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The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Internet connection. Register your business name. Start doing guerilla marketing. A dedicated phone line. Good lighting. A computer or monitor that won’t strain your eyes.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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The Ultimate Work From Home Checklist

Up and Running

Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Register your business name. Internet connection. Start doing guerilla marketing. A dedicated phone line. Good lighting. A computer or monitor that won’t strain your eyes.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc.

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Disaster: CEO’s Ignoring Digital Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Once-household names like Radio Shack and Blockbuster will continue to exist in the pages of Wikipedia. Internet of Things (IoT) devices, sensors, and wearables introduce game-changing opportunities. Digital leaders like GE are already transforming industries. We constantly witness the global reach and influence of social media.

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Lead Conversations to Replace Lead Funnels

Duct Tape Marketing

The term “lead funnel” seems to be getting a lot of love from the Internet marketing set. Vital to this way of thinking is the realization that building know, like and trust sufficient to turn a prospect into a customer requires a level of engagement more like a conversation with a friend than guerilla warfare tactic.

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5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!)

crowdSPRING Blog

The insight was that adult “cam&# sites had grown widely in popularity based on the real-time interactions between the audience of internet users and the models posing in front of their web cams. How a small business used a guerilla tactic to build buzz and drive traffic. Yes we can! The Obama campaign and viral video.

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