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How to Find a Small Business-Friendly Bank

The bank you choose for your business is an important decision. The wrong decision can mean crazy fees, big hassles accessing your money, and frustration. The right decision can mean more money in your bank account and a seamless and positive experience. Here’s how to find a small business-friendly bank. Step #1 Identify your needs [...]

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How To Develop a Brand

A magnetic brand is a brand that attracts people. Think about the brands you’re familiar with and attracted to. What makes them magnetic? Chances are they portray a certain image that you like to associate with. As a small business, you can take this theory and run with it to develop a brand for your [...]

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The Small Business Owner Perfectionist

Perfectionism can rob you of your self-esteem, undermine your relationships, and keep you from enjoying life and running your small business. It’s often a lifelong habit that is hard to break, but a little bit of effort can go a long way toward changing the perfectionist pattern. Here are some tips if perfectionism applies to [...]

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How to: Make Your Small Business Feel Big Online

When it comes to competition, there are definitely a few tricks and tactics a small business can employ to look big. Why would you want to do that? Size tends to instill confidence in consumers; if you’re big then you must be successful, right? Well we won’t delve into that argument but what we can [...]

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Customer Service: a Big Deal for a Small Business

Almost every company, whether they’re big or small, has a customer service department – or at the very least an owner who wears the customer service hat on a daily basis. A small business can actually become big based on their customer service. Before you start laughing at the idea, let’s take a look at [...]

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Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

Your friends, family, and colleagues have the best intentions when they say, “You should just start a blog” but they may not fully understand what it takes to create a successful blog. Small business owners need to understand that starting a blog is a lot like planting a garden, it requires a lot of work [...]

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