Category Archives: small business growth
Your Small Biz Questions Answered with these Online Tools
This round up of five on line tools for small businesses may help get a nagging business question answered – for free. Check out this article from American Express Open, complete with lists and links that any small business owner … Continue reading
Tips for Being Disaster Ready
We love this video from Legal Video Services LLC. In it, Mark McKinney goes through the steps for making videos of your home and business possessions for insurance purposes. Increasingly, insurance companies are not accepting listed inventories and photographs for … Continue reading
Watkins Elected Treasurer of East Cooper Breakfast Rotary
Andra L. Watkins CPA CMC, principal of POSITUS Consulting LLC, has been elected treasurer of the Board of Directors of the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club. She will serve a one year term. She has been a member of the … Continue reading
Telecommuting As a Green Business Strategy
While it may be a bit long, there’s a lot of good history and information packed into this article by Kate Lister from American Express Open. While employers have traditionally given telecommuting benefits to attract people who want to work … Continue reading
6 Traits of Successful Small Biz Owners, From Inc.com
We like this article from Inc.com. A lot. Research indicates that successful small business owners share six common traits. How many do you have? If you need to develop more of them, call POSITUS. We know how to take you … Continue reading
A List of Businesses That Are Growing in the Downturn
We love this article from American Express Open. It lists 8 business types that are booming right now, even in a down economy. Think you can’t start a business during the downturn? Well, peruse this list and think again. Downturns … Continue reading
Some Small Biz Humor to Brighten Your Day
Sometimes, laughter is the best way to deal with business challenges and set backs. This little ditty from http://www.smbtn.com made me smile. If you need a laugh or just a tiny little guffaw right now, I hope this brightens your … Continue reading
What Are You Really Worth to Your Business?
This excellent blog post from the NY Times delves into the upsides and pitfalls of determining a small business owner’s monetary value to his or her business. It leaves practically nothing out in its analysis of how to figure out … Continue reading
PR Tips for Your Business
I cannot add anything to this article from American Express OPEN. If you’re a small business owner trying to do your own PR, it is a must-read. Public relations is one of the biggest tools I often recommend for small … Continue reading
The Up-and-Downside of Business Mimicry
In my periodic perusing of the web, I found this article by Steve Martin about mimicry in business. In the article, he explains that scientists have found that repeating back what people say makes them more likely to buy or … Continue reading
