Tagged with Small Business

MONEY: Investing With Friends And Family

Last year more than one in 10 entrepreneurs
borrowed from friends and family, according to the National Small Business Association. Think you’ll need to go this route? Tap your support system the right way.

For a story for MONEY magazine’s April issue, I spoke to family business consultants to uncover three strategies for “keeping up relations when your brother is the banker.” Click here to read the piece.

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Money: Choose the Best Card for Your Biz

Some 37 percent of business owners use credit to cover some of their costs, according to the National Small Business Association. But the optimal card for your operation depends on how you’ll use it. For a story for Money magazine’s March issue, I talked to credit card experts to identify strategies for both types of credit card users: Those who’ll carry a balance and those who won’t. Click here and scroll to the second page to read the piece.

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Money: How to Market Your Biz on Facebook

Money magazine’s December issue just dropped, and it includes a piece I wrote on “How to Market Your Biz on Facebook.” I talked to a number of social media and small business experts for the story, gleaning advice for Money readers on how they can turn Facebook followers into customers. Click here for a pdf of the article (it’s on the second page).

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