Archive for category Micro Businesses
If you hang around long enough in your small business, good things happen. All That Free PR
Posted by Robert Bacal in General, Marketing, Micro Businesses, Small Business Challenges, Small Business Strategy and Decision-Making, Small Business and The Internet on September 16, 2009
Amidst a week from hell, with a raft of technical problems that are affecting access to our network of websites, I was taking a break, and used google to search for my name. Now, let me be clear. I don’t hunt around for a quick ego gratification jolt (you buying that?). Actually, I periodically search [...]
Research On Microbusinesses
Posted by Robert Bacal in Micro Businesses on August 28, 2009
In doing some research for an upcoming book on small business I came across an abstract of an interesting study about microbusinesses (teeny, or one person businesses), and the degree to which people owning or running them actually have specific goals, and the degree to which they are concerned with growth, or even money and [...]
Selling Products/Services PLUS Having Ads On Your Small Business Website. Should You?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice and Tips, Micro Businesses, Small Business and The Internet, The Building of a Small Business Website on June 18, 2009
Since the advent of Google Adsense, it’s been relatively easy for small business owners with websites to place reasonably looking, page relevant ads on their webpages and earn from them. At times for some, this revenue has been substantial, although those days may be over. Still, the questions remains: If you sell products/services, SHOULD you [...]