Article Contributed by Suzen Pettit Not sure what I was thinking when I agreed to join a BNI (Business Networking International) group in my neighborhood, other than the idea of a networking group based solely on the idea of giving and receiving referrals, with none of the froo- froo attached to it, none of the dancing [...]

Article Contributed by Danielle Traveling to a conference isn’t as easy as paying the registration fee, buying plane tickets and showing up. There are many things you’ll need to consider to ensure that your whole group has a good time at the conference and comes back feeling like the time spent there was worthwhile and [...]

If you’re going to be entrepreneur, you’re better off preparing yourself for the new frontiers of online innovation. The best way to approach this is to think of the Internet as just the first phase in a telecommunication revolution that will change human interaction as we know it. The successful entrepreneur of tomorrow will be [...]

Social media is the buzz word these days. Everyone seems to be talking about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs these days. The migration of customers to online and social media platforms has also attracted the attention of business, both big and small. The smaller, start-up ventures seem to be benefiting most from social media channels [...]

During a presentation that I was giving at a small business owner’s boot camp, I was asked a very interesting question by one of the attendees: “I am a real estate agent and I am not sure how LinkedIn can help me since it is a business to business platform and I am targeting consumers [...]