous the better. Companies proudly display them as social proof of the awesomeness of their service/product. Consumers look for them as a sign of credibility. Should businesses have to pay to display them? Read more
In my last post I talked about why you should leave your corporate job and join a startup. In this post I want to talk about how you can get a job at an awesome startup like FeeFighters.
Outright, online accounting software for small businesses, seeks to streamline business accounting. How are they different from other business accounting sites? Let’s take a look.
Lots of times FeeFighters users ask us what a personal guarantee is and when/why they have to sign on. This week’s kick addresses that issue as Sean talks the basics on personal guarantees.
FeeFighters recently spoke at a utility conference about how its participants can save money on credit card processing. After analyzing one of the participants’ credit card processing statements, we realized they could save 25% or about $30,000 annually on their credit card processing fees.
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour. My task: inspire students to consider becoming entrepreneurs. One of my pieces of advice was to expand professional social networks by joining LinkedIn.
We were having lunch with our friends Sunir and Mike from Freshbooks, and Sunir mentioned the event SOBCon. I had no idea wtf he was talking about, but he then explained that SOB stands for Successful Online Business.
By the time we talk to business owners, many have been burned by a credit card processor. They reach out because they have been lied to, promised lower rates, and altogether feel cheated.
Many business owners in these uncertain times are looking for a way to turn around their flailing businesses.
We had a great time submitting, organizing, and speaking on our panel on financial institutions and startups. Here are some photos from the event and a great summary from moderator Felix Salmon:
I was reading the New York Times, learning from Thomas Friedman about the myriad of Islamic uprisings that are about to occur and I was presented with the attached ad.
