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Want to succeed as a woman in Silicon Valley? You’ll fins it the toughest business environment in world. On the Small Business Radio Show this week, Julian Guthrie dives into stories of women in Silicon Valley. These stories show women successfully navigating interactions with their predominately male colleagues. Guthrie spent twenty years at the San…

How much time do you spend on marketing for your small business? A new survey carried out by OutboundEngine reveals 58% spend five hours or less on marketing. And stress is a major contributing factor for how much time small business owners spend. Titled “Stress, Time & Growth: Factors Affecting Small Business Marketing in 2019,”…

There are many marketing channels available for small businesses, should YouTube be one of them? If you’ve never advertised on YouTube, a new infographic by One Productions makes a persuasive case why you should look into it. YouTube Advertising for Beginners The infographic starts with some very important data points on why you should advertise…

Data shows a clear rise in customer expectation. And digital technology seems to be driving this increase. A study carried out by Keap points out this very fact. More than a third or 36% of clients refuse to deal with service providers who don’t simplify their appointment scheduling. Remember this applies just to appointment scheduling.…

Small business owners have to find ways to make maximum impact with limited resources. This means making use of free or inexpensive online resources, marketing tools and information. Members of the online small business community have plenty of experience in this area. Check out their tools for making the most of what you have below.…

The criminals who launch phishing attacks are relentless in their pursuit to disguise their message. The latest such effort uses a notice for a new voice mail message to get you to click on it. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) just sent a scam alert warning businesses to not click on these phony office emails…

We’re always on the lookout for data and information, and a search engine like Google helps us find the answers and resources we’re looking for every day. There are simple Google search shortcuts that can help us find what we’re looking for even faster. When you find what you need faster, you get more time…

We’d be remiss if we let National Small Business Week go without mentioning the event’s champions, as it were. Small Business Trends was able to catch up with the duo the U.S. Small Business Administration named the 2019 National Small Business Persons of the Year. They’re Jennifer and Jeffrey Herbert. They own Superstition Meadery, a…

I’m smack dab in the middle of seven weeks of seven industry conferences. And yes I’m still in Las Vegas.  But this week I got the opportunity to check out Magento Imagine. This event serves as the eCommerce platform’s annual user conference.  This year’s Imagine marked the eighth time Magento held the conference. But this…

Less than 5% of scheduled appointments are canceled after a customer gets a text reminder. This is according to the new infographic by SpotOn. The report also points out text messages have an open rate of 98%. Those are great numbers no matter how you look at them. And for small business owners, SMS provides…

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A well-chosen entrepreneurship course can equip you with the skills you need. They help you develop your idea or concept into a viable business venture. Many courses also provide ongoing resources. They help turn your dream into reality. And they help you avoid many of the common pitfalls that affect new start-up owners. The United…

Sponsored Post Expanding your small business can be exciting for any entrepreneur. However, adding multiple locations means you can no longer be physically present in every spot to control the daily operations. And that can be a difficult thing for hands-on business owners who have largely overseen those operations since day one. This is just…

Jennifer and Jeffrey Herbert were recently named 2019 National Small Business Persons of the Year.   Their company, Superstition Meadery, was started in Prescott, Arizona, in 2012. The company is called a meadery because it produces both honey wines and meads, a liquor made from honey wines and water. Largest Meadery in America Small Business Trends…

Welcome to Clover, the cloud-based payments platform from FirstData. Clover just announced a new initiative called CloverAchievers. Check out this contest designed to reward business owners who are striving to grow beyond the status quo. CloverAchievers Contest All different types of small businesses may enter the contest. Consider entering whether you own a restaurant, retail…

Small business owners should master the art of accounting. Because a simple online accounting course can equip you with skills to create more professional financial statements. Or let you forecast financial trends. And all this will benefit your business. But you can also learn how to read key performance indicators. Or understand and interpret data.…

Personalization lies at the heart of delivering a great user experience. You’ll find this true whether you run a blog or SaaS business.Or whether you operate an e-commerce website. Your visitors will always appreciate getting personal attention from you. No one likes to be cast into a “general” category and treated as “just another user”.…

A board of advisors becomes invaluable for businesses of all sizes. Because of the insights, expertise and experience they provide. But for small companies, having a dedicated board may prove unfeasible. So the unique offerings of MyBoard, LLC may interest certain small businesses. MyBoard creates a different type of board for businesses. And it’s one…

One of the best ways to build rapport with local communities and potential customers is to develop a strategy to get noticed in your area’s markets. Getting your name out in nearby business circles can go a long way toward building rapport and opening up new opportunities. Yet, not all strategies are created equal, especially…

The online art market remains enigmatic and a fantastic resource for artists to sell their creations to art lovers from all over the world. According to the latest figures published by the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report, online art sales reached an estimated $4.64 billion in 2018, up 9.8% from the year before. But where…

You’ll currently find more than a million restaurant locations across the U.S. And the industry brings in more than $825 billion a year. But forget about all those restaurants in seemingly every location across the country. Room for growth still exists. Find yourself interested in jumping into the restaurant industry? First find a unique angle.…

Onboarding new hires is a crucial moment in their company culture experience. Making sure your employees are welcomed and given all the information they need can be crucial for them feeling secure and confident enough to ask questions and successfully integrate into their teams. That’s why we asked entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the…