What is BOAB? One of Commerce Lexington’s most effective business assistance efforts is the Business Owners Advisory Board (formerly Business Advisory Groups). These groups allow member business owners to share similar challenges, strategies, and best practices in a confidential, non-competitive environment.
First before we begin, what is a Content Management System (CMS) website? Content Management System is a software a application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface. That means, that once the site is setup and designed to your liking, you or your staff with very little technical or web development skills can update…
What is a backlink? Before we begin our discussion of the pros and cons of Backlinks, lets first define what a backlink is. A backlink is an incoming hyperlink from one web page to another website. In other words, a backlink is a link from another site back to your site. Some industry experts estimate…
Last month, I am excited to announce that Startup Production joined the Berea Chamber of Commerce. Since its founding in 1854, people have come to visit Berea, found it to their liking, and have made it their home. Today, the area boasts a population of approximately 13,000 and offers world-renowned arts and crafts, acres of…
Startup Production, as a member of local networking group in Madison County, as well as their communications chair and the marketing committee chair at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, would love to invite you to the next Richmond Chamber’s Business Connect. It will be held on Monday, June 2, 2014 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at…
Spring is a time for cleaning up, clearing out and reorganizing, from your garden beds to your home or even your office space. But how about your internet real estate? When the last time you took an honest and thorough evaluation of your website’s design, content and functionality? Are you losing customers, hits, page ranking or…
Why Join a Networking Group In a previous article, I’ve discussed the advantages of in-person networking can do for your personally (See Networking Your Business in Person). To quickly reiterate some of the benefits:
What are some Challenges to running a Home-Based Business? Last week’s blog discussed the many benefits of running your business out of your home, but this post will focus on the potential obstacles and how you can overcome them.
“52% of all small businesses are home-based.” – Survey of Business Owner, US Census
“Mobile Now Drives 28 Percent Of All Web Traffic” – as of third quarter of 2013.
Before we start our discussion, let’s first answer the first question when I ask clients if they want an RSS feed on their website:
Non-profit organization and community event organizers need funds to promote their cause, and the every year, corporations spend millions of dollars on cause-related marketing and event sponsorships. Organizations that become good sponsorship partners realize that this is a business deal, not just a donation.