Michael Vick, the famed NFL quarterback who served a prison term for his role in dog fighting has not only been reinstated by the National Football League but also given a second chance by signing a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles (whether or not you believe Michael Vick deserves a second chance is not the point of this blog post). All throughout the business world there are also opportuniti...

Small businesses in Lee County, Florida (Fort Myers), are all a twitter over engaging with locals above and beyond the traditional means. As discussed in this News-Press story, small businesses are using Twitter to promote lunch specials, entertainment information, weekly activities and even Tweetups, which merge the online world with the offline world. There are even groups offering free “h...

Most small businesses are always in need of extra help for lots of tasks around the company. Entrepreneurs have a tendency to run their business with a “do it yourself” mentality, which is great for cost-cutting but also bad for productivity reasons. If you’re the head of the company, it can be difficult to “let go” of certain tasks and focus more on the big picture o...

The following is a recap of the #smbiz Twitter chat on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Anita Campbell (@smallbiztrends) and Matt McGee (@mattmcgee) were the special guest experts. @smbiz Q1 Let’s start off with some basics. What is SEM? #smbiz @smallbiztrends Q1: What is SEM? SEM is using the search engines to help your business get found online (that’s a layman’s definition). #SM...

It’s old news to say that local and small businesses are using more social media, including Twitter and Facebook, as a way to reach customers because of lower marketing budgets. In addition to its amazing powers of connecting with people in a highly targeted way, social media marketing is incredibly cheap compared to traditional marketing. Check out this great resource to help you with socia...

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, and a host of other social media are becoming more popular by the day. Twitter, in particular, is making believers out of millions of small businesses as entrepreneurs everywhere utilize the Web’s powers to connect with people to grow their customer base. In today’s economic landscape, social media is a highly effective form of marketing because it is extre...