Posts by Mike Allen
Should I Use Gmail or My Own Domain Name for Business Email?
When setting up your business you may ask what email address should I use in my business? What about a free Gmail account or should I pay for branded business email addresses? Six things to consider are offered.
Read MoreTips for Providing Excellent Customer Service
The goal of this post is to become a wealth of information for entrepreneurs and business owners involved in customer service and support (in reality, that’s all businesses). In my own reading and learning, I run across some great customer support tips and suggestions. In sharing some of my favorites here, I’m hoping we can…
Read MoreCurated Resources for Entrepreneurs
What follows is an “ever-growing, work-in-progress” collection of free educational resources for entrepreneurs who are just getting started on their business journey. The goal is to encourage, inspire, and provide food for thought that you can use in starting your business. Our intention is to update the content presented below over time as new resources…
Read MoreCurated Resources for Employers
The purpose of this post is to provide an ever-growing, “work-in-progress” collection of free educational resources for employers to use in improving their workplace and company employment practices as well as their employee and management performance. Our intention is to update the content presented below over time as new resources emerge (or are discovered) that…
Read MoreMobile Text Alerts Referral & Promo Code
We have an exclusive Mobile Text Alerts Promo for you! Many local businesses and organizations have found mass text message alerts to be very effective for reaching customers and members directly. Instead of fighting with email spam filters and costly direct mail, they are able to reach many of their best customers or members directly…
Read MoreWhy Smart People Struggle with Strategy
This post provides a brief overview of the almost counter-intuitive findings presented by Roger Martin in his Harvard Business Review blog post on June 12, 2014 entitled Why Smart People Struggle with Strategy. We know that sound strategic planning is an essential component of success for businesses of all sizes. Contrary to what may be commonly held, though,…
Read MoreInterview with Blogger Nancy Badillo
Last week I had a chance to visit with Nancy Badillo for a quick interview where we discussed some of her business blogging successes. In addition to blogging, Nancy has a strong background in pay per click (PPC) search marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). When you visit her site NancyBadillo.com you’ll have a chance to…
Read MoreFive Tips for Successful Business Networking
The term networking has become a popular buzzword throughout the business world today. Popular as the term is, however, there’s a lot of misunderstanding about it, how to network effectively, and where your time as a business owner or manager is best spent within the networking arena. The term networking actually refers to the building…
Read MoreTaking a Tech Sabbath: My Story
A Tech Sabbath? You Can’t Be Serious! Many of us probably receive more birthday wishes via Facebook and text message than we do verbally. However, while this type of messaging allows us to easily reach out to many people instantly, it’s very impersonal when compared to a telephone call, a handwritten note, or a face-to-face…
Read MoreTen Password Safety Tips
Hardly a day passes when we don’t hear a news report about an online bank or email account that has been broken into. Sometimes these security breaches compromise the private and/or financial data of thousands or even millions of people. Failures like this make many people fearful to bank or shop online and use the…
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