Launching Your Small Business Website
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Getting your Website in shape can be as grueling as launching your business in the first place. Don’t get overwhelmed. This roundup includes a guide to help you get started plus information on small business debt management and more. Read on!
Your Business
Launching your small business Website. Gaining a Web presence does not need to be complicated. Here’s a comprehensive guide to get you started now, complete with suggestions from Small Business Trends founder Anita Campbell. SiteFox
Your own personal debt crisis? Mounting debt can be a huge problem not just in personal finance, but in business as well. Debt cuts into profit and robs your business of cash flow you need to keep going. Here’s a graph showing more. Business Rescue Service
Success Stories
Does a passion drive your small business? Latest BizSugar Contributor of the Week Tom Drake started his first Website, Canadian Finance Blog, out of an interest in personal finance issues. Several years later, he operates a fleet of sites built around the topic. BizSugar Blog
Have an idea for the next Vampire Diaries or Gossip Girls? This business idea may be for you. Meet author Laura Schechter and enter the wonderful world of book packaging. The only real startup capital could be imagination. Bloomberg Businessweek
Tips & Advice
Alienating friends and followers: a how-to guide. Not that you’d want to intentionally do any of this stuff, of course, but as kind of a negative example, here are some things that will not help your social media standing. If you do any of the above, it’s time to change your ways. Small Business Trends
Starting your own pop-up shop. Brick and mortar locations don’t have to be a long-term commitment. Meet the pop-up shop, a not-so-new idea enhanced with the latest technology to create an alternative to more permanent retail outlets. Inc.com
Tools
Want to boost sales in 2012? We’re gonna guess your answer is “yes,” so here are some tools that should help you do it. Have any more to suggest? Please leave your comments below.Marketing Matters
Using LinkedIn to your greatest advantage. If you’re missing the opportunity to leverage this incredible resource, you may be missing out on other important business opportunities as well. Resonance
Other Ideas
50 home business ideas (no joke!) As you think about options for your home business, why not give this list a glance? Ideas for a home business can be quite simple and start around a product or service you can provide. Financial Highway
Have you checked out this blog monetizing option? If your main business happens to be a blog, then you may want to check out this simple monetizing tool. An alternative to AdSense or larger affiliate marketing programs, here is a way to let you sell your own ads on your Website today. Riches Corner
Courtesy: Small Biz Trends