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I’ve spent the last several months pondering what I wanted to do next. I’ve spent a couple of years now just focusing intensely on my clients and their needs, and realized it was time to do something of my own again in 2017. When I thought back on what I’ve done that

Disclosure: This is a sponsored blog post. Insurance and Benefits Consulting for Small Businesses If you own a small business, you may be focused on trying to handle everything all on your own. Let’s be honest – that’s the typical M.O. of  an entrepreneur – to

This post contains a sponsored link from Web.com. It’s time to get serious about a mobile-friendly website for your small businesses. Let’s face it: Millennials were raised on technology. And some of those Millennials actually have kids now – kids they’re raisi

This post is written by guest author, Jeremy Marsan. Who is your target customer & how are you going to sell to them? This is the question that any business owner can answer with a sales plan. In a nutshell, a sales plan gives you specific daily or weekly goals to reach a main obj

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Staples. I’ve spoken many times about how much I love working from home. Working from home means convenience (no commute!), comfort (I set the temperature!), and bonus productivity (laundry folding in between client sessions!). But if your office

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Comcast. Social media is a crazy mashup of business, professional, political, religious, positive, negative, valuable, and junk. As a small business owner seeing posts about lunches and celebrities, you might find yourself wondering, as I once did

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Kabbage. While yesterday’s small business owner might have been limited to just a few working capital options like bank loans and investors, you can get access to the money you need to grow your small business from a wide variety of working capita

My birthday is in June, and for me that means it’s birthday marketing month. Today began the barrage of postcards and emails from merchants with birthday offers. Here’s the thing: if you want to give me a free ice cream cone or t-shirt for my birthday, that’s awesome! Thank you! But i

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Comcast. All opinions are my own. When you start a new business that you’re going to work hard at and putting a lot of yourself and your time and resources into, you want to be sure it’s the right time. How do you know when you’re ready to start a