Category Archives: Business Tutoring

Helping you learn how to make your business more successful using Internet tools.

Are You Sabotaging Your Search for a Virtual Assistant?

During my previous career there was a point in time when I was called upon to assist my employers in finding someone to replace me as I prepared to move on to another position.   I was asked to do several things, from sitting ...

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Why I Broke the Number One Blogging Rule

I broke the rules. When I consult clients on blogging for business, one of the first 'rules' is to post on a regular basis. I also suggest that if they are going to experience a particularly busy ...

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5 Keys to Business Success?

Occasionally I’m asked to do interviews related to my business. Most of them ask similar questions, how did you start, when did you get your first client, what you did for marketing… but recently one of these interviews asked me what I ...

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Find Clients Through Blogging? It’s NOT a Myth…Start Blogging Today

"Start Blogging Today can give you the tools and the steps you need to use social media and a blog to market and promote your business online. Whether you are a brand new to blogging or you have an existing blog,

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Blog SEO Made Easy

Blog SEO. I knew it was an important element in my business blogging.  Keyword placement, organic links and tags were things I knew I should be paying attention to, and I really thought I was doing an OK  job of it. ...

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What Can Your Business Learn from Nintendo?

Have I gone completely nuts? Do I really think that small business can learn lessons from a video game giant? You bet I do. Over 19 years my son has given me a little bit of insight into the world of video games.  And although I'd have a ...

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Could Your Business Benefit from an Interview?

Have you ever considered doing an interview to help spread the word about your business?  An interview can give you some insight into what people want to know about you and from you.  It can increase your exposure to potential clients and let them get to ...

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What is Free Costing Your Business?

Today I want to discuss those businesses and business people who try to save money by doing it themselves and finding it for free. In my former life as Suzy Q. Homemaker I was famous for saying, “I can make that myself”.  I was an ...

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Your Business Website is Your Online Sign

If you think you're not getting clients or customers from your website, this post might just change your mind. After writing my recent post "Why a Business Website Beats the Yellow Pages (& Earns You My Money)" that same old complaint about business websites reared it's ugly head again. "I never get clients ...

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Why a Business Website Beats the Yellow Pages (& Earns You My Money)

Moving to a new area can teach you a lot of things, but it wasn’t until I became an entrepreneur that I noticed it can also educate you about business.  And more specifically about how fearful businesses can be about making changes. I’ve been ...

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