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Successfully Marketing Your Business on a Budget

Successfully Marketing Your Business on a Budget

Without marketing, your small business will not continue to attract new customers and grow. You understand this and want to market your business, but you might also feel that you can't afford it as a new small business owner. The good news is that your initial marketing efforts don't need to break your budget to be effective. You just might be surprised at how far [...]
What Bankers Expect from your Business Plan

What Bankers Expect from your Business Plan

Making an appointment with a loan officer for a business loan is a big step in the life of any new business owner. While you're naturally excited, it's also important to understand that the business banker expects you to arrive fully prepared and to provide any information that he or she requests. A Banker's Business Plan Looks Different from Your Own Even though you spent [...]
10 Common Mistakes of Small Business Failures

10 Common Mistakes of Small Business Failures

As a new small business owner, it's an intimidating thought to realize that more new companies fail than succeed within the first two years. The fear can become so paralyzing that you end up making the same common mistakes of small business owners that ended up costing them the company. However, we encourage you to study these mistakes and vow to learn from them rather [...]
10 Tactics to Help Reinvigorate Your Passion for Your Small Business (And Avoid Burnout)

10 Tactics to Help Reinvigorate Your Passion for Your Small Business (And Avoid Burnout)

Many people don't realize that self-employment usually means working significantly more hours, not less. While an employee can clock out at the end of the day, a business owner must constantly attend to every little detail. This can quickly lead to burnout. Below are 10 tips provided by current business owners on the best way to avoid this scenario.   1) Get up early to [...]