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I have lots of conversations with entrepreneurs and realize the way we frame questions to ourselves determines the direction we’re heading in. If, for example, you are asking yourself, “What’s the worst that can happen? Can I possibly end up in a double-wide?” This is the wrong direction. It’s not IF you will succeed that [...]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.   This is Emerson’s vision of success. What is yours? “To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find [...]

In his address to graduates of Stanford University,  Steve Jobs said you can’t connect the dots of your life in the future. You can only know their meaning once they’ve played out. There is no fast forward to see how things turn out. The only way to know if you’re going to fulfill your destiny [...]

If your business has evolved but your website hasn’t, this presentation will help you learn how to transform your web presence into a dynamic, customer engagement destination. You will see a Before and After Case Study of a redesigned and re-imagined website for CFO-Pro, John Lafferty. Created by the Big Ooga Creative Services Team,  you [...]

Liz Strauss has had the courage to voice who she is in a whisper heard round the world. The foremost businesswoman on Twitter, she has refused to accept business as usual. Like thought leaders before us, in the privacy of her own observations she has understood the contributions of individuals, small companies and corporations and [...]

It is with great excitement that we are entering into a new alliance with the Small Business Advocacy Council.  Their mission is to empower business owners and professionals through policies that improve the economic environment. Filled with a membership of committed entrepreneurs and companies who support entrepreneurs, the SBAC has successfully drafted a bill that [...]

Spend a night with capable, intelligent and qualified small business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals who have clients that already love them. Get personally introduced, relax over a lite supper and enjoy small group break-out sessions to deepen your connections. Big Ooga is a business community dedicated to raising happy, healthy companies. We offer classes to [...]

I’ve recently had the revelation that niche marketing is actually personal marketing; and not only not niche, but not marketing. What we are really doing as entrepreneurs is reaching out to one set of eyes, one heart, and one mind of a person; singular.  What sparked this insight was not the gazillions of books I’ve [...]

In conversations with search engine optimization experts in Chicago, the consensus is, it’s not just about the traffic but what happens once you get it.  Do your visitors stay or go? Do they return and connect?  Are they compelled to pick up the phone, buy something, sign-up for something or even walk through your door?  [...]

If you are a solo entrepreneur with one, several or many clients, a start-up, use collaborators, have friends and family, occasionally need tech help or belong to a business group, not only are you NOT alone, YOU are in a tribe, YOUR TRIBE. This may come as a shock to those of us who wear [...]