Monday Ann-Sense: Productivity Tools for Business Owners

With the end of the year around the corner and the holidays now in full swing keep yourself organized can be the key to keeping yourself sane. We all need them: productivity tools. Productivity tools can be simple from a written To-Do list on paper to a software...

Monday Ann-Sense: Websites

Website development/management has been on my radar this week while working with a client and networking with small business owners. Having a website is so important to your business. It is your digital home. Your social properties such as Facebook, Pinterest, and...

Monday Ann-Sense: Networking

What a week! A whirlwind of activity. Started the week the Realtime Marketing Lab during NYC’s Internet Week and finished the week off at the Twin Counties Business Expo. I did a lot of networking. As a small business owner, I’m always networking for new...

Customers continue to use mobile devices

What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Chances are you reach for your mobile phone charging on the night table next to your bed. For many of us, our mobile phones are with us all of the time. They have become a part of us. We do everything on...

Does Your Business Need to be Involved in Social Media?

Don’t Follow the Social Media Shiny Objects   When I’m out networking and tell people what I do, the first thing small business owners say to me is that they need to be on social media. My response is always with a question, “why do you say...