from INTUIT [#1 Financial Mgt SW for small business = Quick Books] 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Who are your “potential” Customers? Your marketing strategy will answer the question of who will buy your product or service. As much as possible, categorize your customers within separate market segments and analyze …
20 Tips to Make your Marketing Endeavors Successful from Facebook Fan Marketing 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Tip 2 – Ensuring your Business is not ‘Boring’. One of the best things about using Facebook for your business, is that you can create a ‘cool’ image. Branding is important in today’s …
With a Product Every Woman Needs from Huff Post 10/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 How do you find Packaging? Find an amazing Graphic Designer. Work very closely with her to figure out the best way to display your product. Walk the stores, look at other ways products (similar or …
from Keen Stuff.com 7/25/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz Blog Setting Priorities. When you have to choose among several tasks, there are several Prioritization tools you can use. Key ones are summarized below. If you are in a rut with your “prioritization” method, experimenting with the following methods may yield the …
Courtesy of the National Science Foundation thru Michigan Technical University 11/12 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 07/13 Lesson #1: Get to know your “potential” Customers. Since you’re are not a big corporation, don’t act like one. “The big boys know their customers, so they go from their lab to the big …
from INC magazine 6/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 Consider the Psycho-graphics of your Target [ Make sure they’re not too Psycho !!! ] Psychographics are the more personal characteristics of the person who would be buying your Product or Service, including: * Personality, Attitudes, Values, Interests/Hobbies, Lifestyles, Behavior * …
Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 It seems so impressive, if you are Partnering with a top dog – like Microsoft, Google – or another recognized company (if only by Geeks). But there are many other organizations, where you both could mutually benefit from Partnering. 1. Does it make sense Financially? …
from Entrepreneurship Education.com 7/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz 7/13 Other Forms of Intellectual Property. What other properties do you own or have contractual rights to? Do you own or have leases for real property? Do you own your equipment or are you leasing the same and if so, what are …
– A 1st Time Enterpreneurs Course From Blasho.com Blog 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Welcome to the 1st Time Entrepreneur’s course “Steps to Start an Online Business. As we got more and more queries or help towards online business start up, I saw an interest to start this short course …
from Business News Daily 7/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Write down your “Brand Positioning” statement for your Target customers. At the end of the day, your brand and what it symbolizes for customers will be your strongest competitive advantage. You should be able to write down a simple declarative sentence …
on the Road to Success Compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 #12. Market Research. Starting a new business on a shoestring budget isn’t easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. My biggest tip for shoestring start-ups is to do lots of research. Research is what enabled me to start my company …
from Becoming Awesome.com 6/11 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 WHAT the ADVISOR Gets. It should be pretty clear how the company benefits from these key Business Advisor relationships. But the CEO for the advisor? Like an Attorney being his own Lawyer. Here are the motivations I have seen at play …
from P2P Foundation.net 2012 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Summary of the Book Report. Two main agents of transformation guide this work. 1) the emergence of “community dynamics” as an essential ingredient of doing business. It is no longer a matter of autonomous & separated corporations marketing to – essentially – …
from Start Online Business Guide 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz If you have Google “Adwords” (which is free), and use the keyword tool from within the account, you will get up to 800 keywords plus some additional information. How to Research a Niche Let’s say you have a passion for …
Claudia Hoester, a Former Model, strikes It big with a clever new Invention !!! from Huff Post 6/19/13 enhaced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Big Dreams Pay Off When Claudia began producing the Beauty Spoon, her goal was to get her product into Walmart — but back then, she never knew how …
from Y-Combinator 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz One of the most common types of advice we give at Y-Combinator is to do things that don’t scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don’t. You build something, make it available, and if you’ve made a …
from eHow.com 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Many more people today dream of starting their own small business. Some people have created a new or different product or service. Some people want to pursue a lifelong passion, while others want to start a business for the freedom & flexibility it …
Our Speaker for 17 June 10 was Tom Mitchell – who has been working with Startups for > 20 years. He’s been the CEO of RadioLAN & Domondi, and is currently President at Thales. This is a team of longtime friends to produce & market an innovative solution in the …
from Linked IN Today 16 May 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Sadly, 25% of businesses fail within their first year and and 60% within five years. So, if you’re thinking about starting a business or you’ve recently made the leap, how can you optimize your chances of success? What is …
From PC World Magazine 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Anyone who brags their business “runs itself” probably owes a great debt of gratitude to a small army of SW Apps & Web Services that tirelessly feed your system from behind the scenes. From creating & storing documents + staying on …
Forbes Women: Young Entrepreneur Council 7/11 Enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 10. Don’t under-estimate the power of PR. The power of the press may now be in more than just the hands of journalists (um . . . . . Social media, anyone?). Learn to be a friend to the Press. …