Today is National Take Your Dog to Work Day. As a dog lover, I think that rocks. If you’re the boss and your small business doesn’t allow pets in the office (even on a national holiday that encourages such…
small business
“A ‘small business,’ also called ‘mom and pop store’ by some in the United States, is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are…
Every year it seems that major retailers “leak” their Thanksgiving Day ads for Black Friday deals earlier and earlier. Yep, here we are, more than two weeks away from the most wonderful shopping day of the year and you…
Smartphones – Connecting With Your Customers
The news about smartphone penetration continues to be incredible. Adoption rates continue to climb and more importantly, your key customer targets, people between the ages of 18-44 are using smartphones more than ever. …
Infographic: Carbonite Small Business Disasters
What’s one of the worst case scenarios that you and your small business could face? What would you do if someone broke into your office and stole or destroyed all of your computers - the computers that had valuable…
4 Holiday Promotion Ideas for Service-Oriented Small Businesses
I hear you screaming from here – “Holiday promotions? It’s not even Halloween yet!” and in a way you’re right. It is a little early for Holiday promotions, but that’s also the point; now’s the time to start thinking…
Infographic: Anatomy of the Perfect Mobile Email
So we've covered email etiquette and words that may potentially toss your email into the spam folder, but let's venture into a new territory, shall we? One that some people seem hesitant to get into because it's so open…
Steve’s Corner – Small Businesses: Are You Mobile? PT 2
Smart devices are taking over! Get used to it. What are doing about it? How are you taking advantage of it? Comscore, a leader in measuring the digital world, just released a mobile usage study stating that 7%…
Looking for Inspiration? Climb Out of Your Familiar Rut
It happens to the best of us. We start out in our adult lives and careers wide-eyed, excited and eager to take in as much as we can; we’re hungry to try new things, we tackle challenges of all…
7 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick at Work
Oh October in Maryland. I welcome you with open arms. The cooler air, being able to see my breath for a little bit in the morning, the leaves starting to turn colors, pumpkin beverages from the local and national…