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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.

Two Females Running on the Beach

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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It is now weeks into 2010. Small businesses and startups owners should have started working on their plans and resolutions for 2010. If you have not set up any goals or plans for 2010, you might be losing out to the 30 entrepreneurs and small business owners in the list below.

In this article, 30 entrepreneurs and small business owners with different backgrounds and experience has agreed to share with you their New Year resolutions, aspirations and plans for 2010. As an entrepreneur reading this, this will provide you with not only business tips, but also perspectives from different industries heading into 2010.

Let’s get started and I hope you’ll have your own business resolutions ready.

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10+1 Mobile Application Development Trends for 2010

by Wayne Liew on January 6, 2010

Updated! with HTML 5. Hats off to Bill French of MyST Technology Partners.

We have been hearing a lot about mobile applications, Apple iPhone, iPhone apps, Google Android phones and a whole lot more of mobile application buzzwords in 2009. How will the mobile application industry develop in 2010?

Apple iPhone Application Icons

If you are an entrepreneur or a small business owner looking into the mobile application industry, either to ride the wave or to capitalize on the fact that your customers are spending more time with their phone, this blog post will be able to help.

For the last few weeks, I got in touch with developers as well as mobile application industry experts to get their insights on how the industry will move in 2010. Let’s have a look at what’s going to be big for mobile applications in 2010.

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The importance of social media is noted but what is very frustrating is when you go online to search for the right community and social media sites to set up a presence, you are going to be greeted by a thousand sites, all trying to get your participation.

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Registering an account with all of them is not a wise choice because not all communities are created equal. The following are 7 Things to Consider Before Joining a New Social Media Site and I really hope that this post can help you out in doing a quick evaluation to find out whether a platform is worth your time.

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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.

Wayne Liew at 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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8 Ways to Bring Social Media Relationships to the Next Level

May 20, 2009

Relationship building and networking are primary reasons why small business owners and entrepreneurs participate in social media. In fact, I recommend networking as an important source for motivation.
Over the past few months, I have been very active on Twitter and if you have been following my Entrepreneur Interviews segment, you will learn that I got [...]

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Motivation Tips for Entrepreneurs: Start Networking

April 15, 2009

Motivation has an direct impact on productivity. Although most entrepreneurs are passionate about what they are doing, they can sometimes succumb to the evil clutches of laziness and boredom just like any other human beings.

In this blog post on motivation tips for entrepreneurs, we are going to look at why networking with fellow entrepreneurs [...]

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Factor77 Co-Founders, Jared O’Toole and Matt Wilson Interview

April 3, 2009

Jared O’Toole and Matt Wilson is working on a new project called Factor77, an information portal and social networking site targeting entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Jared and Matt got my attention when both of them interacted with me on Twitter (yes, it’s Twitter again ). I then joined Under30CEO, which is [...]

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5 Evergreen Marketing Basics in Social Media Marketing

April 1, 2009

This is not an April Fools post. But feel free to share some of your pranks in the comments section.
Social media marketing is gaining a lot of attention from both big corporations as well as small businesses. At the same time, there are a lot of small business owners and entrepreneurs that are [...]

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