How-To Guides
5 Ways To Decrease Stress When Starting A Business
Share Starting a business can easily be one of the most stressful projects that you can take on in your life. With that being what it is, it is critical for many reasons to find ways to manage the high levels of stress. Not onl...
Simple Ways to Convert Site Visitors into Buyers
Share Once you have your website up and running and a shopping cart system in place, the next step is to make sureyour website does its job. Here are some tips to get your sales cranking: Make it easy for visitors to find your ...
Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What’s the Difference?
Share “Should I create a group or launch a Page?” It’s the eternal question that gets asked as often as, “What is Twitter?” at introductory social media training classes. Ever since Facebook launched their Pages produ...
Starting a business in a downturn — crazy or genius?
Share NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — This year was tough for small business and next year doesn’t look much better. Sound like a crazy time to launch a business? Not necessarily. For bootstrapping entrepreneurs who do their ...
How to Get Government Grants for Training
Share Government funding is often available to help small companies train employees and develop work skills. While some funds come as grants, much of it gets allocated to states or local work-force boards which decide what indu...
How to Decide if Entrepreneurship is Right for You
Share Adapted from the upcoming book THE WALL STREET JOURNAL COMPLETE SMALL BUSINESS GUIDEBOOK by Colleen DeBaise (Three Rivers Press, Dec. 29, 2009). Starting a business is a lot like becoming a parent. Not only do you have to...
