Is a Home Based Business Right for You?

January 16, 2012
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What Arkansas Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Starting a Home Based Business Thinking about starting your own business in 2012 but not sure what direction to take?  For many Arkansans planning to strike out on their own opting to go the “Home-Based” route may be a good option and here is why.  In today’s ASU [...]

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Meet Cierra ASU SBTDC Social Media Intern

January 12, 2012
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Marketing Major Joins ASU Small Business Team as Social Media Marketing Intern The Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center has been fortunate to work with a number of very sharp interns from the College of Business over the years.  These undergraduate and MBA candidates have helped our consultants on a variety of topics  from market [...]

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Tax Credits Encourage Small Businesses to Hire Veterans

January 11, 2012
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Military Veterans: Your Best Source for A Quality Workforce My smart phone went off early this morning and pushed a report from MSNBC letting me know that the  national unemployment had dropped to 8.2% as we added over 200,000 jobs last month.  Good news that the economy may be finally turning around.  But the next message [...]

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All That Glitters is Gold for One Entrepreneur in Batesville, AR

January 10, 2012
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Helping Arkansas Entrepreneurs Turn Dreams into Reality How our consultants at the ASU Small Business and Technology Development Center helped one Batesville, Arkansas entrepreneur turn his dreams into a new business.  Combining your dreams with our experience to create a winning team for entrepreneurs in North-Central Arkansas. by Herb Lawrence, ASU Small Business and Technology [...]

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Online Marketing for Arkansas Small Businesses in 2012

January 9, 2012
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What Should Arkansas Small Businesses Expect in 2012 with Online Marketing? One fun part about a new year is reading all the predictions that the experts and “gurus” in different fields are preaching as the “next big thing” in this new year.  Over January I will share some of the predictions I have read that [...]

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Tips for Home-Based Business Success

January 6, 2012
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Is Your Home Based Business Covered? A lot of entrepreneurs on a limited budget opt to start their new venture from home, especially those in service related industries, since it can significantly decrease many of their start-up expenses.  But one expense that many home business owners don’t consider is insurance!  Just because you have home-owners insurance [...]

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Christmas at Arlington National Cemetary

December 21, 2011
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Wishing All our Military Veterans & their Families a Happy Holidays! As the rest of us rush to get final preparations for the holidays…hitting the malls for those last-minute gifts, trimming trees, putting up decorations, worrying about budgets and all the other distractions that demand out time there are a group of Americans who, every year [...]

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Growing Your Fan Base on Social Media for Arkansas Small Businesses

December 20, 2011
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Getting Fans is Easy Turning Them into Customers Takes Work If you are using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn or even the new Google + you know that getting fans, likers, followers, subscribers and connections must be an important part of your social media strategy but how do you get an active [...]

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Seven Ways To Get More Social With Consumers

December 15, 2011
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To Make Your Social Media Sites Work You Have to Know What Consumers Want Experimenting with social media marketing for your small business or organization and not sure how to turn it into a competitive edge?  The most important thing to know is  “What Consumers Expect Out of Social Media Sites”!  Continuing with a review [...]

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Can Twitter Be Right for Rural Arkansas Businesses?

December 14, 2011
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Arkansas Rural Tourist Related Businesses Should Be Leveraging Twitter Our friend and fellow Internet marketer Joanne Steele with Rural Tourism Marketing posted a very timely blog article today on why small rural, tourist related businesses should explore the opportunities in reaching new customers with Twitter. Twitter is rolling out a number of new changes to [...]

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