What makes someone a successful entrepreneur? It certainly helps to have strong technology skills or expertise in a key area, but these are not defining characteristics of entrepreneurship. Instead, the key qualities are traits such as creativity,... 

Business Stating Point by: Terri Zwierzynski 1. Do What You LOVE: If you’ve chosen your business because you read that this niche was the next hot one, or because your favorite uncle (or your best friend) thinks you’d be well-suited for... 

Analytics “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” – John Wanamaker (attributed) What can we learn from this quote? Perhaps that John Wanamaker didn’t have Google Analytics installed. Actually,... 

Business is viewed by some as a necessary evil to generate a profit. Today’s businesses and entrepreneurs, however, are approaching business as a new way to do social good while generating profits. If you wanted to do social good through an organization,... 

entrepreneur in you! Today’s entrepreneurs are different. They are reshaping the way businesses are created, changing what customer service means and coming up with products we didn’t know we wanted. They are passionate about what they do. And they... 

entrepreneurs It used to be that middle age was the time to buy a fancy sports car, take up hang-gliding and mountain climbing, and dump your old life-partner for a newer model. It’s been called mid-life crisis, the sudden realization that life... 

Social Media Social media marketing means using online social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to promote your business. Used well, social marketing can be a cost-effective way to connect with customers, raise brand awareness and drive traffic... 

Google The first place to start the Twitterautomation process is by setting up several Google Alerts, which will monitor Google results (news, blogs, Web, video) in real-time for the latest updates on search queries (keywords) or topics of interest... 

Pile of credit cards When you have your bankruptcy discharged, you will need to start rebuilding your credit right away in order to deflect some of the damage that bankruptcy does to your credit file. And while you will not qualify for major loans right...