Category Archives: Small Business

Email Etiquette Tips

I got an email from a guy yesterday. I have talked on the phone with him once and had coffee with him once. We are working together to serve a mutual client. So far, so good right? Well he sends me this email that basically says “When you get this email please call me.” What [...]

Yard Sales and Your Marketing

I enjoy a good yard sale. It’s amazing how on some Saturday mornings a big yard sale, especially where a  whole community is having yard sales, will get me up early. Cleaning out my garage or pulling weeds in the garden rarely motivates me to rise early on a Saturday, but a yard sale …
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Confession: I Judge a Business By Their Business Card

On average I attend 5-7 networking events a month (I really believe in networking). One of the hallmark disciplines that occurs at these networking events is the exchanging of business cards. I estimate that at the end of every month I collect 150-200+ business cards. That’s close to 2,400+ business cards a year (some of [...]

A Match Meant To Be

Tech companies’ cooperation leads to full time local partnership
BY DEREK R. SMITH - dsmith@greenfieldreporter.com

GREENFIELD — Two local technology companies mark the latest in the trend of businesses moving to Greenfield’s downtown.
This month, Cross Creative and Twelve Stars Media Productions moved into an area above The Bread Ladies on the east side of the courthouse square.
Cross Creative provides [...]