Part 3 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon discusses which types of businesses benefit most from the Chamber of Commerce. Nate: What category of business is the best fit for
Part 2 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon discusses the negative effects time poverty has on healthy networking. Nate: So the main objection that you’re hearing from Chamber members is: “I
Part 1 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon does a deep dive on the upsides and downsides of large metro Chambers of Commerce, and how business owners should navigate them. Randy:
There can be two very similar companies in the same city. They may sell the same items, set the same pricing per unit of product or service, and have an equal number of employees. However,
Ed. Note: This post from Dennis Styers (pictured left) is a shining example of the type of humor I like to include with our “advice for small business owner” columns. If only for that, it’s
My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were
Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every
Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just
CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning
CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker
Yesterday I shared a case study that outlined how to find your small business’ influencers. For this post, I’m going to dig into how to distill your list into action-able pieces, with some tactics for
In the last post I outlined what and influencer is, who mine were, and how to take the first steps in finding your influencers. For this article, let’s dive into the actual tactics I use to
In the last post I outlined some basic tactic for injecting humanity back into your business. If you are anything like me, when you saw the list of sales tactics, you likely chose “Get someone
“Interact first. Sell Second” – Seth Godin I preach that line again and again and again to my interns. Constantly I find myself telling my clients repeatedly, “just stop trying to sell to them”. And finally,
Widget Logic is a great way to selectively choose which widgets appear on which pages. Very helpful for non-profits with sponsors whose contract is limited to certain services. Here’s a screenshot of Widget Logic being
My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were
Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every
Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just
CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning
CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker
