Small Business Public Speaking

Free is good … free is great!   With times as rough as they are for small businesses, we need to save money wherever and whenever possible.   This week on Startup BizCast Ken Colburn from Data Doctors and I run down some of the best FREE resou[...]

This week we tackle small business websites, and what they need.   I go solo to discuss three different types of small biz sites, and the integral parts of each.   Included are the online business card, the online store, and the social media hub.   [...]

Note: I’m publishing a day earlier than usual this week, partly because there was no episode last week and partly because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. This week we have not one piece of advice … but five!   The guest for Start[...]

A few weeks back I was one of the presenters in two different webinars from PRWeb.   Each of the presentations was about small business marketing, and during each I talked about business blogging.   And … after each I received a number of emai[...]

Local, state, and federal U.S. government contracts are NOT easy to get.   However, they tend to bring in good money, particularly for small business owners who aren’t used to multi-thousand or million dollar deals.   And, it’s unlikely [...]

This week, I welcome a good friend and guest from the first handful of Startup BizCast episodes.   The topic of the week is SEO for press releases.   More and more people are catching on to the fact that news releases can be used for SEO purposes, b[...]

Despite having a bigtime name behind them, businesses like McDonalds, Hair Cuttery, and Century 21 are all small businesses.   They’re franchises, and most of the time they’re owned by someone in your area.   There are challenges inheran[...]

This week, we’re talking about how to manage the flow of money going out the door, while the poor economy worldwide may be limiting the amount of money that’s coming in the door.   My guest is Toffer Grant, founder and CEO of PEXCard, a [...]

Almost a year and a half ago, in episode five of Startup BizCast, I reviewed a list of online news release distribution services.   These sites will post and distribute your news release across the web, bringing benefits like SEO and potential media[...]