By Guest Blogger: Sharon Arena of Salty Red Dog Marketing, LLC Running a small business is not easy. Most small businesses have limited resources and extremely tight budgets, especially when it comes to sales and marketing. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is best defined as the process by which the visibility of your website can be […]
Understanding Your Balance Sheet
Being able to understand the different types of financial documents and information your business has should help you better understand your financial position. Learning how to decode a balance sheet will help give you the tools you need to make important decisions about your business. A balance sheet, or sometimes called a “statement of financial […]
End-of-the-Year Checklist for Small Businesses
I love this time of year! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s tempting to focus on holidays, traveling and family visits, but tend to forget about your businesses 4th quarter closing. Now is the time of year where your business needs your attention the most, especially when it comes to your finances. Keeping on top […]
Four Ways to Measure Your Business Health
There are plenty of ways to assess your physical health (weight, BMI, cholesterol, resting heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) and we ought to be looking at our businesses similarly. Here are four areas to review when assessing your business health. Numbers – of course I have to start here. Do you know if you are […]
4 Actions to Take Now to Start 2014 Right
Want to start 2014 right? Here are four ways to get there. Purge – I don’t know about you, but I have stacks of magazines, files, links on my computer desktop of things I wanted to read or follow up on but that just weren’t all that important. I find that purging those items as […]