The Five Business Colleagues You Should Have
July 25, 2007
I read a post over at CNN.com today (redirected from Oprah.com, apparently) entitled Five friends every woman should have. It got me to thinking—is there a business equivalent for you entrepreneurs out there? Too many entrepreneurs try to exist in a vacuum instead of seeking out the help and support that can bring them to success. So here it is, the five people you should have on your "team" when you are an entrepreneur:
Generating Goodwill for Yourself Using LinkedIn
June 29, 2007
Seeing on how it’s Friday, I thought we’d do something fun here at the Small Business Essentials blog. Let’s call it "Pay It Forward, LinkedIn Style". You mission, should you choose to accept it: spread some good will among all your LinkedIn contacts by writing them some reviews!
How to launch your site with a (Google) bang! - Part 2
May 31, 2007
For a complete guide to marketing your website, please check out my updated special feature on StartupNation: 5 Steps to Marketing your Website.
Part 1 in this series discussed using forums and online communities to give yourself a traffic boost. In this installment, I will give you some ideas on how to use your e-mail and personal network to get your PageRank off the ground when you launch a new website.
The Hows and Whys of Following Up
March 28, 2007
As I sat in my home office at 12:30 am this morning, printing off the cards that I’ll post a picture of below, I got an email from a colleague of mine. Perhaps I was sending out some kind of psychic vibes that she picked up on - the world may never know. What I know is that I was in the middle of completing my follow-ups from last week’s networking event when she sent me this article:
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