Join Cathie Heath as she shares an important lesson in branding yourself from an 8 year old who understands the value of customer service and how it can make you stand out from the crowd.

There’s a reason we go to the same businesses time after time…the service we receive from them adds value to our purchases.

Remembering to add value can result in repeat customers, solid long-term relationships and branding yourself as a person folks want to do business with

Are you looking to increase traffic to your blog? In this video, Lidia Abadia, reveals a tip that can help your customers find you faster when they do web searches.

Recently the Google search engine changed its algorithm or formula for web searches and now with this simple strategy you may be able to rank higher in Google and gain extra traffic.

The Home and Small Business Network is now adding a monthly book club to its community.

The first official book choice of the Home and Small Business Network Book Club, is

The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck.

Visit our community for all the details.

In this video Miriam Buhr shares a resource used by bloggers to research websites, news sites, for content ideas to spark or generate blog posts, forum discussions, and article topics.

Check out this free topic generator resource at Topix.

Join Cathie Heath as she discusses these business scenarios:

Why two people in the same company with access to the same tools and products have completely different results?

Or why, after purchasing a very expensive tool or system, the only noticeable increase is in the credit card balance?

The best products and services combined with all the fancy tools and widgets won’t bring success if you don’t understand human nature.

Keep in mind that knowing what motivates people to action is the KEY.

In this video, Shelly Allen, talks about an article she read by Rhonda Abrams called Hire Learning.

The article mentions a few tips you should consider when hiring your first employee.

Go learn more about Rhonda Abrams who specializes in entrepreneurship and small business.

And for a limited time you can get a free copy of her new book, Hire Your First Employee.

How To Give A Testimonial From A Leader Position

Join Miriam Buhr as she shares 3 important factors to keep in mind when creating a testimonial for a product, service or person. When you engage in this activity, It is important to take into account what Stephen Covey calls a Win/Win interaction.

Join Shelly Allen, in this video, as she demonstrates just how simple it is to set up a free business listing over at Yelp.com

“Yelp allows consumers to share the experiences they’ve had with local businesses and lets business owners share information about their business with their customers.

Simply put, it’s word of mouth– amplified.” – Yelp.com

So if you are a small business owner and would like to take advantage of your FREE business page, visit: http://www.yelp.com/business

Ever wonder…

What is an RSS feed? and…

What is important about RSS Feeds?

Join Julie Salgado in this video as she discusses the benefits of setting up your own RSS Feed to your blog.

The purpose of being in business…any business…is to make money, right?

Cathie Heath says it’s surprising how many people lose sight of that in their day to day operations.

While the desire to provide excellent service and to help others is a GOOD thing, if we don’t remain solvent, we won’t be in business long.

It may sound like a no-brainer, but if you want to help people, you need to stay in business!