So what is Linked In??? Linked In is a great online networking tool that can generate very tangible offline benefits – if you use it right!  See below or check out www.linkedinKC.com for a great workshop coming to Kansas City on April 25th. Although Linked In has been around for several years now and has […]

photo by PixelFixer What if you owned a retail operation that depended on foot traffic and visibility for a large part of your business? You’ve got great products, your prices are attractive and you have quality staff people running your store. Now imagine that your store is located in a dark back alley in a […]

photo by tobiaseigen RSS, SEO, Flickr, XML, HTML, Digg, Reddit… It’s really easy to get caught up (or lost) in all of the technology floating around.  These days it’s rare that you’ll read an article about marketing or sales that doesn’t mention some aspect of technology – usually something related to Web 2.0. In fact […]

Delano, Jack,, 1914-, photographer.  find it here Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R. […]

By now, as a small business owner, you’ve likely seen all sorts of articles and posts on why it’s important to have a blog to promote your business. www.Entrepreneur.com has a great article (it’s a bit dated, but still worthwhile) Should You Start A Business Blog?  The answer is yes and their primary reason is […]

There’s a lot of hype, misinformation and general confusion around the term Web 2.0.  There’s also an entire generation entering the workforce (“Generation Net”) that’s never known a world without being connected and interacting over the web. So what is Web 2.0?  As a small business owner should you care? and how does it apply […]