Sponsored by Mulligan Funding: October may be Women’s Small Business Month, but if you are a female entrepreneur, then you know that every month is a time for celebration. According to the 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses, there are currently more than 11 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. Combined, these businesses employ more than 9 million people and generate … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Top 20 Best Health and Beauty Salon WordPress Themes
Today, it's commonplace for men and women to pay to take care of themselves -- to visit beauty salons, spas, saunas, massage studios, and so on. The number of health and beauty related businesses is growing rapidly, and the competition is really tough. Creating an online presence for your business is imperative to attract customers. Every day, people spend more time on the … [Read more...]
5 Habits that Leave You Personally Unfulfilled
When you're a hardworking business owner, it's easy to spend so much time on work that you're unaware of the root causes of why your personal life may be falling flat. We all want to experience personal fulfillment on a regular basis, but there are ways that we unconsciously sabotage ourselves. Here are five common habits that undercut our efforts to attain fulfillment: 1. … [Read more...]
3 Elements to Build and Engage a Community for Your Startup
Startups and small businesses do not have large budgets to build strong brands that attract customers to their businesses, so these startups have to reach out to potential prospects themselves. Building a strong community is a great way to circumvent this problem—an engaging and well-connected community can help spread the word about the business and work as a … [Read more...]
3 Dining Etiquette Tips to Put into Practice Before Your Next Holiday Party
Are you preparing to make a grand entrance at your next holiday party? This appears to be an easy task once you’ve already found the perfect dress, your hair is styled in a way that brings out your best facial features, and you have a great date by your side to share your moments with. You can just visualize it now: as you walk into the room, everyone can’t help but stare … [Read more...]
5 Telling Signs that You Need to Become an Entrepreneur
It took me years to start my journey of becoming an entrepreneur! There were a series of things that occurred that I didn't pay attention to until after I began to really take the idea of becoming an entrepreneur seriously. The reason for that was the same reason why so many others have not started their journeys as well. I wasn't listening. I was too busy complaining, … [Read more...]
Business Marketing Tactics to Create a Strong 2017
Sponsored by Kikka Capital: We’re at the last stretch of 2016, and if you’re as competitive as your competitors, you should already be thinking of ways to gain even more capital for your business and improve all areas to create a strong start for 2017. The best way to start the year off right is to gather your sales and marketing team for a planning assembly to get … [Read more...]
How to Make Your SEO Campaign Work: Things You Should Remember
Ranking higher than your competitors on Search Engine Results Pages (SERP) is a goal you need to set if you want to get more online exposure and direct more traffic towards your site. A business-owner must be able to adapt to the changes that take place in the digital world. No entrepreneur would want to lose sales just because he or she is missing out on new marketing … [Read more...]
Hiring a Lawyer To Combat the Racial Employment Gap
Sponsored by The Wood Law Office, LLC: All humans have unconscious biases. These biases could manifest themselves in different situations such as choosing friends, a place to live, even hiring potential employees. In the United States, there is still a noticeable employment gap between African Americans and their white, Latino, and Asian-American counterparts, even with the … [Read more...]
How to Run an Online Store with Global Shipping as a Full-Time Mother
Sponsored by ChinaDivision: Owning an online store is very possible for part-time workers, especially full-time mothers. Because of the flexible time and the good income, you can be a successful businesswoman and a good mom who is always there for her children at the same time. But there are still some difficulties to opening and running an online store, especially when … [Read more...]