Today, consumer attitudes and preferences are increasingly favoring credit cards when paying for their everyday purchases. Expanding your businesses payment options to include credit card processing can improve ROI, increase competitiveness, as well as increase customer loyalty and satisfaction. Having credit card processing in place is a great decision for pretty much any small business …
Read MoreApril 7, 2010 Tags: business, sales, tips for entrepreneurs
Category: Articles, Business Tips and Tricks 21 Comments 
Some folk were born to be entrepreneurs. The likes of Richard Branson and Alan Sugar were strutting their stuff when they were only midway through their teens, and their success results from an innate instinct for business, rather than from any specific scholastic qualifications.
To use Branson as an example, he published his own magazine at …
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2010 Tags: business, business psychology, cool idea, Entrepreneur News, Entrepreneurial Spirit, success, tips for entrepreneurs
Category: Entrepreneur News 2 Comments
Many of you will be familiar with this business triangle, and you may use different words, but for simplicity (and design) I’ve simplified this paradigm. This is often called the balance act in the business world, and when people refer to the balance act, they’re often referring the struggle to balance between Quality, Cost, and …
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2010 Tags: business psychology, clients, consumers, sales
Category: Articles 3 Comments
We know you’re a “Young Go Getterâ€, but so our readers know, how old are you?
I turned 25 in May, it’s a pretty good age to be.
Can you tell us the quick history about yourself, and what drives you to succeed?
I graduated from college in 2006 with a degree in marketing. After being laid …
December 27, 2009 Tags: interview, sales, tips for entrepreneurs
Category: Entrepreneur News, Interviews 15 Comments
I was talking with a friend recently who was sharing his frustrations with trying to start his own business. After reading book after book about how to be successful, measuring success, and how to become a millionaire, he came to the conclusion that they were all …
Read MoreDecember 18, 2009 Tags: business psychology, success
Category: Entrepreneur News 2 Comments
We know you’re a “Young Go Getterâ€, but so our readers know, how old are you?
I turned 20 in September. I can’t say that I am looking forward to being 21, because I know after that, it is downhill from there ;).
Can you tell us the quick history about yourself, and what drives you to …
Read MoreDecember 12, 2009 Category: Interviews 4 Comments
Getting the respect from your employees is something I see new managers and entrepreneurs struggle to get. It is not easy, it could be your youth, inexperience in handling people, maybe you are too passive and people just seem to be able to walk all over you. Whatever it is you need to correct it, …
Read MoreNovember 20, 2009 Category: Entrepreneur News 7 Comments
I just got this video from my friends at investopedia.com. They wanted some feedback on the video and if you found it interesting. Please leave comments below and enjoy!
Read MoreNovember 12, 2009 Category: Entrepreneur News 3 Comments
Project Management can easily make or break a company of any size. If there’s anything I miss about working for “the man” it’s having someone else responsible for managing client communication, deadlines, and the tedious tasks that interfere with the bulk work. Even though a PM may get under your skin a few times or …
Read MoreNovember 9, 2009 Tags: project management
Category: Articles, Business Tips and Tricks 1 Comment
Did you know that email marketing’s ROI was about $45 for every $1 spent on it in 2008? Without a doubt, email marketing has become one of the most effective methods of direct marketing. When done properly, an email marketing campaign costs almost nothing to launch and maintain, and it generates a ton of revenue …
Read MoreNovember 6, 2009 Category: Articles, Business Tips and Tricks 13 Comments