Posts by Deborah Sweeney
The 4 Best Ways to Maintain a Business Partnership
Starting a business all on your own can prove to be one of the more difficult occupation paths to take on. Thankfully, new entrepreneurs will find that the more people they add to their team from investors to employees and partners, the easier it is to run a business. Partners make for a wonderful business asset for…
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Trademarks and DBAs: What’s the Difference?
Trademarks and DBAs may seem like the same concept, if you’re fairly new to understanding small business terminology. Trademarks may include business names and other media that distinguishes a startup and its uniqueness to the world while a DBA is an acronym for “doing business as.” Businesses may register for trademarks and DBAs to protect…
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How to Be a Great Leader in Just Two Steps
Leadership is a controversial subject. Countless books and articles have been dedicated to pinpointing the exact qualities of a great leader—qualities, they say, that will apparently turn you into the next Winston Churchill or Oprah Winfrey. I’ve always thought that idea was a bit ridiculous. Not every leader is a dynamic, booming personality, and effective…
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3 Popular Productivity Tips That Don’t Actually Work
When you first decide to quit your 9 to 5 job and become an entrepreneur, you’re going to get a lot of advice sent your way, whether it’s solicited or not. One of the biggest pieces of advice that will be sent your way will be a long list of tips on how to be…
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2020 Small Business Hiring: 3 Traits to Seek Out in Job Candidates
As the 2010s come to a close, small business owners are still hard at work hiring talented employees. They’re also just as invested in retaining said talent. As the resumes flood in, it can be tricky to figure out whom to hire when everyone claims they’re the “best” fit for the role! Sometimes it helps…
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The Right Way to Go into Business with a Partner
Starting a business up with a partner is a great idea—not only does a business partner effectively halve the staggering amount of work that comes with forming a new company, but having a partner also means having someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of. For many sole-proprietorships, the only employee on the payroll…
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Why Being a Mompreneur is Healthy for Both the Kids and the Business
My favorite definition of “mompreneur,” which essentially breaks down to being a mom plus an entrepreneur all wrapped up into one, hails from the blog for Success Systems Now. It says, “These are women who bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan and finally get paid for it without leaving their homes,…
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Don’t Do These 4 Things When Business is Booming
Success in business is just as much cautionary as it is celebratory. When you start breaking even and gradually grow used to business being on the up and up, naturally you’ll be inclined to spend more money. Sometimes this spending is done for the greater good of the company’s ROI, like hiring new employees. Other…
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How Employees Can Learn to Love Mondays
It’s a little strange that it’s 2019 and the general opinion of Monday is still not positive. According to Gallup research, Mondays are one of the worst days of the week for a person’s overall wellbeing. This kind of wellbeing is made up of five elements that include purpose, social, financial, community, and physical. We…
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How to Write a Sales Script That Won’t Annoy Your Customers
Sales scripts get a pretty bad rap because they are so closely related to cold calling, and cold calling is annoying. (Ever notice how it seems to always happen during dinnertime?) But these scripts can actually be pretty useful, as long as they’re written and used the right way. Prompts are great for getting new…
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