Does Your Firm Have a Powerful Web Presence?

Posted by Trish on Mar 3, 2010 in Business Development

In concert with my recent article on Marketing Your Small Business – New Venture, today I would like to further elaborate on the importance of your ‘web presence’ and website design.
If you are a new venture, you may well be in the process of designing your website, in which case these articles will be timely.
If however, [...]

Tags: accessibility, background, benefit, change, customers, design, evolve, interest, keeping it simple, leads, learning curve, navigation, palette, power, products, ROI, SEO, services, speech recognition, target audience, text sizing, traffic, translation, up-to-date content, visitors, web presence, white space

Preparing Your Business Plan – Quick Guide

Posted by Trish on Feb 28, 2010 in Business Development

If you are a new business, you are likely just beginning to put your business plan on paper. Part of your presentation to create and invite interest in your proposed business services and/or products, is how you prepare and present your business plan.
Following is a generic business plan outline, listing the sections in the order [...]

Tags: due diligence, employees, executive summary, financial projections, financials, general business description, generic format, geographic location, marketing, quick guide, resources, suppliers, vendors, word template, writing business plan

Weekend Press – Business Opportunities

Posted by Trish on Feb 27, 2010 in Business Development

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunities. – Albert Einstein
Businesses close due to Canada Line Construction…. Losing Business due to road closures that limit pedestrian traffic, construction, the Olympics?
The situations above not only present opportunities for those in the professional services field, accounting, and legal firms, they also present investors with an enormous opportunity to leverage [...]

Tags: Business Development, opportunity, partner, proactive, purchase, sale, weekend press

Marketing Your Small Business – ‘New Entrepreneurs’

Posted by Trish on Feb 23, 2010 in Business Development

Over the past several years, due to our economic conditions and dissatisfaction with the ‘typical 9-5 job,’ many individuals have chosen to explore their entrepreneurial spirits by going it alone, and opening some kind of small business operation.
We all know that marketing is an integral, strategic function of any business, and this is particularly so [...]

Tags: Aweber, blog, cost-effective advertising, e-commerce, global reach, internet, leverage, local business, marketing, media advertising, Networking, new venture, referrals, small business, strategic function, website

Press Release Just Posted on ‘Official Wire’

Posted by Trish on Jul 20, 2009 in Business Development

I am delighted to announce that my first press release can be found on the ‘Official Wire’ website located at http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=10466&catid=375.
Following is an excerpt from the article:

……….“an effective Team Leader will assist and support all members of the teams in learning, will lead by example, nurture ‘outside of the box thinking’, and create an [...]