#140conf – Interview with Braxton Woodham of Tap11
November 12, 2009 :: Steve FisherThere were so many great people and companies at the 140 Conference in LA and one in particular that I found intriguing was Tap11 which is affectionately named after the famous Spinal Tap saying “Turn it up to 11″. The product is built around Twitter and helps small businesses understand their followers/audience to know when to [...]
Smart Working Tool Review – Outright Accounting Software
October 20, 2009 :: Steve FisherIN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE – Outright and Network Solutions partnered up this year for the Unintentional Entrepreneur series of events and have a blog of the same name (which focuses on those who have recently started a business). However this product review is independent and from the perspective of a guy with an [...]
15 Steps to Writing a Winning Marketing Plan – Grow Smart Business e-Book
October 13, 2009 :: Steve FisherMuch focus when starting a business is about putting together a great business plan. We have covered that and you can click here to download the e-book on that type of plan. However, most don’t talk about a critical component of every business – marketing.
The marketing plan is critical and I would almost do this [...]
15 Steps to Writing a Winning Business Plan – Grow Smart Business e-Book
October 12, 2009 :: Steve FisherMany of you who follow this blog are small business owners and you have either wrote your first business plan or about to start on the journey. For some it might seem like an easy task but I will bet that it seems easier to summit Mt. Ranier that finish your business plan. It is [...]
Smart Working: Avoid Burnout and Get Your Work-Life Balance Back
September 30, 2009 :: Steve FisherI will take a guess that if you are reader of this blog you probably have your own business full time or a side business that is growing to be full time. Taking the leap and being a full time entrepreneur is a bit jarring on the somewhat normal schedule you might have or have [...]
#GrowSmartBiz : Pat Troy Using Technology to work smartly
September 21, 2009 :: Shashi BellamkondaSmall Business Conferences are about getting actionable ideas and implementing them in your business and Pat Troy signed up for this very reason to the GrowSmartBiz conference on Sept 29th. Pat Troy , CAE and MCA is the Executive Director of nextwavegroup.com and very busy person. NextWave Group among other things is a Association Management company. [...]
The Small Business Web is Now Online and Connected
August 13, 2009 :: Steve FisherBeing a small business has its share of challenges and one area that can be particularly frustrating is implementing back office tools to handle such things as invoicing, time tracking, project management, CRM and accounting.
As a small business owner myself I was particularly interested when back at SXSW a bunch of companies that included BatchBlue, [...]
Smart Working Book Review – ME 2.0 Building Your Personal Brand
August 7, 2009 :: Steve FisherWhether you like it or not, the term “Personal Brand” is here to stay. Originally called and still in many places “thought leadership”, it is about being identified as a leader or expert in some respect. Before it was even given a label, personal brands have been there in front of us and usually related [...]
LazyFeed Wants You To Be Serendipitous In Your Reading
July 10, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungAs part of my time here in San Francisco, I’ve always enjoyed hearing about the latest and greatest coming out of “the Valley” and often times find myself writing about them – this is one of those occasions. Just today I was able to sit down with the CEO of LazyFeed, Ethan Gahng and their [...]
Like A Kid In A Comic Book Store
June 8, 2009 :: Mike DoughertyInstead of trying to create tactics and plans that brings clients to you, try getting out and going to them. Seriously, go where your future long term customers will be. Market like you would to a kid…be where the eyes are.
