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We are delighted to report that the entrepreneurial coffees last month were not only a hit, but a smash!
Of those who attended 95% would like to return.
What we discovered is that while our companies are different and our professional experience varies, our  journeys are indeed very similar.
We share the [...]

A Big Ooga member who would like to remain nameless came up with an excellent idea this morning - give out monthly awards to outstanding Big Ooga businesses and call it The BOOB Award (Big Ooga Outstanding Business) “Or for short,” he said, call them BOOBIEs.”
Geez, I thought, what do you do with that kind [...]

After the blush and expense of getting your small business website up - you may have noticed THAT IT’S ALREADY TIME TO EVOLVE - DANG IT!
Transforming your company website from an online brochure to a customer engagement tool is the next vista of the journey.
Luckily we have incredibly smart, skilled people among us [...]

I have started two companies - one backwards and the other with planning.  The one I knew nothing about was much easier than the one I thought I knew something about.  Here are both formulas for your reference.
Company 1
Epiphany + no clue + limited skills + first client falls in lap x ignorance and [...]

The more inbound links your website has the better.  This raises your visibility in the search engines. (SEO)
You link to us, we link to you and everybody wins.  It’s not rocket science.
It’s with great pleasure that we announce PROJECT INBOUND - the more the merrier Link Fest.  Calling every Big Ooga member - whether you [...]

Image by Ioan Sameli via Flickr
After reading countless stories about deals that fell through -  I want to share with you a famous story that I resented reading, but in retrospect have found comforting.
Ping - A Frog in Search of a New Pond by Stuart Avery - tells of a frog who needs a new  [...]

It’s his birthday and I want to celebrate without letting him know.  He was a Varsity athlete loved by the students,  a sweetheart..OMG.   I went to every game even though I’m not a sports fan and recently he was inducted into the HPHS Hall of Fame.
Everyone at our high school was invited to the induction [...]

If you want new business and wonder what to do next - we hear you.
If you want to do it by not going anywhere - don’t budge, keep reading.
If you wish someone would just TELL you what to do….here’s what to do.
Change the content on your website regularly with key words that people search for.  [...]