small business

List building for realtors and entrepreneurs is simple, not easy but not hard either! Everyone talks about the need to build a list if you are going to do any marketing, whether via the internet or by direct mail. Everyone says that you should add to that list on a daily basis. Well, as annoying [...]

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How can hiring a virtual assistant help your small business? Well let me tell you about MY day: 3 Client Phone Calls – 1.5 Hours 2 Fun Phone Calls – 1 Hour 2 Calls to cancel services – 1 Hour Submitting Sites to RSS Feeds – 2 Hours Errands – 1.5 Hours Writing Blog Post [...]

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The single-most question I get is “How will social networking make me money?” I am SO not qualified to answer this BUT I can tell you how it has helped my business! Social Networking Makes You More Approachable I teach classes and am very aggressive about what I think people should do to grow their [...]

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So I was at a Philanthropy lunch today with one of my favorite people, Tammy Leventis of Mail Marketing. On the way over I was telling her to hold on to her hat because we were gearing up to help even more people with the Thrive Program and she was going to be super busy [...]

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So I talk a lot about how to use your small business database. Many small business owners do not know exactly what a database is. It can be as broad as a full-blown contact management system to a Excel spreadsheet with names and emails. I am going to review the good and bads of different [...]

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