5 Surprising Things About Blogs Every Business Owner Needs to Know

5 Surprising Things About Blogs Every Business Owner Needs to Know

Business BloggerIf you are like thousands of other small business owners, the last few years probably have been rough on you.

You have worked yourself into a state of near exhaustion just to keep your local company afloat and your head above water.

Yet one of the biggest reasons that too many small businesses have failed is NOT because their services were rotten or because that their products stank not even that the economy was bad – but because they had crappy marketing!

Anyone can have a great company but if no knows about it, especially in a business slowdown, things can do downhill fast. Too many small business people just don’t understand know how to effectively promote their local company when things are in a recession.

Now this is often not the fault of the owners. After all, most people start up their business during an economic upswing – after all very few people quit their day jobs during recessions!

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Does Your Website Accidentally Hurt Your Business?

I just got off the phone with a close friend to make amends. Three nights ago, I called to share with her what I felt were some very funny moments from one of those new oddball reality shows that keep cropping up.

But after a few moments, I realized that she not only wasn’t laughing with me but she was in fact getting very ticked off at me!

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Will Your Small Business Survive?

Small Business Survival – Can Your Company Make it Another Year in a Down Economy?

small business survival

You have survived a bad economy thus far but will you still be able to hold out?

The last few years have been very tough on small businesses, as we all know. Everywhere in the Western world, 1,000s of shops, little companies, and individuals have either gone belly up or suffered poor sales and dwindling market share.

But obviously you have been one of the lucky ones. Through hard work, cost cutting, or sheer old-fashioned stubbornness, you’ve been able to survive this hard economic times.

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