Posts tagged business growth

Have you seen the new OPEN Forum?Scott Roen, Vice President of Digital Marketing and Innovation at American Express, introduces a brand new OPEN Forum by asking, why do entrepreneurs share advice? The new OPEN Forum helps entrepreneurs share ideas, get and give advice, and discuss experiences leading to small-business success.More than a redesign (though we’re pretty excited about that, too), OPEN Forum features a community where you can give and get advice. It’s where you can find, save and share insights from OPEN Forum—and from around the Web. And it’s a place for meeting fellow entrepreneurs and business owners, experts and other like-minded individuals. We recognized that building connections is still as important today as it was in 2007; it’s just how we do it that’s evolved. (via OPEN Forum: Why Do Entrepreneurs Share Advice? | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

Have you seen the new OPEN Forum?

Scott Roen, Vice President of Digital Marketing and Innovation at American Express, introduces a brand new OPEN Forum by asking, why do entrepreneurs share advice? The new OPEN Forum helps entrepreneurs share ideas, get and give advice, and discuss experiences leading to small-business success.

More than a redesign (though we’re pretty excited about that, too), OPEN Forum features a community where you can give and get advice. It’s where you can find, save and share insights from OPEN Forum—and from around the Web. And it’s a place for meeting fellow entrepreneurs and business owners, experts and other like-minded individuals. We recognized that building connections is still as important today as it was in 2007; it’s just how we do it that’s evolved.

(via OPEN Forum: Why Do Entrepreneurs Share Advice? | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic) According to the National Employment Report, small businesses in America created 74,000 new jobs in March. Keep it up small business owners! (Via Visual.ly)

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic)

According to the National Employment Report, small businesses in America created 74,000 new jobs in March.

Keep it up small business owners!

(Via Visual.ly)

Modern Vice Shoes: Made in the USA is a Perfect FitWhen the Adoni brothers told their family and friends that they wanted to open a domestic shoe and sneaker factory in New York City, “everyone thought we were absolutely crazy,” says Jordan Adoni, 29. But he and his brother, Jensen, 23, were undeterred. They had worked for their father’s shoe manufacturing and importing businesses and had a few ideas of their own about how things should be done. Two years into their venture, Modern Vice, the brothers are not looking quite so crazy. They operate the only full production footwear factory in New York City and make up to 1,000 pairs of shoes a day. Last year, the company posted revenues between $6 million and $7 million and this year is on track for $18 million.Read more on how they grew their business from startup to success. (via Modern Vice Shoes: Made in the USA is a Perfect Fit - OPEN Forum :: American Express OPEN Forum)
Modern Vice Shoes: Made in the USA is a Perfect Fit

When the Adoni brothers told their family and friends that they wanted to open a domestic shoe and sneaker factory in New York City, “everyone thought we were absolutely crazy,” says Jordan Adoni, 29. But he and his brother, Jensen, 23, were undeterred. They had worked for their father’s shoe manufacturing and importing businesses and had a few ideas of their own about how things should be done. Two years into their venture, Modern Vice, the brothers are not looking quite so crazy. They operate the only full production footwear factory in New York City and make up to 1,000 pairs of shoes a day. Last year, the company posted revenues between $6 million and $7 million and this year is on track for $18 million.

Read more on how they grew their business from startup to success.

(via Modern Vice Shoes: Made in the USA is a Perfect Fit - OPEN Forum :: American Express OPEN Forum)

How To Ask—And Listen—Like You Mean It You have to listen well in order to ask the questions that will make a difference. Here’s how to ask the questions that will propel your team and organization forward.Read More (via How To Ask—And Listen—Like You Mean It | Fast Company)

How To Ask—And Listen—Like You Mean It

You have to listen well in order to ask the questions that will make a difference. Here’s how to ask the questions that will propel your team and organization forward.

