As an entrepreneur working online, you might think that what really matters is your marketing ability, or your project management skills.…
How to Include Your Side Hustle on Your Resume
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / January 11, 2021
You may want to advertise the expertise you gained with your side job when you write your CV, or resume, when applying for a primary career.…
There’s no textbook formula for building a successful business. There are, however, sound principles that lay the groundwork for success and make it easier to build a thriving company. And one of these key building blocks is something entrepreneurs refer to as scalability. If you can build a scalable business, you’re dramatically increasing your odds of building a successful business. And in this article, we’re going to explore…
4 Low-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business in 2021
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / December 17, 2020
With a new year comes anticipation, expectation, and excitement. And even though there’s nothing technically special or unique about the calendar flipping from December 31 to January 1, it flips a switch in our collective brains to push the pedal down a little harder and pursue our goals with greater focus. If you’re a business owner or CEO, then I can almost guarantee that growth is on the…
A Gritty Formula for Building an Audience (Where None Exists)
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / December 10, 2020
When you have an existing audience, the path to growing that audience is fairly straightforward. But when you have no audience to speak of, trying to build one up out of nothing can feel like an impossible challenge. In other words, it’s much harder to go from zero to 100 than it is to go from 100 to 1,000. Where do you even start? A Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves Strategy That…
Every entrepreneur starts a business with the best of intentions. But intentions alone aren’t enough to launch and grow a successful company. The reality is that most businesses fail and the only way to ensure your company is successful is to push past these risk factors. The Reality of Failure Success stories like Facebook, Airbnb, and Tesla often get glamorized to the point that the general public feels…
What Goes Into a Piece of High-Quality Content?
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Finding Customers / November 25, 2020
Blogging used to provide brands with a competitive advantage. Today, you need a blog presence just to remain competitive in the larger marketplace. And the type and quality of content you produce will ultimately dictate the results you get. The 7 Ingredients That Go Into High-Quality Content An estimated 4.4 million blog posts are published on the internet every single day. It’s no longer enough to write content…
4 Things That Might Be Holding Your Business Back From Success
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / November 13, 2020
Growth isn’t the be-all and end-all for businesses, but it sure is important. If you want to build the sort of business that impacts others, provides financial support for many, and creates value for the community, you can’t sit still and rest on your laurels. Growth is a necessity. 4 Factors That Could be Holding You Back Growth rarely happens by accident. You have to be intentional about…
It’s always important for everyone, especially entrepreneurs, to remember that a dollar saved is equal to a dollar earned.…
The Top Copywriting Tips for Producing High-Converting Copy
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / October 30, 2020
In many respects, the word “copywriting” sounds old school, dated, and no longer relevant. But in reality, it’s more valuable than it’s ever been. While mediums have changed over the years from newspapers and magazines to blogs and social networking sites, the underlying demand for conversion-oriented copy has not. If you run a business where the goal is to move people to take a specific action, you must…