Maintaining a social media presence By Samantha Hazlewood “So…let me get this right. They pay you to surf the Internet?” “Your job must be so easy! You get to be online all day!” These are just some of the absurd things you hear when you tell people you’re a Social…

Watch the corresponding Betty clip here Find the Unique Selling Proposition No product or service sells itself. Before we can begin to sell to anyone else, we have to sell ourselves on it first. This is especially important when what we’re offering is similar to those around us. Very few…

Watch the corresponding Betty clip here How to generate business leads Entrepreneurs with savvy marketing strategies care about three things: getting more customers, increasing sales and saving time. They tend to focus most, if not all, of their marketing and sales resources on closing hot leads which means the not-ready-to-buy-yet…

Watch the corresponding Betty clip here Business Plan Writing – The Do’s & Don’ts Business plans are for funding your business – or are they? A business plan is how you drive the future; it’s a roadmap for even the smallest idea or earliest stage of your idea. When writing…

Watch the corresponding Betty clip here Why Start A Business? At one time or another we’ve all given more than a passing thought to being our own boss, maybe to the point of pursuing an entrepreneurial idea that we’ve fostered for a few years. There’s never been a better time…

Training, Education Key to Success in Entrepreneurship

UPstart to Inspire Entrepreneurs

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? May 2014 — Do I have the qualities to be a successful entrepreneur? This is a question that is frequently asked by people who are contemplating starting their own business. Being an entrepreneur can be an exciting and rewarding experience. At the…