by Wayne Liew on January 20, 2010
Last week, we looked at New Year resolutions of 30 small business owners and entrepreneurs for 2010. The response was well received and a lot of readers actually told me that the list inspired them on where to get started with their own business resolutions for 2010.
Apart from drafting a plan and resolutions to grow your business, you should realize that as an entrepreneur or business owner, you should be improving yourself continuously on different aspects of business.
21 small business owners and entrepreneurs from last week’s blog posts have agreed to share how they plan to improve themselves in 2010 so that they can become a better leader and manager for their business.
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by Wayne Liew on December 4, 2009
Marshall Haas, a brilliant young serial entrepreneur agreed to do an interview with me this week. Marshall runs a few ventures and has his first endeavors. We have all that covered in this interview.
Just yesterday, Marshall notified me that his BizBreak iPhone app is a finalist in the App Star Awards. Feeling happy that the likes of Michael Arrington, Loic Le Meur and Robert Scoble will be looking at it, Marshall also stands a chance to have his app featured at LeWeb’09, one of the world’s largest gathering of startups and entrepreneurs.
Yes, you are in for a treat. In this interview, Marshall gladly discussed his experience with a few major ventures that he founded and he also shared some tips regarding mobile trends and outsourcing. I know you’re excited. Let’s start!
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by Wayne Liew on August 12, 2009
The ways how customers choose who to purchase the products or services from are changing. The more closer you get to your customers or prospects will increase your chances of getting the sales.
However, this doesn’t mean that you should take the door-to-door sales route because such strategy no longer works as people are getting busier and are more aware about their privacy.
With the barriers above and the change in your customers mindset, what are the alternatives that you can apply to get closer to your customers? Well, the following points will give you the extra blade to help you get right in front of your customers, with their arms wide open to welcome you.
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by Wayne Liew on July 15, 2009
Last week, I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to be part of a panel, Harnessing Web 2.0 for Your Business at the National Web 2.0 Expo, which was held in conjunction with the SME Solutions Expo 2009.
Originally, I was going to present 5 Social Media Marketing Pitfalls Beginners Must Avoid but I cut the points short to 3 due to time restrictions. Anyway, in this blog post, I am going to include all the 5 pitfalls together with detailed elaboration.
To those who attended the National Web 2.0 Forum, this blog post is meant for you as well. Remember, keep all these points in mind when you are ready to make social media marketing part of your business’ marketing strategies.
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