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Learning LinkedIn: Adult Social Media
It’s that time of year: Pollen counts are high, toes are peeking out of shoes, and bright-eyed graduates are spilling out of classrooms and into the job market – the world of adulthood. Looking for...
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Exceeding Customer Expectations
This article was written by Ray Sidney-Smith, facilitator for Alexandria Small Business Development Center’s monthly Business Development Roundtable. You may join us every third Tuesday of the month...
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LinkedIn 201: Perfecting your LinkedIn Settings
In the beginning, she had just graduated. Flush with her accomplishment and a sense of possibility, she set out to conquer the world. On the first day, she created a profile on LinkedIn. And (because...
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Know Yourself
This post was written by Gloria Flanagan, Assistant Director, Alexandria SBDC I attended two programs last week – one was the Alexandria Small Business Roundtable discussion on work spaces (home-based...
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Retail Doom & Gloom: Crisis or Opportunity?
Mid Year State of the Market: Maurisa Potts, in a mid year “state of the market” presentation sponsored by the Alexandria SBDC featured a headline stating, “Soft economy hitting big retailers hard.”...
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Getting Found on Google: Search Engine Optimization for Local Small Business
In our latest Beyond Google Webinar, I had the pleasure of talking about “Getting Found on Google: Search Engine Optimization for Local Small Business.” This is an important topic and one in which is...
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eCommerce Basics for Retail Small Business | Web and Beyond
Find the original archive of the video here: https://youtu.be/ct9-zrgffHk. Point of Sale – eCommerce – mCommerce solutions for Small Business Selling online today is seemingly easier than ever! You...
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What’s New at Google – May June July 2017
In the past few months, Google has been busy! Google added some fancy charting features to Google Sheets, Android Pay partnered with PayPal, Google NoCaptcha reCaptcha arrived, Backup and Sync from...
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LinkedIn 301: The Master Class
Welcome back, dear graduates and job seekers! As we approach the end of this summer-long “course” on LinkedIn, you may be sighing in relief. This summer, you’ve worked to build an outstanding profile...
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Cybersecurity for Small Business: It Doesn’t Keep You Up at Night? It Should!
If you want a pleasant Sunday morning read, check out this list of data breaches of major companies, organizations and government agencies. These are entities with IT departments, security...
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National #SmallBusinessWeek Chat with @ScoreMentors and @Rieva
[View the story “#SmallBusinessWeek chat hosted by @ScoreMentors and @Rieva” on Storify] SCORE Association (previously Service Corps of Retired Executives) and Rieva Lesonsky (CEO, GrowBiz Media &...
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Getting Started with Instagram Small Business Marketing
Find the original archive of the video here: Getting Started with Instagram Small Business Marketing. Learn more about how Instagram Stories works and using it: https://youtu.be/oG8P5MZ9_cI Image...
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It’s not too early to begin holiday planning
This post is written by Bill Reagan, Executive Director of the SBDC and first appeared in the Alexandria Times on August 24, 2017. Holidays are a wonderful time in Alexandria. The area is especially...
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What is Your Competitive Advantage?
What makes a potential customer want to buy your goods or services from you rather than from someone else? If you are a small business you may not be able to compete with the “big guys” on price. So...
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Register Now for Holiday Planning – Let the Festivities Begin! An Alexandria...
REGISTER NOW For more information about this event please contact: Gloria Flanagan 703-778-1292 | www.alexandriasbdc.org Alexandria Small Business Development Center 625 N. Washington Street, Suite...
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Me and My Arrow: Recruiting in the Digital Age
Back in the day, job seekers would open a newspaper (remember them?), turn to the employment section, and circle with a red pen all the jobs they were interested in. They would then send via snail mail...
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What precautions are you taking for the next catastrophe?
This post is written by Bill Reagan, Executive Director of the SBDC and first appeared in the Alexandria Times on September 28, 2017. Lately, our television screens have been filled with scenes of...
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Me and My Arrow: Recruiting in the Digital Age Part 2
If you missed last month’s introduction to my arrow, this fall I’m devoting the blog to helping search teams make savvy decisions about where and when to invest their recruitment dollars in the digital...
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Holiday Marketing Campaigns – Some Advice to Small Business Owners
Every year, a small subset of small business owners that I meet lament that they were not prepared for the “holiday marketing season.” That is, they say they were not prepared with their holiday...
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Don’t overlook the construction details.
Customers notice the details. They can tell if a contractor has cut corners. The transition detail in B above was installed instead of the one shown in A below. As architects we can observe the...
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