8 Expert Advices on Building a Relationship with your Customers

Posted by Maya Pillai

“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” –Peter Drucker (Management Consultant) A customer is the best friend of any small business owner and their relationship is key to any marketing strategy. Customers play a vital role in brand building and positioning your products in this competitive market. There may be many reasons why a customer/client may … Continue reading


10 Economic and Financial Predictions That Will Get you Thinking

Posted by Maya Pillai

1.Gear-up for a Volatile Economy – Economic uncertainty will be a major issue that will be troubling small-medium business owners this year. A study conducted by Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute opines that economic uncertainty will be the “one thing that stands between where you are today and growing your company.” Therefore, have flexible plans – short or long, … Continue reading


5 Technology Predictions to Start the Year Off

Posted by Maya Pillai

1. Scarcity of Tech Manpower – Austin Entrepreneur Network (Texas) Director, Hall Martin says that “technical labor is a big challenge in this part of the world.” Due to shortage of quality, IT professionals’ small-medium businesses will lean heavily on cloud-based applications. Cloud-based project management and client management will be used profusely in businesses of all sizes to counterbalance the … Continue reading


How to Get More Customers This Year

Posted by Maya Pillai

By now, small business owners should have new strategies in place to find new customers and thereby increase their sales. If only we were living in a picture perfect world, where we would have an unlimited budget, every lending institution would give us loans, luck would favor us and our touch would turn everything into gold. Unfortunately, it is not … Continue reading


6 Marketing and Social Media Predictions for 2012

Posted by Maya Pillai

Social media is on the rise still and small businesses should not forget about that. Marketing through social media can help your business grow in ways you would not expect. We have listed out some of the predictions for marketing and social media this year. Multi-channel marketing will gain importance – Online marketing is quickly gaining popularity. Small business owners … Continue reading


Word-of-Mouth and Reputation Goes a Long Way

Posted by Maggy

Business Summary ServiceMaster by Best (SMB) is a regional cleaning and restoration business. SMB was incorporated in the State of Kansas in July 2003 as Best Corporation. SMB serves clients generally located in Sedgwick and Butler Counties of Kansas. They also serve clients in other parts of the state that are based in Wichita and surrounding areas upon special request. … Continue reading


You’re Pitching Your Company to Investors All Wrong

Posted by Maya Pillai

In this highly competitive economy, if you are looking to find investors, you should know the knack of selling your commodities and services. This knack of projecting your company is known as pitching. It is all about understanding where your investor’s interests lie. Once you understand, develop a dialog that will help you connect with the heart, head and the … Continue reading


5 Ways Your Competitors are getting More Customers than You

Posted by Puneet Yamparala

As a small business owner or freelancer, the objective of your business is to get new customers and boost sales. To see your business rise to the next level, you must concentrate on the various factors which influence your existing customers to return as well as ways to gain new customers. There are many ways to get existing customers to … Continue reading


In Three Years 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Got Classified in the Same World Class Level as Apple, American Express, Harley Davidson

Posted by Maggy

Business Summary 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is pioneering an industry that is helping residents and businesses remove junk and regain space. Whether it’s a pile of household junk in the garage or a warehouse full of office furnishings, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? removes it for you, making the ordinary business of junk removal exceptional. They are passionate about recycling and donating to charity. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? was founded … Continue reading


Small Businesses: Start Marketing the Year off with a Bang

Posted by Maya Pillai

“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself.” Peter Drucker New Year, new beginnings, new challenges and the same old business. By now small business entrepreneurs should have weighed their profits and losses of the past year and are looking forward to a positive economic … Continue reading