American Small Business

By Tim Miles Prior to last week, I’ve known my mom to cry only three times: at the funeral of each of her parents and on February 13, 2010 – the day she realized she’d been putting up with my dad for 50 years. I kid! Seriously, though – mom’s not a crier. She’s kind, &hellip Continue reading »

“Advertising is like exercise, for long term benefit you need to do it every week, 52 weeks a year. On again off again just won’t cut it.” – Craig Arthur

I’ve been getting Adrian Van Zelfden’s “Tidbits in Time” emails for several years. He’s a huge history buff and he enjoys a historical almanac to the point that he started sending out a monthly missive to share his celebration of what happened when. He started by sending it to his friends. None of that opt-in &hellip Continue reading »

I had to smack around a client the other day. Well, maybe not smack around.  But it did involve shaking my finger and saying things like, “Stop it.” It all had to do with what I’ve written posts about in the past: giving your employees the authority to grow your business. I was in a &hellip Continue reading »

I am going to let you in on a little secret. Yellow page ads still work after a business closes. If a company goes out of business and drops their phone number, the yellow page ad will still work! The ad doesn’t just disappear. I discovered this when I was building a heating and air &hellip Continue reading »

Doing effective business triage. I am currently working on a business plan with my client, Tony. I have permission from him to share this story. As we were working on the business plan, we started to reminisce about how we became friends. I remember it well.  I had just opened a new recording studio.  One &hellip Continue reading »

Help you beat the chains? First, help yourself. Do you like the idea of supporting local businesses? Is that like asking a politician if he’s for more jobs and against crime? But … and it’s an awfully big but … your locally-owned business has got to meet me MORE than halfway. Sorry if that seems &hellip Continue reading »

I was talking with my teenage children the other day. The discussion came to money-it always does with children. They wanted more! More than their mother or I was going to give them. It was time for them to find a job. If they could not find a job, then they would have to make &hellip Continue reading »

Posted by Barry Silversteinon December 3, 2009 07:07 PM An article from Brandchanel.com It all started with a phone call Jack Dorsey received from a friend, a small business owner frustrated because he couldn’t easily accept a credit card payment from a customer. Dorsey is not one to let opportunities pass him by. The co-founder &hellip Continue reading »

Web Viewership Measurement on the Horizon Nielsen Speeding Up Single-Source Measurement Plan Will fold Web viewing into TV sample by August 2010 By Claire Atkinson — Broadcasting & Cable, 12/1/2009 5:33:46 PM Nielsen is fast-forwarding its plan to monitor viewers’ Web habits in order to help clients understand, among other things, whether their advertising or &hellip Continue reading »