business challenges

Conquering Startup Anxiety: Proven Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Conquering Startup Anxiety:  Proven Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Stepping into the world of entrepreneurship brings a mix of excitement and apprehension. Launching a new business venture is like navigating uncharted waters — thrilling yet fraught with the unknown.

Tips to Putting a Struggling Business on the Right Path

Tips to Putting a Struggling Business on the Right Path

Launching, growing, and running a business is a daily investment of both time and money. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, things can get off course for a number of reasons. Are you a business owner and feel as though your business is in need of a strategy pivot?

Independent Contractors: The Marketing Struggle is Real

Independent Contractors: The Marketing Struggle is Real

If you are an independent contractor, you face some challenges when it comes to helping people find out about your services. Competition with larger companies can be intimidating with the limited time and resources available to most independent contractors.

The Reality of Being an Entrepreneur

The Reality of Being an Entrepreneur

There is no magic combination that can be followed time and again to ensure a successful entrepreneurial journey. The best approach is to pursue your vision and prepare yourself for any and all challenges that might develop along the way.

Bring on 2019!!

Bring on 2019!!

It has been real… As each year comes to an end, and we embark on the next, it is very common to reflect back and consider our challenges, accomplishments, and hopefully take a few lessons on with us into the coming year.

Dropshipping, DropShipping, Drop Shipping…Forget the Name, Let’s Talk About It

Dropshipping, DropShipping, Drop Shipping…Forget the Name, Let’s Talk About It

Just as there are multiple opinions on how to spell drop shipping (my preference), there are also multiple versions of what it is. In general, using a drop shipper is when you partner with a supplier to display their products in your store. The supplier stores product until it is ordered or creates the product upon demand, and ships said product directly to the customer.

Local Marketing

Local Marketing

The return of the “buy local” movement is encouraging consumers to invest in their community, much to the delight of small business owners. Whether they live or work in the area, it has been found that 70% of a given store’s customers are typically within three miles of your location. Here are some strategies to make the most of your marketing for local consumers.