Small Biz Flash
Your flash briefing for small business news, trends, and insights.
Episodes
81 episodes
4-23-24 - Announcement About Small Biz Flash Podcast
👀 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmFHZqDGRbOHXjhpicWuqhg.📧 Do you want to grow your business? I help small business owners succeed wi...
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4-9-24 - How to Use a Press Release to Get Attention for Your Small Business
Small business owners, have you ever tried sending out a press release about a new product or an event at your company, just to hear crickets chirping in response? On today’s show, we’ll talk with an experienced PR professional about why ...
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3-26-24 - 3 Ways Underpaying Yourself Is Hurting Your Business
FEATURESmall business owners, do you pay yourself a below-market wage to keep your business profitable? Or maybe you take draws, but they might be sporadic and of varying amounts? On today’s show, we’ll talk with an experien...
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3-12-24 - How to Buyout Your Competition Using an SBA Loan
FEATURESmall business owners, have you ever considered buying out a competitor to expand your own company’s capabilities and customer base? On today’s show, we’ll talk with a lending expert about how you can finance a business acq...
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2-27-24 - Google Trends Will Give Your Small Business an Edge
FEATUREGoogle Trends is a powerful and completely free tool from Google that can help you stay ahead of the curve. It will help you understand your customers, and can inform decision making on marketing, research & development...
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2-13-24 - Small Business Owners Face Economic Uncertainty and the Beneficial Ownership Rule
NEWS ROUNDUP1 - Small business owners continue to grapple with economic uncertainty, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Optimism Index.
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1-30-24 - How to Determine if a Worker Is a Contractor or an Employee
FEATUREThe Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized its new independent contractor rule. There are six factors that you must use to determine if a worker is a contractor or an employee.The final rule goes into effect on Mar...
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1-16-24 - How a Fractional COO Can Make Your Business Life Wonderful
FEATUREA fractional chief operating officer, or a FCOO, can help you make your business life wonderful, getting you back to doing what you love in the business, which is likely not overseeing the daily operational tasks.* How to...
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1-2-24 - 2024 Economic Optimism & Google’s New Small Business Attribute
NEWS ROUNDUP1 – There’s reason for optimism about the economy in 2024, and that’s good news for small businesses.
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12-19-23 - How to Get Publicity for Your Small Business
FEATURE* What is the different between public relations and marketing?* What are the three tactics for PR?* How does a small business get publicity? How does the owner, who is usually the primary salesperson, get publicity...
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12-5-23 - SBA Resources You Need to Know About
FEATUREYou’re probably familiar with Small Business Administration loans. SBA loans, as they are commonly called, are partially backed by the federal government.But there are other resources the SBA offers, some of which a...
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11-21-23 - Don’t Destroy Your Chances of Hiring the Right Candidate
FEATURETo get the right candidates, you need to alight the job description with the actual need for the position.Also, avoid giving your candidates a poor experience in the overall process from interviewing to onboarding.
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11-7-23 - Unlock Your Customers’ Vision and Make Them Raving Fans
FEATUREToday, we continue our discussion of the book “Raving Fans” by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. To create raving fans, the business must create a vision of the customer experience, but then, it must invite the customers th...
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10-24-23 - Make Your Customers Raving Fans to Get More Referrals
FEATURETo have a truly thriving business, one essential element is a customer base who are wildly enthusiastic about what your company offers, so much so, in fact, that they eagerly tell their family, friends, and neighbors.In t...
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10-10-23 - What Types of Insurance Does Your Small Business Need?
FEATUREEvery small business has different insurance needs, but almost all will need General Liability coverage. And many will also need coverage included in a Business Owner’s Policy (BOP).Other types of insurance could in...
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9-26-23 - How To Get Your Small Business Found on Google
FEATURERanking high in search engines results, especially on Google, is a concern of most small businesses. There are a few basic things you can do to help your site be found, like consistently creating good content (but you don’t...
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9-12-23 - The New I-9 - What You Need to Know
FEATUREThe Department of Homeland Security issued a new Form I-9, also known as the Employment Eligibility Form, on August 1. If you have employees, you need to be completing an I-9 on every new hire and should have already comple...
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8-29-23 - 3 Ways Your CRM Can Boost Company Performance
FEATUREMany small businesses already have a CRM in place, but these platforms can be very robust, and you’re probably not taking full advantage of the functionality available to you.If don’t already have a CRM, some of the most ...
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8-15-23 - Advertise to Prospects Incoming From Your Lead Magnets
FEATUREAfter you’ve completed the hard work of developing, deploying, and promoting your lead magnet, you’re still not done. The leads have started to come in, but what’s next? In most cases, you’ll need to start an email ma...
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8-1-23 - Promote Your Lead Magnets With These Proven Methods
FEATUREOnce you have developed a solid lead magnet, you want as many prospects as possible to interact with your valuable offer. You need to promote the lead magnet through a variety of channels.You must first create a lan...
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7-18-23 - Deploy Lead Magnets To Get More Prospects
Feature begins at 4:12 (News roundup prior to that)FEATURELead magnets are an inexpensive way to get on the radar of more prospects. They are popular because they work.There are numerous kinds of lead magnets, or l...
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7-4-23 - AI Causes Mixed Feelings & Inflation Worries Persist
NEWS ROUNDUP162% of owners with businesses of annual revenue between $250,000 and $5 million said inflation was their top concern.
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6-20-23 - Things To Know for Small Business Sales
FEATUREThere are many aspects to sales that a small business needs to get right. We discuss the difference between sales process and sales methodology, and the difference between a sales plan and a sales playbook, among other thin...
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