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(via How To Ask—And Listen—Like You Mean It | Fast Company)

How Alberto Perlman of Zumba Turned His 20th Business Into the World’s Biggest Fitness Craze


Here are four lessons Perlman learned in his early days of launching Zumba:

1. Don’t give up.

2. Find a product that’s unique.

3. Try different business models for your product.

4. If you know your product is good and consumers like your product, it doesn’t matter what anyone else says.

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Meeting the Six Human Needs of Customers Does your small business achieve these six human needs for your customers?1. Certainty2. Variety3. Significance4. Connection5. Growth6. ContributionRead more on the needs and how it related to customer service. (via Meeting the Six Human Needs of Customers)

Meeting the Six Human Needs of Customers

Does your small business achieve these six human needs for your customers?

1. Certainty
2. Variety
3. Significance
4. Connection
5. Growth
6. Contribution

Read more on the needs and how it related to customer service.

(via Meeting the Six Human Needs of Customers)

12 Unexpected Social Media Tips Believe it or not, social media extends beyond Facebook and Twitter. It’s any website where people can discuss content. YouTube is social media. Your blog is social media. Pinterest is social media. And yes, Facebook and Twitter are too. So if you want to leverage social media in a big way in 2013, consider these strategies:1. Talk less about you and more about others.2. Create roundup content.3. More than mobile devices.4. Be real, be you.5. Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!6. Customer service monitoring.Read the other 6 tips here

12 Unexpected Social Media Tips

Believe it or not, social media extends beyond Facebook and Twitter. It’s any website where people can discuss content. YouTube is social media. Your blog is social media. Pinterest is social media. And yes, Facebook and Twitter are too. So if you want to leverage social media in a big way in 2013, consider these strategies:

1. Talk less about you and more about others.
2. Create roundup content.
3. More than mobile devices.
4. Be real, be you.
5. Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
6. Customer service monitoring.

Read the other 6 tips here

Being successful at something big can be difficult, whatever it may be. It takes a lot of time and dedication to be successful, it also takes a lot of mental work. This infographic gives you 13 reasons as to why you might not be as successful as you should be. (via 13 Reasons Why You Might Not Be Successful | Infographic)

Being successful at something big can be difficult, whatever it may be. It takes a lot of time and dedication to be successful, it also takes a lot of mental work. This infographic gives you 13 reasons as to why you might not be as successful as you should be.

(via 13 Reasons Why You Might Not Be Successful | Infographic)

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Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs Predict Growth in 2013 In an opinion survey (PDF) released on Tuesday of nearly 500 executives at self-funded (bootstrapped, to use startup jargon) private companies. The survey, conducted from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5, shows they’re fairly optimistic about 2013, with nearly 42 percent predicting the economy will perform better this year than last. About 65 percent project that their businesses will grow faster. Nearly 54 percent expect to hire more employees than in 2012, though 45 percent indicate that their biggest challenge will be finding good people. Read More (via Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs Predict Growth in 2013 - Businessweek)
Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs Predict Growth in 2013

In an opinion survey (PDF) released on Tuesday of nearly 500 executives at self-funded (bootstrapped, to use startup jargon) private companies. The survey, conducted from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5, shows they’re fairly optimistic about 2013, with nearly 42 percent predicting the economy will perform better this year than last. About 65 percent project that their businesses will grow faster. Nearly 54 percent expect to hire more employees than in 2012, though 45 percent indicate that their biggest challenge will be finding good people. Read More

(via Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs Predict Growth in 2013 - Businessweek)

The Power of the Mind: 5 Ways Brain Research Can Help Your Business Click to embiggen (see full infographic) In the quest for success, our reliance on the hottest technology, apps and gadgets often overshadows our most powerful and natural tool: the brain. Commit to exercising your mental prowess and retraining your brain to improve scenarios at work and home. Neurological research supports these mindful tips for becoming the best version of you in 2013. (via Power of the Mind: 5 Ways Brain Research Can Help Your Business - OPEN Forum :: American Express OPEN Forum)

The Power of the Mind: 5 Ways Brain Research Can Help Your Business

Click to embiggen (see full infographic)

In the quest for success, our reliance on the hottest technology, apps and gadgets often overshadows our most powerful and natural tool: the brain. Commit to exercising your mental prowess and retraining your brain to improve scenarios at work and home. Neurological research supports these mindful tips for becoming the best version of you in 2013.

(via Power of the Mind: 5 Ways Brain Research Can Help Your Business - OPEN Forum :: American Express OPEN Forum)