Every few weeks will be doing an online Tweet N’ Greet for #smbiz chat. Instead of having experts answer questions and discuss small business issues, this week we are going to be doing some real social networking. Wouldn’t it be great to do business networking online. Have a few minutes to introduce yourself, give your elevator pitch and take questions about your company and services? ...

Does your small business have a loyalty program or a rewards program? In short, these types of programs “reward” customers for being “loyal” to you by coming back and shopping repeatedly. As a company, you’re committed to keeping them happy and providing an incentive for them to come back and shop again and again. In it’s simplest form, an example of a loyalty p...

Are you using Facebook for your business? Are you having success getting customers and keeping existing ones because of the popular social media site? It’s easy (or at least easier) to see how a small business or entrepreneur could benefit from using LinkedIn or even Twitter. But many feel Facebook is more difficult in a business setting since it involves a little more opportunity for person...

October is National Women in Small Business Month, and #smbiz is excited to be a part of the month-long celebration. From 8-9 pm ET on Tuesday, October 13, join the #smbiz chat crowd on Twitter, along with a host of leading women entrepreneurs and business owners as we talk about all the wonderful things female entrepreneurs have brought us. Moderated by co hosts John and Chrisanne Sternal (@stern...

Everyone is bad at spelling at some point, especially when we’re in a hurry. Look at it this way, how many times have you gone to Google, typed something in, and then realized that you didn’t spell your keyword correctly? If you’re a perfect speller on the computer every single time, go ahead right now and try this. No, really, we won’t tell anyone. Ok, did you notice that ...

Here is the recap from the #smbiz Twitter chat on spreading your personal brand across social media networks. Special guest for this chat was Neal Schaffer (@nealschaffer): @smbiz Tonight’s #smbiz is w special guest @nealschaffer discuss spreading ur personal brand across social media networks @smbiz Welcome back to #smbiz @nealschaffer ! Can’t wait to have a great discussion on personal b...