Small Business

If you missed the first part of my interview with Mike Samson, co-founder of crowdSPRING, where he talks about how crowdSPRING successfully raised $3 million in angel funding and shares some important tips that every entrepreneur will find useful down the road, click on the link below to get started.

Mike Samson, Co-Founder of crowdSPRING on Raising Angel Funding [Part 1]

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In this second part of the interview, Mike shares with me the secret of building two communities on crowdSPRING and keeping both of them in balance. Towards the end of the interview, Mike also explained the stance of crowdSPRING on speculative work.

Keep reading and I’m sure you have tons to learn from this interview.

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Green businesses or businesses that focus on making the environment a better place always get my attention. You don’t have to come up with an alternative to oil or fossil fuel in order to become a green entrepreneur although that would be a dream come true for everyone.

Ash Sud, Founder of ZippGo

The first interview with a green entrepreneur on Wayne Liew Dot Com is finally here when I had the chance to interview Ash Sud, Founder of ZippGo.

In this interview, Ash tells his story as an entrepreneur and why entrepreneurs should adopt the triple bottom line approach to run their business. Additionally, Ash also talks about how ZippGo created customer evangelists and fans despite the young age of the company.

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It’s all about preparing for 2010 in the last couple of weeks with blog posts on New Year resolutions, self improvement areas and how to reach your goals. Now, you should be taking action and strive forward according to your plans.

Man Jumps on Sand

My New Year started off pretty well, with a few of my plans already taking place, including a change to my Twitter follow strategy. Apart from that, I am also going to outsource more of my work so that I can focus on profit-making activities. I will also continue to review my social media marketing strategies over the coming few months with some experiments.

In this week’s Weekly Biz Buzz, I have a long list of blog posts to share with you but each and every one of them deserve your time. If you are looking forward to some fresh tips that you can apply to your business, this Weekly Biz Buzz is for you.

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Finals just ended and I’m sure each and every one of you is working super hard before calling it a year. Good for you if you are going all out to boost sales during this holiday season. Kudos!

Holiday Winter Season with a Dog

In this week’s Weekly Biz Buzz, there are 4 articles that you must read. Not only that they will improve your business and make it ready to embrace 2010, the tips provided might even take your business to the next level.

2010 is coming and we shouldn’t waste anymore time! Let’s get started. Shall we?

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This is a short announcement post on my recent appointment to become a BizSugar moderator. Also, I would like to introduce BizSugar to you and explain why every entrepreneur and small business owner should be part of the community.

First of all, I would like to give a shout-out to the moderating team behind BizSugar. They are:

Of course, a big thank you goes out to Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends LLC, the company behind BizSugar, for giving me an opportunity like this.

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Weekly Biz Buzz #7 Embrace Social Media Today, Email Copywriting and Step-by-Step Networking

Today, as you are reading this, I am probably taking a chill after a busy weekend of work and study. Are you taking a break this weekend? Or is it still a 7 day work week for you? :p Do consider taking a break sometimes. People around you like your family members, friends, your employees [...]

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Interview with Ali Pena, CEO of Forums Event Design & Production

Is it worth spending the money to host a designated event for your small business or an upcoming product? Are product launch events only for big corporations? Today, I have Ali Pena on Wayne Liew Dot Com Entrepreneur Interviews. Ali is the CEO of Forums Event Design & Production and in this interview, she shared [...]

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5 Mobile Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business

Mobile marketing is becoming a big buzzword in business and marketing. I am predicting that it might become bigger than social media. Possible? Yeah! But why should you care as an entrepreneur or small business owner? Here are some stats from Mobile Marketing Trends 2009 to spice you up: Over 95% of new phones sold [...]

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Trey Schaefer of Magnets Fast and Art Promotional Services Interview [Part 2]

This week, I will publish the second part of my interview with Trey Schaefer, owner of Magnets Fast and Art Promotional Services. If you missed Trey Schaefer Interview Part 1, I highly recommend you to read it before reading this second part. In this part, Trey recommended a few books that he think would be [...]

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