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
- What’s the future of social commerce?
- How to keep your small business secure.
- Is your website good enough for your customers?
- What is responsive design & why you should be using it.
- Sourcing overseas? How to get your product to the U.S.
- Is your home-based business breaking the law?
- Thinking about moving to Florida?
Inspiring!
- One of my fave entrepreneurs is changing the world.
Marketing Smart
- Power of images: Is a photo worth 1,000 clicks?
- Mobile marketing emails that work.
- 5 tips for getting a grip on social media.
- Is smartphone usage hurting or helping your retail sales?
- 5 back-to-school promotions any small business can try.
- Best practices for on-page SEO.
- Targeting the burgeoning Hispanic market.
- How to create the best landing page in the world.
Money Matters
- Line of credit or term loan: which is best for your small business?
People Power
- Why it’s getting harder to hire Millennials, so you need to try harder.
Productivity
- Do you have Summeritis?
- How to manage your team and still get your own work done.
Sell More
- You’ll sell more by making it easier for customers to return their purchases.
Start Smart
- Launching a legal “weed” business.
Trending
- Food trends small restaurant owners should know about.
Women Entrepreneurs
- 3 common work/family issues entrepreneurial women are contending with.
Rieva Lesonsky is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a media and custom content company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. Email Rieva at rieva@smallbizdaily.com, follow her on Google+ and Twitter.com/Rieva and visit her website, SmallBizDaily.com, to get the scoop on business trends and sign up for Rieva’s free TrendCast reports.
