Small Business Essentials

Inc.com has a 6-part series that profiles solopreneurs who all made the leap from idea to six-figure incomes in a variety of ways. I’ve pulled out the key points here in hopes of both inspiring my readers and giving you practical advice you can use in your own business!

Inc. Online says that 2011 should be the year you finally launch your own business. Need help in getting off the ground? I’ve compiled this list of twenty articles to help you get started.

I came across the article Guidelines for Going Self-Employed on workawesome this morning, and it feels like they are leaving something out. Sure there are disadvantages to being self-employed, but they are not as bad as the article makes it seem. I’ll give you the reality of self-employment from my own perspective.

I have worked for clients with a wide variety of content management software and strategies — WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, ColdFusion, publishing through programs like Dreamweaver and FrontPage, proprietary systems, using PHP includes, no system at all (using flat HTML files) — and WordPress is by far the easiest for the web developer, the marketing/content person, [...]

The fifth podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing Your Website #5 of 5: Sync Up with Search Engines and Online Tools

From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers in 90 DaysLearn strategies on growing your blog subscribers that are also relevant to any website’s traffic.

The fourth podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing your Website #4 of 5: Create Press and Write Articles If you would like to download the podcast directly, you can control-click (or right-click on a PC) this link and save it [...]

How Five Years of Blogging Has Changed MeRob May reflects on the experiences and lessons learned from blogging over the years.

How to Use Twitter – Tips for BloggersThis article can help any business with their Twitter strategy, not just bloggers.

The third podcast in the 5 Steps to Marketing your Website series has been released, and you can listen to it here: Marketing your Website #3 of 5: Build Your Word of Mouth and Viral Marketing If you would like to download the podcast directly, you can control-click (or right-click on a PC) this link [...]

I have been writing in this blog for just about a year, and I have been through a number of changes: The blog was once on a subdomain of my company, and now has its own domain. I started at infrequent posts, then went to 2-3 posts a week, and now am at 5-6 posts [...]

Bad, Bad Business Blogging Practices – The Short ListWhat not to do with your business blog.