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Business Plan Writers - Know Your Audience

Startup Professionals Musings

you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. A loan officer, angel investor, and venture capitalist are all looking for different things in a business plan. Your business plan’s writing style should take their preferences into account. So what writing styles should you use for these very different audiences?

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How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

Zoning map of Eugene, Oregon. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. Bridgette adds: “I [also] looked at neighboring businesses, proximity to the interstate and ease in getting to us. Other useful resources: Find a local Small Business Development Center.

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Top Five Branding Strategies You Can Leverage in 2017

Brandanew

How could your small business brand aim for a strong brand presence? They exploit the close association that successful brands have with their logo designs, names and other marketing tools. One big brand took this to the extreme in Seattle by entirely replacing its name and logo from some of its stores. LEARN HERE.

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5 Key Ingredients to Charging What You’re Worth

Duct Tape Marketing

I’m taking some vacation time this week and I’m actually going to stand waste deep in the Columbia River in Oregon and cast for Trout. It was at this ad agency where she taught small businesses the value of a strong foundation and how they would grow with a strong brand. Most small businesses fall down here.

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I left a great job, Director of Marketing for Snapple, to start my own speaking business. When I walk off a stage and know that my audience will change their behavior, or solve a business challenge differently because of something I said, or a story I told, that is so personally gratifying. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

We wanted a conference room with a standing conference table (~$950 on up) and anti-fatigue mats , but so far we haven’t had the audience demand. At the front of the office, we’re creating an office map showing the names of our portfolio companies, and the photos of the employees that work at each.

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Transcript of How to Create a Successful Business Event

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: So, you’ve been doing this conference for a few years, and I guess the first question I have is, what’s with the name? ” Rich Brooks: I couldn’t use the same name, and I wanted to bring in search and mobile marketing to the mix, because I feel like social is just one aspect of what we should be doing.