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APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. “Products take off not just because of WHAT they do but HOW they make us feel.”

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MAY 10, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “Working in 90-minute intervals turns out to be a prescription for maximizing productivity.” The Business Plan. Do you love the TV series The Walking Dead?

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JANUARY 31, 2011

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. Create a budget. Illustration: Eric (a.k.a.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. How should one go about pricing their software product? Quora – [link].

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MAY 11, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Growing Your Small Business Using Social Media: The Facts – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link].

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MAY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link].

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link].

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: 3 Essentials for Customer Service – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Dalla Terra Winery - [link].

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup (and Small Business) Tips: Ask Your Customers For Feedback. As Pay-Per-Click Ad Costs Rise, Small Businesses Search for Alternatives - [link].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: 5 DIY Things To Do For Your Brand! How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. – [link].

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! 5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. – [link].

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MARCH 8, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Top 10 List of Small Business Resources – [link]. Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Answer: [link].

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MARCH 16, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Business Owners Should be Happy – [link]. – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Legal Issues: Trade Names, Logos and Trademark Law – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link].

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Half of Small Businesses Don’t Have a Website – [link]. Why some small businesses have pulled back from social media – [link].

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MARCH 30, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above is a photo of Manarola, Italy – a small town in northern Italy. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link].

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JUNE 8, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Your Small Business Should Act Like A Social Media Company - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Volta – [link].

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JUNE 24, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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APRIL 7, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How To Find Your First Customers And Grow Your Business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week – Thumbtack Press – [link].

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JANUARY 5, 2015

.” Like many internet businesses we have built the company around the assumptions of scalability, and that necessarily means finding ways to serve a large customer base with a small team. But when it comes to my business, I am all about the numbers, the data, the strategic approach, and the product itself.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link].

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Make Crowdsourcing Work for Your Business – [link]. 75 Essential Small Business Resources From 2010 – [link]. Focus on Enterprise or SMB Accounts?

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MARCH 10, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business – [link]. Twitter Link Roundup #67 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Last week, Ross was contacted by an old friend, Ron May, who publishes an industry newsletter in Chicago and writes extensively about technology, startups, and small business in our region. Hey Ron, Taking a cue from the lean startup movement, Mike and I have lost a combined 30 pounds this summer. Photo: MissTessmacher.

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JANUARY 15, 2012

We write often about small businesses and startups and lean approaches to marketing and other business functions. Control quality: The quality of the final work product is a key goal when managing any product, project, or process and crowdsourced projects require your careful oversight to ensure high-quality.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Maybe all you really know is that you want to run your own business, but are fresh out of small business ideas. Don’t write off your interest as merely a hobby; it could make a great small business idea. Check out our financial planning business plan. Start a personal training business or open a gym.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Last week I wrote about some ways that not-for-profits could leverage the concepts of lean marketing. Today I want to discuss ways that small business can support not-for-profits and get involved in meaningful causes, and at the same time help to drive economic development locally, regionally, or even internationally.

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MAY 19, 2013

Marketing is simple: spend $100 advertising your product or service and earn back $110 for your efforts. Especially for small business, traditional print, radio, and television advertising is out of their reach financially. Another good indicator is to look at the hashtags they are using and how consistent they are with those.

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MARCH 17, 2013

Not only should you take into account the type of products you produce or the services you provide, but you need to very carefully consider your company’s culture. Related posts: Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century. Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility. What are you?

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AUGUST 28, 2011

Like small businesses, most not-for-profits have limited resources, ambitious goals, and finite capacity. But one of the tenets os lean marketing is to define short-term and intermediate goals. Ross made a video on this topic and it is just as relevant for NFPs as it is for all small business and startups.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Small businesses can spend tens of thousands of dollars with direct marketing efforts that might include mailers, trade show handouts, brochures, door-hangers, coupons, product spec sheets and more. We do this in other marketing materials, why not use the back of your business card for a short testimonial from a happy customer?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Saving money as a small business can be tricky- if you’re a startup especially, money might be tight already. If you’re looking at buying goods for your business, just go with generic (or as they say in the U.K., own-brand); the box may not be as pretty but the product will be the same. “Lean is in.

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MARCH 30, 2011

When you have some great news to share – a new product or service or an important milestone, you should let the world know. In the following short video, I offer five reasons why startups and small businesses should stay focused on their product or service and always stay humble.

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Resolve in the new year to set specific goals for your business, define strategies to achieve those, and then develop a short list of experimental tactics to execute. They are the life blood of your business and you should be letting them know that every day! Startup tips: 5 great tools for freelancers (and small businesses).

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Resolve in the new year to set specific goals for your business, define strategies to achieve those, and then develop a short list of experimental tactics to execute. They are the life blood of your business and you should be letting them know that every day! Startup tips: 5 great tools for freelancers (and small businesses).

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DECEMBER 29, 2013

As managers of small businesses or founders of startups, we tend to get so busy, so wrapped up in the task of the moment that we leave little time to contemplate our actions and reflect on our decisions. Related posts: 10 New Years Resolutions For Small Businesses and Startups. Be a model.

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