6 Unconventional Ways To Generate More Leads For Your Small Business

AllBusiness. comIf you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll get the results you’ve always gotten. So if you really want to grow your leads, why not change things up by throwing something unconventional into the mix?Sometimes, it’s easy to assume that our friends know and understand what we do. Every few months, send an email to your network and/or post something on Facebook or Twitter.

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If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll get the results you’ve always gotten. So if you really want to grow your leads, why not change things up by throwing something unconventional into the mix?

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S Corporation Election Deadline Is Almost Here: What Startups And Existing Businesses Need To Know

Why would you want to do so, you ask? Because it could make a big impact on your business’s bottom line. LLC owners who find themselves with a high self-employment tax burden might benefit from choosing the S Corp election. LLCs are normally taxed like sole proprietorships—with all business profits subject to self-employment taxes. With S Corp tax treatment, self-employment taxes are only applied to wages and salaries rather than on all business profits.

Business FinanceWhy would you want to do so, you ask? Because it could make a big impact on your business’s bottom line.

LLC owners who find themselves with a high self-employment tax burden might benefit from choosing the S Corp election. LLCs are normally taxed like sole proprietorships—with all business profits subject to self-employment taxes. Continue reading “S Corporation Election Deadline Is Almost Here: What Startups And Existing Businesses Need To Know”

How To Create A Great Investor Pitch Deck For Startups Seeking Financing

AllBusiness. comStartups frequently prepare a “pitch deck” to present their company to prospective angel or venture capital investors. The pitch deck typically consists of 15-20 slides in a PowerPoint presentation and is intended to showcase the company’s products, technology, and team to the investors. Raising capital from investors is difficult and time consuming.

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Startups frequently prepare a “pitch deck” to present their company to prospective angel or venture capital investors. The pitch deck typically consists of 15-20 slides in a PowerPoint presentation and is intended to showcase the company’s products, technology, and team to the investors. Continue reading “How To Create A Great Investor Pitch Deck For Startups Seeking Financing”

State Of The Small Business Blog: What 5 Recent Research Studies Reveal

AllBusiness. comGot a company blog? If you’re a small business, odds are that you don’t. And if you’re a very small business—like 50 employees or less—you’re even less likely to have a blog. According to the WASP 2017 “State of Small Business Report,” less than 20% of companies with 50 employees or less have a blog.

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Got a company blog? If you’re a small business, odds are that you don’t. And if you’re a very small business—like 50 employees or less—you’re even less likely to have a blog. Continue reading “State Of The Small Business Blog: What 5 Recent Research Studies Reveal”

Nellie In The News: February 2017

We have been busy in the office on the phones daily helping you incorporate a business, form an LLC, file a DBA and more across all 50 states!Our CEO Nellie Akalp has been busy as always sharing her expertise and knowledge across the blogosphere. Check out her articles and press mentions from February below. Want Nellie to speak at your next event or share her tips on your podcast? Contact her todayCouple Money Podcast – How to Launch Your Business as a Couple http://bit. ly/2kCRINQLead Genius – 10 Entrepreneurs & Inspiring Stories of Startup Success http://bit.

.lyWe have been busy in the office on the phones daily helping you incorporate a business, form an LLC, file a DBA and more across all 50 states!

Our CEO Nellie Akalp has been busy as always sharing her expertise and knowledge across the blogosphere. Check out her articles and press mentions from February below.

Want Nellie to speak at your next event or share her tips on your podcast? Contact her today

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Customer Retention: 6 Techniques To Cultivate And Build A Stronger Customer Base

AllBusiness. comIt would be wonderful if businesses could keep all of their customers forever. Obviously, this would lead to long-term sustainable growth and immense success. Unfortunately, this is wishful thinking at best.

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It would be wonderful if businesses could keep all of their customers forever. Obviously, this would lead to long-term sustainable growth and immense success. Continue reading “Customer Retention: 6 Techniques To Cultivate And Build A Stronger Customer Base”

10 Steps To Deliver Better Social Media Customer Service

Your business needs to have a process in place to deliver exceptional customer service when and where people are looking for it, and that includes on social media. Every day, consumers post questions about brands and products on their social media profiles, particularly on Twitter and Facebook. Some might even take the time to go to your business’ Facebook Page to post a question or complaint while others might send a tweet directly to your brand’s Twitter Profile. In fact, according to the data included in the infographic from Headway Capital at the end of this article, 33% of social media users prefer to use social media for customer service than calling a company.

AdvertisingYour business needs to have a process in place to deliver exceptional customer service when and where people are looking for it, and that includes on social media.

Every day, consumers post questions about brands and products on their social media profiles, particularly on Twitter and Facebook. Some might even take the time to go to your business’ Facebook Page to post a question or complaint while others might send a tweet directly to your brand’s Twitter Profile. Continue reading “10 Steps To Deliver Better Social Media Customer Service”

How One Entrepreneur Made $75K In Less Than 6 Months

Before this moment in my life, I was on the financial struggle bus. Even though I was working overtime to get my business off the ground, I saw little to no success from all of my efforts. I was the overdraft queen, and I avoided shopping with others out of fear that my card might come back “declined. ”When I wrote a rent check, I hoped it didn’t bounce because there was definitely not enough in the account to cover it.

Amanda LovelandBefore this moment in my life, I was on the financial struggle bus. Even though I was working overtime to get my business off the ground, I saw little to no success from all of my efforts.

I was the overdraft queen, and I avoided shopping with others out of fear that my card might come back “declined. Continue reading “How One Entrepreneur Made $75K In Less Than 6 Months”

Sample Investor Pitch Deck For A Startup

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3 Ways Personal Branding Helps You Claim Your Personal Power

Personal branding is an exercise in packaging what you do in a way that resonates with others. It shows off your expertise and capabilities in a memorable way so you get hired and promoted. Personal branding is an essential building block of a successful career, whether you are a woman climbing the corporate ladder or you’re building a business of your own. And while personal branding at first appears to be an exercise in the external, it is actually a way to enhance who you are, from the inside.

BrandPersonal branding is an exercise in packaging what you do in a way that resonates with others. It shows off your expertise and capabilities in a memorable way so you get hired and promoted. Personal branding is an essential building block of a successful career, whether you are a woman climbing the corporate ladder or you’re building a business of your own. Continue reading “3 Ways Personal Branding Helps You Claim Your Personal Power”