Smell the Roses

Small business ownership requires full on, constant effort. From the moment you wake to the moment you turn out the lights, you need to hustle and perform. When you travel you are likely focused on…


Don’t Ruin Your Credit.

We challenge you to start, grow, and run your small business without using your personal credit cards. A fact of life for a small business owner includes the likely co-mingling of personal credit with your…


Enter the Focus Zone

Let’s face it, a small business owner juggles tasks all day long, every day. There is no down time to sit back and reflect or plan out business strategy. The reason for this is because…


Out Smart Your Printer

Being nickel and dimed as a small business owner is no fun. For us, one of the most annoying problems is when our printer gives us the toner warning that it is running low. Wanting…


The Basic Way to Market Your Website

Let’s face it, as a small business owner, marketing if often at the bottom of the to-do list, and by the time you get to doing it, you are likely out of energy and not…


Three Critical Steps to Building a Brand

You see it everywhere. Turn on the television. Read a magazine. Celebrities actually calling themselves a ‘brand’. It makes us chuckle. How can a person be a brand. We categorize this nonsense right alongside the…




Don’t Fall Victim to Banks

One of the areas that is perhaps the most frustrating for small business owners to get a handle on is having access to sufficient funding to operate their business. We have seen over one trillion…


Research to Succeed

  Success is measured in many ways. For online commerce, it is best measured relative to your peers. Whether the metric of interest is number of backlinks, organic rankings, or unique visitors, it is important…