Fresh off of the results Hurricane Irene and the Colorado and Virginia earthquakes, the question for every business owner is: Would you survive a disaster to your business?
Are you prepared for a disaster?
In business parlance it’s called business continuity. Can you continue in business if you’re struck with a disaster?
What most people may not realize is that there are two results to every disaster that hits a business:
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Having gone to a number of business meetings and kept a number of business cards from individuals from each meeting I’ve attended I recently found that business cards have now become old news with the advent of social media, specifically LinkedIn.
Days gone past. In the olden days you handed out business cards to those you met and kept theirs in a Rolodex file so you could look them up later and call or send them a letter. Then, as the computer age came upon us we transitioned from the Rolodex to contact databases, or even the more advanced CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software. It took you time to enter in each contact’s information, but once it was entered you could use it in a number of ways.
There is one issue with the old business card “technology” that hindered you that with social media this has no longer become an issue.
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Apple has been granted a new patent for it’s iWork Numbers application. You might want to take a look at it.
It relates to when you want to copy data into a new chart that the new data is associated with the old data into a new data set.
That’s business.
Startup entrepreneurs have to learn that one of the first things that needs to be learned is market research and marketing. As Jack Canfield said, “10 percent of your efforts is in writing a book, the other 90 percent is marketing it.”
That’s the same for ANY startup business.
So what’s an entrepreneur to do?
Here’s a great infographic about online marketing. Enjoy learning the basics, or returning to the basics, as we all need once in a while.
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I can’t make this up, but it’s gold to entrepreneurs. A quick way to test out an idea from an objective source over coffee.
Snooty Monkey’s The $20 Starbucks Test.
I loved the idea.
What do you think?
Hey all,
Connect with MacStartup and Google+ and we’ll see you in the +sphere.
KC
Do you have a Mac and want to make some money? Do you have skills or talents that are underutilized? Are you just itching to do something more with your life?
I’m putting on a FREE Hour Seminar for those that have Macs that are considering starting their own business. From your “idea” to your “Grand Opening” I will walk you through the necessary steps to get started. I will cover:
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