Should You Consider Upping Your Bandwidth Before Cyber Monday?
According to CNBC, Cyber Monday drew a total of $6.6 billion in 2017. The amount was up some 18 percent over the year prior. Given the trend toward greater acceptance…
Signs of Bad Web Hosting
You’ve done everything possible to optimize your site. It loads quickly, ranks highly on search engine results pages and your customers rave about the user experience. Still, even with your…
Simple Tricks To Get More From Your Small Business Website
Looking at the websites of some of your larger competitors with deep pockets, you might be wondering how you can show as well as they do on the internet. Fortunately,…
How B2B SMBs Can Better Engage Partners
Winning businesses over and keeping them engaged isn’t easy when you’re a small- or medium-business (SMB). The business-to-business (B2B) sales cycle has slowed down drastically since the reduction of in-person,…
Reducing Shipping Costs Increases Sales
If you’re jealously eyeing free shipping offers and wondering how to use them too—without erasing your profit margin—you’ve come to the right place. Reducing shipping costs absolutely increases sales. These…
Crafting Your Ecommerce Privacy Policy
Taking advantage of the best ecommerce platform – like those provided by Yahoo Small Business – is a great way to get your online business off to a strong start.…
Exerting Control and the Federal Reserve: The basics of the economy
AuthorOwen LinderholmTypearticleProviderProfit MindedThis is the sixth of our blog posts connecting the basics of the economy to small business. We are taking the popular series of basic economic videos called ‘We…
Fastest Way To Lose Customers
AuthorLucy HollowayTypearticleProviderBusiness 2 CommunityImage https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EySQdr_k2bcbErwi54Kt4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/sbs/sbc/Business2Community/ruleone.jpg.jpgFastest Way To Lose CustomersRule No. 1, Never Lose “Customer” Rule No. 2, Don’t Forget Rule No. 1Warren Buffet (American business magnate, investor and philanthropist) Understanding…
On the First Day of Christmas … Launch a Customer Loyalty Program
AuthorAdrienne BurkeTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/wp_tumblr_migration_provider_889/f3341b58981e0a07d855ac3236a51e09The height of holiday shopping season might not seem the ideal time for a busy retailer to launch a customer appreciation program, but executives at Huzzah Media—which…
Obama immigration plan good, not great for economy
AuthorBy JOSH BOAKTypearticleProviderAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's expansive executive action on immigration is good for the U.S. economy — just not as good as partnering with Congress on…
Here’s Why Apple Always Sets the Time to 9:41 in Its iPhone and iPad Ads
AuthorGeoff WeissTypearticleProviderEntrepreneurFrom its iconic 1984 Super Bowl spot touting the first-ever Macintosh to the infamous dancing silhouettes that inaugurated the launch of the iPod, Apple’s advertising efforts have undergone eye-catching…
GDP Smackdown: The basics of the economy
AuthorOwen LinderholmTypearticleProviderProfit MindedThis is the third of our blog posts connecting the basics of the economy to small business. We are taking the popular series of basic economic videas called ‘We…
Small Biz Owners Are Optimistic about 2014 Holiday Sales
AuthorAdrienne BurkeTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/wp_tumblr_migration_provider_889/99eb67afb4fb321816d515e2c5b6a2ceSmall business owners are anticipating a jolly holiday shopping season this year. A survey of more than 1,200 of its members by the small business online technology…
How To Get Click-Throughs from Pinterest
AuthorMelissa MegginsonTypearticleProviderBusiness 2 CommunityImage https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MT4OZBjeuz6bGFo3OW6E_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/sbs/sbc/Business2Community/click-throughs1.png-480x600.pngWhat makes a pin more likely to receive click-throughs? Keep reading to learn how to optimize your pins for clicks. How To Get Click Throughs from…
Can You Connect with Your Customers Like These Coloradans?
AuthorAdrienne BurkeTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/wp_tumblr_migration_provider_889/921b36a42d57f87dd76a186cebc924ce If you’re looking for ideas to improve your business’s customer service—and there’s no reason you shouldn’t be—a recent New York Times article offers an idea. Times…
Cave-o-nomics: The basics of the economy
AuthorOwen LinderholmTypearticleProviderProfit MindedThe video below and even this blog post take a very simplistic view of the economy. But bear with us, please. This is just the beginning. Over the…
Appreciate Your Co-Workers
AuthorMargie ClaymanTypearticleProviderBusiness 2 CommunityImage https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/miwaWLU.xe7Nxc8CiArS3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/sbs/sbc/Business2Community/3508993996_868bc4c212_m.jpg.jpgAppreciate Your Co WorkersWhen I was in college, I was tasked somehow with putting together some posters. I have no recollection of what they were nor…
Help LinkedIn – I Need a Job!
AuthorLynne LeidyTypearticleProviderBusiness 2 CommunityImage https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F3IeGVEpITIdEQC_nU4o.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE1MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/sbs/sbc/Business2Community/Lifeline-150x150.jpg.jpgHelp LinkedIn – I Need a Job! I was having lunch with a group of people last week and I heard someone mention that their son…
Kevin Spacey on why and how storytelling is key in content marketing
AuthorNicole KarlisTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/If7MFs9m6.P9YwAYNmTKJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/smb/2014-10-15/da2be000-54c0-11e4-b4f0-a11f6a7a2880_kwvin-spacey-cmworld-e1410552951274.jpgKevin Spacey at Content Marketing WorldContent marketers are always thinking of innovative ways in which they can tell their brand’s story. This process of brainstorming ideas and ways to…
Twitter Chat – Local and community success for Small Business
AuthorOwen LinderholmTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hB8JiiK2B1PDskvyhLJZ2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/smb/2014-10-15/dc508c30-54a9-11e4-a963-95b97b02c85b_EricGrovesHeadshot.jpgEric GrovesJOIN US for a live twitter chat about small business and success locally and in your community. This chat is a part of a series of…
Customer and Market Research – Necessary but Overlooked steps for the Entrepreneur
 AuthorOwen Linderholm Typearticle ProviderYahoo! Small Business Advisor This is the seventh part of our Smart and Simple Guide to starting a business. We've already covered ideas, business concept, funding,…
Business Owners Confident in Selves, Not Economy
AuthorAdrienne BurkeTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/wp_tumblr_migration_provider_889/cf8f0ba0c00a95cb56d1cc52149be5a8 A new survey upholds a common conception: small business owners in the U.S. are a self-confident bunch. “In spite of surviving the worst recession in 80…
Customer Service: What Not To Do When You Don’t Know
AuthorShep HykenTypearticleProviderBusiness 2 CommunityImage https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3lIp8p2o5zX8iCqOVqr74Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/sbs/sbc/Business2Community/Bad-Answer-is-Bad-Service-Low-Res-250x300.jpg.jpgCustomer Service: What Not To Do When You Don’t KnowCommon Sense Recently I had a question about my international calling plan for my mobile phone. I…
Small Business Basics: A Live Twitter Chat with Tamara Monosoff
AuthorOwen LinderholmTypearticleProviderProfit MindedImage https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JXhEEC7qpVg5JaYpZ2UDuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/smb/2014-04-10/8914cc20-c0fc-11e3-b7fb-29f7285835a0_monosoff.jpeg We are running a series of twitter chats on topics of value to all small businesses. We will be doing approximately one per month until the…