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17 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

Being a native of West Michigan, I know a lot about snow! For my current business, that something was SEO. SEO is especially time-intensive, but can create a lasting source of leads you don’t have to continually pay for. . #5 – Grab every opportunity as if it were a falling snowflake. Image Credit : Sid Simone.

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Founders Interview: ServiceMaster by Simons Franchise Owners Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa

The Startup Magazine

In terms of our roles within the company, as small business owners, we wear many different hats and and are involved in pretty much everything – from estimating and directing crews to customer service and marketing/Web SEO. TSM: Excellent. We love hearing your story and appreciate your accomplishments.

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The Small Business Butterfly Effect: 3 Small Ways to Get Found

Up and Running

Though I’m back in Michigan now, I still work with CFI, five years later. Business Planning Sales and Marketing advertising marketing networking seo social media' All of this was because the assistant director took some time with a few volunteers to print and stick address labels. What does this mean for your business?

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Local Marketing Strategies For Your Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Laura earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University. She an MBA from the university of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon university. Laura earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University. So Laura, welcome to the show. Laura Nelson (01:15): Hi Jen.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The reason for this was I wanted to grab the most out of SEO as if you have different custom URLs it will take Google some time to figure out your social fortress but if all URLs are the same then google picks it up immediately. I made a list of alternative names and considered the second issue – which one is the most SEO-friendly?

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It’s no secret – the marketing industry (and SEO in particular) is full of snake oil salesmen, dishonesty and at times downright lies. I followed this gut instinct and launched HourglassAngel.com during the summer of my junior year at the University of Michigan: a site created with just a $4,500 investment. Bazil, Esq.,

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3 contrarian pieces of advice for graduating students

K9 Ventures

You should be thinking about keywords and SEO for your resume as that is how people search and filter. So if you really want to optimize your chances for showing up in search results and also being reviewed more favorably, then provide more detail than less. This doesn’t mean that you start writing essays in your resume.