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

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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 Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

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Register your business name. Obtain a business mailbox —this will give you a street address and help you get found in search results without giving away your home address, or an impersonal P.O. Start doing guerilla marketing. Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Box address. Invest in printed marketing materials.

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The Ultimate Work From Home Checklist

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Register your business name. Obtain a business mailbox —this will give you a street address and help you get found in search results without giving away your home address, or an impersonal P.O. Start doing guerilla marketing. Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Box address. Invest in printed marketing materials.

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The Innovation State of the Union

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Her name is Pamela Menges, and she’s President of a high-tech start up in Cincinnati. Some five years into an early stage technology company, I found myself, an experienced technology manager, as a CEO in search of competent manufacturing. Where is the innovation workforce? – Dr. Pamela A. Menges 2 Feb 2013.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

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Naming your business and applying for a Federal Tax ID number. You’ll also want to formally name your business, which involves filing a DBA, or a “doing business as.” ” Resources to help you determine the legal structure and name for your business, as well as other legal considerations: Do You Need a Travel Agent License?

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

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Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. How a small business used a guerilla tactic to build buzz and drive traffic. How better to promote a company with the name “Grasshopper&# than by asking their customers to literally eat the business?

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How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Business

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She chalked the name of her business on the sidewalks of New York, placed ‘Cheek’d bookmarks’ in books in bookstores, placed stickers on coffee cups in Starbucks, and even went so far as to slip her business card into the pockets of popular celebrities. The answer’s in the name…they clean windows in bright green kilts! Be unusual.