Regardless of how smoothly your business may operate, no one is completely immune to criticism and controversy. With BP’s disastrous oil spill continuing to dominate the headlines almost three months after it took place, it’s becoming alarmingly clear that even the world’s most powerful and formerly respected brands can take a hit online. But what [...]

Being a freelancer is a great way to work for a lot of designers and creatives. To be able to give your clients the best possible package though, you may have to look at doing things a bit differently. By considering to collaborate with other freelancers, you’ll have an even better chance to offer something [...]

Article by nataliajones Without figures to back up plans a proposal is just wishful thinking. This is why the question “how do you estimate startup costs for a proposal?” is extremely important to address. FreeDigitalPhotos, money, graur razvan ionetA business proposal might sound completely achievable, and you may initially think you are witnessing the opportunity of [...]

Article by Kristina Daguia If you have created something that may prove profitable for you, you can find business partners to help you sell and market it. However, before showing these potential partners your invention, you should follow steps in securing it. In this article, we discuss how you can do exaclty that to protect an [...]

Social media is a big part of the blame for this situation. People can now ask their friends or complete strangers for recommendations on virtually anything, and get human-filtered results within minutes through Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking sites. Internet users are also becoming more savvy and can cut through search results to find [...]

Darren Rowse doesn’t make his money from Problogger. Brian Clark doesn’t make his money from Copyblogger. Chris Brogan doesn’t make his money from his blog, either. Neither does Sonia Simone. Not a single founding member of Third Tribe earns the bulk of their income from the blogs that are practically (or in Brogan’s case, literally) [...]

Read any post on this site and you’ll find a million dos and don’ts of how to treat clients and how to go the extra mile to please them. In my experience, I’ve noticed something strange–clients are more likely to notice the little extra things you do for them than the big ones. I’ve always [...]

Firstly, I’m not sure that standard business card print/ design services like Vista Print (for example) offer this service just yet.  If you are keen to get a social media barcode on your business card, you are better to use a designer first, to make sure it’s in the right place, and then use a [...]

In the late sixth century, Pope Gregory described the seven deadly sins from the least serious to the most, as superbia, invidia, ira, avaritia, tristia, gula, and luxuria. Translated from Latin, they are pride, envy, anger, avarice, sadness, gluttony, and lust. What do you think are the seven deadly sins of salespeople? Here’s my list, [...]

When meeting with potential acquirers, you’ll be grilled on all facets of your operations. Here are a few questions that are sure to come up. By John Warrillow |  Aug 25, 2010 One of the most intimidating parts of selling my last business was facing the barrage of questions during the various management presentations I did [...]

Your company’s managers are smart, committed, and passionate. How can you make sure they perform to their potential? By Darren Dahl |  Aug 23, 2010 When you work for yourself, as most entrepreneurs do, the notion of “managing” those you have hired to do just that may seem quaint in light of all the work you [...]