By Rieva Lesonsky
The life of a business owner is a busy one. If I had my way, days would be 30 hours long—and there’d be, like the Beatles sang: “8 days a week.” But there aren’t. So to help you stay on top of important small business news, information and advice essential to running your business, here’s my weekly Reading List.
If you have articles you’d like to share, get them to me by end of day Wednesday every week.
Best Practices
- Is your life fueled by Diet Coke? Mine is.
- Spring clean your small business.
- Protect your company’s data.
Inspiring!
- Richard Branson says “follow your passion.” Kevin Drum says that’s pedestrian advice. (I agree.)
- Gene Marks still dreams of playing MLB. Instead he’s hitting homeruns as an entrepreneur and NY Times columnist.
Marketing Smart
- 8 ways you should be using mobile technology.
- Secrets of better content marketing.
- Marketing to mobile moms.
- Using online video to market your B2B business.
Power to “Your” People?
- The 5 habits you have that drive your employees crazy.
- Managing your independent contractor relationships.
- Getting the most from your temps.
- 3 low-cost benefits your employees will love.
Productivity
- On the go? Try these essential apps. And 5 more.
- 12 surprising productivity tips.
- Best reading apps.
Sell More
- How to get people to pay attention to your emails.
- Consumers want deals. Are you ready to offer them?
Women Entrepreneurs
- Do women business owners still need set-asides?
Want More?
You can check out all my blogs during the week:
*AllBusiness *AT&T Small Business *Hawkeye Business Finance Lounge *Nextiva *OPEN Forum *SBA Industry Word *SCORE Success Blog *SmallBizDaily*SmallBusinessTrends *Web.com/Small Business Forum
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