Small Business Blog

The holiday season is officially upon us, which means shoppers scrambling to buy gifts for their loved ones — and sales opportunities...

As a small business owner you may feel that the marketing tactics that you are doing do not work or do not give you immediate results for...

Many of my clients are still unaware of what SEO is or why it matters to their small business… so I am posting this to go back to basics....

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the practice of optimizing the content of your webpage  so that your site is easily and readily found...

While the internet seems the least likely place to market locally, it is actually quickly becoming the best, most powerful place to...

by Julie Mierau We all know that physicians pledge to “first, do no harm.” But do you know Google’s company motto? “Don’t be evil.” Yep,...

1. Hire some help! – School is out and kids are smart. Especially with computers and the internet. Hire one for the summer and have...

Maybe it’s just me, but I get really annoyed when a business or organization I do business with offers special deals for new customers...

Everybody’s talking about branding these days. Marketing consultants want to charge companies to create brands — and sometimes rightfully...

The one thing I noticed is that on email, texts or websites, phone numbers that are viewed on a smart phone are automatically  activated...

Yesterday the Iowa Western Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center held the first Business Summit in Council Bluffs,...

Hopefully at this point you have at least a facebook account where you socialize with friends and family. You may also have a Linked In...

How do you buy products and services today? What is the first couple of things that you do to begin the process? I am guessing that some...

Social Media Toolkit: The Nuts & Bolts of Your Social Media Strategy Posted using ShareThis #SmallBusiness #Socialmarketing #Entrepreneur...

The main reason is to provide interesting, useful and frequent content to your customers, potential customers, industry experts, media,...

I do a lot of reading, thinking and brainstorming on ideas for small business in small communities like Council Bluffs and across...

Want to trade accounting services for goat cheese? How about bike repairs for graphic design? Advertising for overnight accommodations?...

When I ask new or established businesses how they plan to market their products or services they answer “…mostly through word of mouth”....

In the next few days/weeks I will focus on some tips and observations that I have picked up in the last very busy months.    In the mean...

Everywhere you turn for marketing advice, you’ll hear how important word-of-mouth marketing is. Start-up business owners even list this...