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Summertime Tips for Work-at-Home Moms

By Lesley Spencer Pyle April 1, 2022

Work-at-home moms face unique challenges when the summer months roll around. How do you keep your kids entertained and happy while still running a business? Here’s advice from seasoned work-at-home moms on what to do. Summertime presents a challenge each year for home-based working moms around the country. Continuing to run one’s business while keeping ...

Top 3 Tips to Becoming a Successful Mompreneur

By Rachel Katz-Galatt May 2, 2022

Oh, the trials and tribulations of being an entrepreneur while also being a mom — a.k.a., a mompreneur! Starting and running a business while starting and running a family certainly takes certain traits — persistence, passion, flexibility (lots of it!), and the ability to juggle. Sounds like an ad for the circus… don’t laugh, in ...

The 2022 Great Resignation Brings a Surge in Startups

By Janet Attard May 1, 2022

There’s a work revolution going on. Some call it the great resignation. Some call it the big quit. But for the millions of Americans who are quitting their jobs to start their own business, the appropriate term might be the great new beginning. What is the great resignation? The great resignation is a term that ...

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Finance Your Business

Multiple Streams of Income for Your Business

By Marcelina Hardy May 1, 2022

Having multiple streams of income from your small business can help boost your profits and cushion against losses during slow seasons. Here are several ways you may be able to add more income streams to your company. You have your business, and it’s doing well. Something inside you is pulling you to something else, though. ...

6 Businesses You Can Start For Under $5,000

Team ZenBusiness May 1, 2022

By now, many Americans have received their tax refunds, or will be receiving them soon. Many people take that “bonus” money and go on vacation, get a new wardrobe, start an emergency fund, or buy a large-ticket item they’ve had their eye on. Maybe you’re thinking, all of these are great options, but none of ...

How to Buy a Business with No Money Down

By Steve Strauss May 1, 2022

Is it possible to buy a business with no money down? Yes, indeed. In The Small Business Bible, Steve Strauss discusses just how to do that. The key is to get the seller to finance 100%. We’ll look at 100% seller financing to do that below. But first, it’s important to consider whether buying a business ...

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Market Your Business

14 Ways to Make Your Sales Brochures Effective

By Janet Attard May 1, 2022

How can you make your sales brochures more effective? How do you write copy that gets your business brochures, pamphlets and marketing flyers read and gets customers to respond? Use these 14 copywriting and brochure design tips to create and improve the sales literature you provide customers. If you’re planning to create a sales brochure ...

18 Ways to Find Customers

By Janet Attard May 1, 2022

What’s the hardest thing about starting and growing a business? For many small businesses, the answer is finding clients or getting customers. Customer acquisition is particularly difficult if your marketing budget is limited. Here are 18 time-tested strategies to help build your customer base. Finding customers is one of the most difficult challenges for startup ...

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Keep Your Business Compliant

Is It Legal to Start a Business Out of My Apartment?

Team ZenBusiness May 2, 2022

The apartment entrepreneur: If you aren’t one, you probably know one. But is it legal to start a business out of an apartment? Everybody has a friend writing a screenplay or music, consulting, or trying to turn a hobby into a moneymaker…all from the comfort of residential rental property. This is not to mention the boom ...

Business Startup Checklist

By Janet Attard May 2, 2022

Wondering what steps you have to take to get a new business started? What should you do first? What next? This startup checklist can help you determine the steps you need to take to launch your business the right way. The business startup checklist below is meant to remind you of the tasks you may ...

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Featured Article

Summertime Tips for Work-at-Home Moms

Business Ideas & Tips

Top 3 Tips to Becoming a Successful Mompreneur

The 2022 Great Resignation Brings a Surge in Startups