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More Small Business Success Telesummit Tips

Thanks to all the powerful, business-building tips shared by the experts at the Small Business Success Telesummit, I could write an entire book. Instead I’m dedicating this, the second of two articles, to sharing ideas from each of the speakers with you. That way, even if you weren’t able to make the live calls, you can still benefit from the wisdom of the 12 fantastic small business experts who participated. So today we continue with golden nuggets from the second half of the Telesummit:

Small Business Success Telesummit Tips

Wow! So much fantastic info was shared by the 12 small business experts (including me) at the Telesummit I feel totally inspired and excited to get to work taking their advice. It was like being handed a whole bucketful of golden nuggets to invest in my business. In case you weren’t able to be on all the calls live, I thought I’d share a sampling of my favorite tips and ideas here. There were so many powerful bits of wisdom offered by the speakers that it’s going to take me more than one newsletter to even give you a taste.

Are You Researching Your Brand On Social Networks?

Performics reports that Twitter may be the place to get your brand mentioned if you want social networkers’ attention, according to MediaPost. Nearly half (48%) of those who saw a brand mentioned on Twitter turned to a search engine to research that brand. Other social networks lagged far behind, with 34% researching.

Inexpensive Ways To Market Your Small Business

It’s clear that Internet Marketing and Social Networking are here to stay. And all these new online tools offer an endless supply of highly effective and inexpensive ways to market your small business. However, you may have noticed there’s more to it than just putting up a profile or sending a few Twitter Tweets. That’s why I’ve written this 3-part (maybe more) series of posts filled with simple tips and how-to’s for getting started with–and making the most of– your online marketing efforts.

Security a Factor in Workplace Social Media

We've discussed repeatedly many benefits for businesses to use social media. We've also discussed in the past that some companies remain skeptical of the advantages. System administrators in particular have expressed concern about social media in the workplace.

Tips For Marketing Your Small Business

If you run a small business, your life is ridiculously busy.And if you have a significant other, spouse, kids or anyone else that deserves a chunk of your time, well, then your life is probably almost impossibly busy. That doesn’t mean your business has to suffer for it. But if all you’re managing to do every day is just take care of clients, put out fires, and handle the day to day tasks of running your business, trust me, it is suffering.

Businesses Will Turn to Technology to Combat Economic Issues

As you may have heard, our economy is not in the best shape, and small businesses are making many efforts to reduce costs. This means different things for different businesses, but one trend that we are likely to see is a greater focus on technology.

Are You Using Your Business Cards to Socialize?

As you know, business cards are an important tool for business networking. You hand them out to people at events, leave them on you desk/counter for people to follow up with you later, and leave them anywhere a potential business contact or customer can get to them. Social networks can serve a similar purpose for businesses. Whereas a business card typically includes a phone number/fax, address, email address, etc to provide a path of communication, social networks have that path built right in.

Social Networking At Street Level

Small businesses in the US are struggling right now. Any edge or any hope that can be found is a welcome change from the continued onslaught of economic news around rising prices and shrinking wallets. I found one such story this morning over my cup of coffee. Oh and it was kinda cool that it was about coffee.

Social Networking Within Your Business

We've repeatedly discussed how social media marketing can benefit a small business, but what about using a social network within the business itself?