http://business.chipollo.info Just another Chipollo.info weblog Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:33:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Chipollo blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/16/hello-world/ This past week I volunteered my time for the “Ask the Expert” segment over at the QuickBooks Community forum (second year in a row). I answered questions from members of the community about Web 2.0 and online marketing.nLots of great questions — you guys made me think! Here are ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/15/i-answered-away-about-online-marketing/ The other day, our dinner conversation turned to job-hopping. Those of us over 40 can remember the days when spending less than five years on a job was considered unreliable and erratic behavior, and that probably meant that there was something wrong with you because you couldn’t hold down a ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/14/book-review-%e2%80%94-workination-are-you-fascinated-with-your-career/ From the SBA website:n“The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.”nGood stuff. ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/13/small-business-tools-from-the-sba/ One of the trends that many big companies have been slow to recognize — but smaller nimbler companies have jumped on — is the market of Internet entrepreneurs. Internet entrepreneurs means businesses that are online-only or have an online business model, or where a substantial portion of the business involves ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/12/the-online-entrepreneur-products-they-need-and-who-provides-them/ Entrepreneurs are having all kinds of fun with their RSS feed icons on their websites.  Elevating them to the tops of the pages, “above the fold” as they say.  Dressing them up.  Designing their sites around them, in some cases.nSome of these icons are gorgeous.  Others are downright cute!  Like the ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/11/not-your-typical-geek-article-about-rss/ Now that the evidence is pretty strong that we’re headed into an economic downturn (or are already in one), I thought I’d identify some mistakes that many entrepreneurs make in bad economic times.n1. Failing to take advantage of decreasing costs. Most businesses are both suppliers and customers at the same ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/10/four-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-in-a-recession/ So I think somebody struck a nerve. So what do you think of this tip to save money: nFire people who are not workaholics. Come on folks, this is startup life, it’s not a game. Don’t work at a startup if you’re not into it. Go work at the post ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/10/startup-culture-shock-is-startup-life-life/ All this week I will be answering questions about how to promote your business online using Web 2.0 and other technology tools.  But if you want to ask a question you’ll have to chase me down over at the QuickBooks Community site, where I am the Expert in residence this week. nThis is ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/10/ask-me-your-questions-about-online-marketing/ It seems like everyone is fixated by recession talk. nEverywhere I look people want to know if we’re in a recession.  Turn on the nightly news or the 24-hour cable news, and you’re treated to one dismal economic statistic after another. nI’ve been interviewed 3 times in the past week about recession and the outlook. nAre small ... http://business.chipollo.info/2008/03/09/why-a-positive-mental-attitude-matters-during-recession/