This week on Weekly Biz Buzz, I am going to share with you 4 great articles that will help you not only grow your business, but also to increase your business bottom line.
How’s your week?
I failed. A ongoing project of mine failed miserably. I learned two lessons and I want you to keep them in mind too:
- Know yourself. Do you have the financial resources, knowledge or experience to start a manufacturing business? Always start something that is within your means.
- Learn before you start. The last thing you want happen after a project commences is to realize there’s too many things about the business that you don’t know about.
OK, enough about myself, coming up are the blog posts that you should care as an entrepreneur or small business owner.
Make Your Business Greener
I know, I know, green business is a buzzword that you’re getting tired of. But wait, this is not about starting a green business or adding a green product to your product line, this is about making your small business greener.
The team over at Small Business Trends did it once again by coming up with 100 Small Green Small Business Tips. In this list, you will find 100 tips to make your business greener.
My tip is in the report too and here it is:
Turn off your laptop and resist from turning it on during conferences, meetups or other networking events. The purpose of attending a networking event is to have conversations with people. Keep the work at your office.
Paul Smith, a green business consultant, once said in my interview with me that sustainability is slowly becoming that is a must for businesses.Thus, as an entrepreneur and small business owner, you should read this report and look at the possibilities of making your business greener.
Become an Industry Expert
One way of standing out in a saturated niche or industry is to become or position yourself as an industry expert. When people come to you for information or with questions about your industry, you will become their go-to person if they proceed to purchase a product or to subscribe themselves to a service.
Susan Payton wrote a blog post on Mashable, HOW TO: Become an Expert in Your Industry. In her blog post, she detailed a list of things that you can do, both online and off, in order to gain the expert status in your industry. Definitely worth your time, read it and APPLY!
Lead Generation by Speaking for Free
I don’t have a lot of opportunity to speak at networking events and trade shows other than my first, which is the Web 2.0 Summit here in Malaysia, where I have presented 5 Social Media Marketing Pitfalls Beginners Must Avoid.
John Jantsch published 5 Tips for Getting More leads from Speaking, which have caught my attention. John laid down why is it so important to forgo the mindset that in order for you to open your mouth, someone has to pay for it.
Speaking gets you leads and these leads will eventually become paying customers or clients for your business. John also gives you 5 tips on how to get more of such leads.
Tired of New Social Media Sites?
If you are tired of all the new social media sites that are being launched on a daily basis, you should read 7 Things to Consider Before Joining a New Social Media Site.
You will find tips on how to evaluate whether a newly established social media site is going to worth your time. This is extremely crucial if you are an entrepreneur who wants to make the most out of your time and effort.
How’s Your Week in Business?
So how’s your week in business? Are you facing certain problems that you would like to share? Or you have learned something new that you think will benefit others?
Post them in the comments section below.
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Wayne Liew is an online marketing consultant, online marketer and editor of Wayne Liew Dot Com. 
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Thank you for contributing your green tip, Wayne! And thank you for the shout out.
- Anita