You Are Your Brand, Guard it With Your Life

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Remember the old saying, “Birds of a Feather, Flock Together?” Yeah well that saying can be applied to your business as well.  Basically, you are your brand, and if you don’t have any respect in the industry you work in, then neither will your business.  Below are some tips to remember when building your brand:

A Beginner’s Twitter Guide

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With Twitter becoming a very popular way for business owners to promote their business and/or any special promotions coming up, it can be pretty challenging to express everything you want to say in 140 characters, so below are a few ways to promote your business using terms and symbols to help you use those 140 characters to the best of your ability.

Tip #1: The @ symbol – This symbol precedes anyone’s twitter handle. And makes it very easy for any business owner to track whether promoting on Twitter is a viable option.  So make sure anytime you are replying to tweets, you @ the person you are tweeting, that way, not only will they see your tweet, but so will all of your followers.

Tip #2: The Blue Checkmark – This symbol means a person’s account has been validated by Twitter (i.e. meaning the celebrity and/or person you are talking to is the actual person you are tweeting), and can be very helpful when you want to ensure the celebrity or business you are tweeting, is the actual person you want to tweet.

So, You Want to Start A Big Small Business

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So you decided to start a business?  Are you having trouble figuring out what you do and do not need?  A lot of the information available for Entrepreneurs is geared towards the individuals who are thinking of starting a big small business.  Now I know what you’re thinking, how can you start a big small business? Well it’s easy; a lot of data available talks in terms of having an actual physical business, having employees, etc.  However, there are a lot of people who want to start a small business with just themselves and perhaps one other person.  Even with the wealth of information accessible trying to find the appropriate materials to accomplish is very hard.

That is why I am writing this article.  Currently I am operating two businesses, an Event Planning Business and a Consulting Business.  Aside from the few affiliates I have, I do not own a building nor I do have employees, and I run everything from my home office.

In this article you will find some tips and ideas to help you better organize your business.