If you’re one of the ambitious few that wants to diversify your income, there are lots of businesses you can start from the comfort of your home. consider (getting out more, or) using current corporate connections and social networks to advertise your discretion and trustworthiness, and get your home-based business off the ground. MORE >>

One of the least expensive and most effective ways that small businesses can grow is through the strategic application of public relations. PR can be executed on a modest budget, and the awareness and word-of-mouth that can be attained is priceless for a small company. Want 3 national press mentions in the next 12 months? Share. MORE >>

Other tactics leverage partnerships with other businesses to create mutual value and introduce our respective communities to one another’s services or product offering. We try to learn from what other businesses have done with their own (sometime limited) resources and try to learn from their successes. That crazy chicken. MORE >>

am talking about business resolutions – specific actions and efforts you should take over the course of the next few months to strengthen your business, improve your customer’s experience, and strengthen your team in the year ahead. Here then are 10 new-year-business-resolutions for 2012! Review your strategic plan.  MORE >>

Sometimes it seems like the world of entrepreneurs is approximately 5,000% male. Instead, I want this to be a celebration of women who go out, start their own businesses, and get exactly what they want. Heather talks more about taking over the PR business: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? MORE >>