So if you’re a business of one (you) or many, it’s best to have some semblance of a social media policy in place. There are several things that can be very specific to your individual business. But we’ll stick to concepts that could apply to most businesses, big or small. Business Management Small Business Social Media TwitterThe short answer is: heck yeah! social media policy summarizes company procedures for employee communication in the online world. Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be as fancy or long as the one IBM has developed. Intel. MORE >>

Entrepreneurs and small business owners of which there were many even back in the 1700′s celebrate Independence Day every day as they have been liberated from the constraining chains embedded in larger organizations. So every day is a day of liberty for small business owners   to entrepreneurs with no employees who comprise 78% of the total US Businesses. small business Declaration of Independence independence day small business owner small business ownersShare on Facebook. MORE >>

Some of the more forward thinking business leaders continually seek small business sales training to improve their business results. Yet, when looking at the learning objectives such as negotiations, overcoming objections, closing the sale,  for these offerings be it through local sales consultants to much larger sales training providers most are missing the mark for these small businesses. Yet for small business owners, most of them cannot afford this luxury. This marketing is under the disguise of selling and therein lies the problem. MORE >>

Being an entrepreneur for many small business start ups begins as a brain fart.  ” Whatever prompted the thought to become a small business owner suddenly popped into the brain for many of these enterprising individuals and hence why I call it a brain fart moment similar to the old commercial “I could have had a V-8.” She mentioned joining a chamber to a formal business to business networking group. ” Another reason for this designation is the lack of thinking the decision through.  Big mistake. Share on Facebook. MORE >>

To be ahead of the flow is a position held by truly few small business innovators. According to the Law of Diffusion , small business innovators represent 2.5% The reluctance to be early adopters or actual small business innovators has been documented by many because this is truly about how people value change. Not the change jiggling around in your pocket, but the changes in life that impact small business. For example, technology in small business has been around for the last three decades and continues to change the landscape.  MORE >>