Small Business

What is Your Business Attitude and Outlook?

It's not too surprising. Constant contact did a survey of over 1,500 small business and found that most are using social media for marketing.

73% are currently using social media for marketing
62% expect to start using social media for marketing this year
81% of those using social media expect to increase their efforts in this area

In this report, Spring 2011 Attitudes and Outlook Survey they found that email, websites, event marketing and advertising were all used by small business to drive marketing.

The Definition of Finance in Business

Do you enjoy words? I do. They are so important to our ability to understand each other, and since we all have different experiences we have different understanding of what a word means. This applies more often to the words we take for granted, especially when they cover a wide body of knowledge like the word "Finance".

In the course of writing our book that is coming out this summer, I decided to look up other people's definition of finance. I've worked in finance from a business perspective for over 20 years and so I take it a little for granted that everybody knows what it means. Recently I discovered that some people find it mysterious.

Here are some definitions below for your review.

Float Your Data with Secure Docs To Go

You are sitting in a meeting and all is well until somebody spills the entire contents of the water jug on your notebook computer!

Yes, maybe this has not happened to you yet but we all know someone or have heard of someone that lost all their data because of some unfortunate incident.

From Failure to Success - On Being Wrong

Congratulations.

Since you are reading this we both know that you are open to moving forward despite what may have not turned out the way you wanted in the past.

Its a fine revelation, and according to TED.com presenter Kathryn Schulz, being wrong is really just about our own view on life.