Registering your business is an essential part of establishing the legal foundation of your business. It’s a relatively easy process, but first-time and experienced entrepreneurs alike can get derailed and end up paying more in fees and penalties, or even risk non-compliance with the state. If you’re starting a business, here are the five most popular misconceptions surrounding registering a business….
What’s Your Problem?
It’s no secret that the business world is changing. People have more access to information than ever before, and they are also bombarded with more messages than ever before. Marketing and Social Media guru Gary Vaynerchuk said in a recent podcast that attention is the currency of today! Undoubtedly he is right. Once you have someone’s attention, then and only…
Secret Academy Episode – Chase Zimmerman & Sean Perelstein
Sean Perelstein’s father started Henry Designs along with a business partner over 40 years ago manufacturing jewelry for Tiffany’s, Mikimoto, and other high end jewelry brands. They were well known for their diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and overall craftsmanship as each piece was hand carved using wax molds and not machine cut. Sean joined his father’s business 10 years ago and started traveling the country going door-to-door to promote Henry Designs. Sean started wearing stingray leather bracelets to compliment his watches, and they caught the attention of many of the clients he was visiting. Pretty soon, he was receiving numerous emails from people wanting to purchase the stingray bracelets, later named StingHD, and realized that there was a growing market for men’s fashion accessories. Luckily for Sean, he knew just the person to help him promote and grow StingHD, his good friend Chase Zimmerman who had an extensive background in marketing and advertising working for his father’s advertising agency. Together, they created a social media movement on Instagram posting photos of StingHD bracelets with watches, cars, and other luxury items. Today, StingHD offers completely customizable bracelets on their website and in specialized retailers across the country.
11 Ways to Radically Increase Your Productivity
Would you like to get more done each day? Do you feel as if you are constantly running behind and trying to catch up? Here are 11 great tips that you can use to radically boost your productivity.
Customer Service Challenges of the New Era
Companies such as Amazon and Zappos make providing great customer service quite easy. The fact that there are hundreds of tools and technologies that can help with this aspect may also appear to testify to its ease. However, the truth is that customer service is one of the most challenging aspects for businesses, a fact even customer service and customer…
The Simple Technique to Focus, Remove Distractions, and Get More Done
Let me guess. You have a hard time focusing on what you’re currently doing. You have a big to-do list you want to finish. You know you need to focus to get more done. But as you start tackling the items on your to-do list, distractions come from out of nowhere. And at the end of the day, you find yourself having accomplished very little all…
4 Easy Ways to Turn a Prospect to a Happy Customer
According to Wikipedia, “A business, also known as an enterprise, agency or a firm, is an entity involved in the provision of goods and/or services to consumers…. in exchange for other goods, services, or money.” Logically, therefore, the more consumers (customers) a business owner has, the more money he/she makes. How then can you, as a business owner attract your…