by Samantha Hartley | Jan 24, 2012 | Check this out!, Client Attraction
For small business owners, the New Year brings hope and opportunity for change but also challenges. A few years ago I conducted a survey and learned: My subscribers’ #1 challenge was getting more clients Most were strapped for cash and couldn’t invest...
by Samantha Hartley | Dec 3, 2008 | Check this out!
People often ask me which blogs I read, just as they used to ask my favorite marketing books. I read a LOT of blogs, but these come to mind first (and, since I subscribe to many of them, they come to my inbox almost daily): 1. Seth Godin’s blog,...
by Samantha Hartley | May 16, 2008 | Check this out!
Did you leave the ivory towers and golden handcuffs of corporate America? Or, did life at home with the kids inspire you to create a business that suited your lifestyle? Did you always know you wanted to be a business owner? Or did the forces of the Universe conspire...
by Samantha Hartley | Apr 12, 2007 | Check this out!
It starts by helping someone change her life situation. One way is with a microloan: an amount we in the West wouldn’t consider too significant, but which is quite enough to help a small merchant in Tanzania or a farmer in Samoa to buy supplies and...
by Samantha Hartley | Feb 16, 2007 | Check this out!
I noticed on my web designer Sharilyn’s blog that Aviva had done this awesome post. What I most love about this list – aside from the fact that good lists are just so satisfying – is the importance they have placed on branding. There are...
by Samantha Hartley | Dec 5, 2006 | Check this out!
One of the few blogs I actually read daily is Copyblogger. So imagine my lack of surprise when his was named one the the Top 10 Blogs for Writers. Many small business owners are their own marketers, accountants and janitors, so I always encourage them to...