Monthly Archives: June 2011
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7 Ways to Use Facebook to Market and Grow Your Business
Y.E.C. members provide small business advice on using Facebook to market and grow your business.
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How I Used Honesty and Transparency to Build Credibility
Timothy Sykes CEOThe penny-stock industry is plagued with corruption. Investor, Timothy Sykes, found success by proving you don’t have to game the system to make a profit.
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5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring A Business Attorney
Doug Bend Founder/Start-Up and Small Business AttorneyAs a business owner, you face many challenges and incur expenses. One of the biggest challenges you’ll face is how to meet the legal requirements of your business, while balancing the need to preserve time and capital. Here are a few questions to consider when looking for a qualified, trusted business attorney. Where do I [...]
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9 Ways to Use Twitter to Market to Customers and Fans
Y.E.C. members provide small business advice on using Twitter to market to customers and fans.
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The Uncommonsense of Life9 Practical Tips For Becoming a Road Warrior
Being location independent takes discipline. Here are some tips, tools and techniques for running a business and being permanent traveler.
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8 Ways to Make Your Video Marketing Efforts More Effective
Y.E.C. members provide small business advice on making your video marketing efforts more effective.
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Introducing The World’s First Helpdesk For Young Entrepreneurs
Scott Gerber Founder and PresidentWelcome to the world’s first helpdesk for aspiring, young entrepreneurs! Over the next few months we’ll be launching a variety of initiates to promote entrepreneurship as a solution to youth unemployment and underemployment.
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How I Used My Blog to Raise $75,000
Jun Loayza Co-Founder and CMOJun Loayza is a 25 year-old entrepreneur from Southern California. RewardMe, his business, is the easiest way for restaurants and cafes to create a loyalty program. Users earn points by dining at restaurants or cafes and can later redeem points for appetizers, drinks, or desserts. Jun shares his experiences. The Challenge: The most difficult challenge [...]
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From Idea to Successful Launch in Less Than 6 Months
Tim Jahn Co-FounderLike most great businesses, Joel Gascoigne’s tweet scheduling app Buffer was created to fill a need. In this case, it was two needs. Joel wanted to create a way to queue up tweets without scheduling each tweet individually and he also wanted to create a way to generate steady passive income for himself. The idea [...]
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12 Email Marketing Tips for Young Entrepreneurs
Y.E.C. members provide email marketing tips for aspiring, young entrepreneurs.
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She Takes on the WorldHow I Did It: Natalie MacNeil Discusses Her 3 Startup Challenges
Natalie MacNeil Emmy Award Winning Producer & EntrepreneurHow the SheTakesontheWorld.com writer faced down her startup challenges and then built a sustainable business.
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Tap Into an Underrated Pool of Talent
Nicolas Thomley ChairmanEntrepreneurs often struggle with finding the right talent for their business. In many cases, a disabled person could fill the position they are struggling to hire for. The latest Census numbers report that 10 percent of working age people in the United States are disabled. This represents not only the largest minority population in the [...]
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Making Money And Having FunI Have a Great Idea for an Invention — Now What?
Jerry Piscitelli Owner / InventorIf you’re looking to turn your invention into a successful business, its important to do your homework and develop a sustainable business model.
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The Key to Maximizing Resources: Be Clear About Your Revenue Model
Bert Gervais, CEO of Success Mentor Education, learned the hard way that knowing your customer is key to starting a business on the right track.
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Don’t Think You Need an Assistant? Think Again
Maren Kate CEOHiring an assistant can free you up so you can focus on the big picture of building your business. Here are some strategies to help you decide if its time for you to start delegating.
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Schedule Makeover: Accomplish More with Peace and ConfidenceHow to Accomplish More With Peace and Confidence
Elizabeth Saunders Founder & CEODistractions can be a productivity drain for entrepreneur. These tips can help you solve some of the most common time challenges.
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The Four Stages of Effective Delegation
Nick Friedman PresidentAs your business grows, learning to delegate is crucial. Use this delegation strategy so you can be free to work on — not in — your business.
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The Art of Disruptive Innovation
Matt Mickiewicz Co-FounderWhat’s the best & fastest growing type of business? Any business that’s disruptive to existing companies in the industry by pushing the status quo, connecting buyers & sellers together in new markets, or driving down prices in established markets.
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How Blogging Almost Killed My Business
Juha Liikala Co-Founder & OwnerDon’t get blinded by your subscriber and follower counts. It doesn’t matter if you have 10,000 subscribers to your blog if you don’t have anything to sell. The fact is, if you’re not selling anything, you still don’t have a business.
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How to Make Your CMS Work For You
Annie Wang Co-founder, Chief Product Officer, Creative DirectorWhen I launched the collegiette™ lifestyle website, HerCampus.com, in September 2009, we couldn’t foresee all the features that we would add to the site. A year and a half later, we’ve narrowed down the scope of what we offer and clarified our mission. To go along with the changes in our business model, our site is getting a redesign from the ground up, which involves refining our Content Management System — or CMS.
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