In this installment, I touch on a bunch of people that are kind of big deal. While Mike Rowe, Pay Flynn and Barbara Corcoran are seemingly everywhere, I encourage you to also check out the ones you’ve not yet had the opportunity to visit. You’ll learn stuff, I promise.
- Small Business Trends (https://smallbiztrends.com/author/anita): Founded by Anita Campbell, this online publication is the premier source of breaking news, information, and advice related to key issues of small businesses. From social media and retail trends to management of small business operations, technology trends, financial aspects of small business, and advice (for startup, franchise and more), this blog offers its readers pearls of wisdom.
- Social Triggers (https://socialtriggers.com/blog/): Derek Halpern – the CEO and founder of Social Triggers, brings articles, videos and podcasts covering everything from online marketing, influence, and persuasion, to traditional marketing, email marketing, and other principles as well as behavior psychology that would let you encourage people to act or do things just the way you want them to.
- Melinda Emerson: Ending Small Business Failure (https://succeedasyourownboss.com/blog/): Drawing upon her 18 years of combined experience in entrepreneurial situations as well as in executive management and front-line business, Melinda shares her small business knowledge and insights through her blog.
- Smart Hustle Magazine (https://www.smarthustle.com/): Ramon Ray – publisher of this digital and print magazine, together with other subject-matter experts known in their respective fields for exceptional content, brings useful strategies, tips, tools and technologies to educate and help small business entrepreneurs transform into “Smart Hustlers.”
- Duct Tape Marketing Blog (https://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/): If you need effective, simple, and affordable marketing advice for your small business, this is your go-to resource. John Jantsch is the man behind this blog, who has helped several small and mid-sized business owners grow by setting up repeatable, predictable marketing systems. You too can replicate their success by picking a few tips and tricks from this blog.
- Gene Marks (https://www.genemarks.com/): Small business expert, keynote speaker and columnist Gene Marks helps small business owners (along with managers and executives) understand the technological, economical and political trends that will influence their business (or companies), thus empowering them to make profitable decisions.
- Carol Roth (https://www.carolroth.com/blog/): Having helped her clients and businesses grow and make more money, Carol Roth – together with her community of contributors, shares useful insights and some tough love on business and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs looking for no-nonsense business advice would surely find these posts useful and inspirational.
- Steve Strauss (http://www.theselfemployed.com/): This is a one-stop-shop for everything that an entrepreneurial solopreneur, a self-employed, or a freelancer might look for or need. From informative articles, and how-to’s, to podcasts, forums, newsfeeds, videos, special offers, camaraderie, and much more, you’ll get it all here.
- Small Business Edge (https://smallbusinessedge.com/category/brians-blog/): Drawing upon his 20+ years of experience, Brian Moran lends a helping hand to small business owners and entrepreneurs with everything from accessing growth capital and social media to expanding into the global marketplace that would help them operate their businesses better.
- Smart Passive Income (https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/blog/): Run by Pat Flynn, this is a useful resource that teaches proven strategies for operating an online business and optimizing it for enjoying a significant passive income for years to come.
- Chris Guillebeau (https://chrisguillebeau.com/): An entrepreneur, writer, and world traveler, Chris is the man who made the concept of AONC (The Art of Non-Conformity) famous by helping unconventional people achieve remarkable things. Through his blog, Chris focuses on three core areas of Work, Life, and Travel to show people how they can change the world by battling conventional beliefs, and accomplishing their personal goals, while helping others – all at the same time.
- SmallBizDaily (https://www.smallbizdaily.com/author/rieva/): Get the latest insight and information on small business management and startup life from Rieva Lesonsky – GrowBiz Media’s CEO. Drawing upon her 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneurship and small business thought leader, journalist and advocate, Rieva’s posts focus on helping people start and grow their own businesses.
- PlanningShop (https://planningshop.com/category/usa-today/): Rhonda Abrams, who heads PlanningShop, doesn’t just talk about entrepreneurship. Rather, she lives it! Having started four successful companies and helped millions start, operate, and grow successful businesses, she offers useful insights and tips that you too can leverage.
- DIYMarketers (https://diymarketers.com/): Ivana Taylor offers low cost marketing strategies, tips and tools for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them save time and money by simplifying their marketing tasks, thus helping them retain and gain customers while enjoying running their businesses.
- Big Ideas for Small Businesses (https://bigideasforsmallbusiness.com/barbaras-blog/): Barbara Weltman is well-respected attorney, author and public speaker. Her site focuses on the tax, legal, and financial information for small business and entrepreneurs. The Wall Street Journal called her “the guru of small business taxes”, and her radio show features nationally-known small business leaders, government officials, and experts who address the needs of the small business & entrepreneurial community.
- Exit Promise (https://exitpromise.com/): Holly Magister guides entrepreneurs on how to start and grow a business, and then prepare it for transfer or sale to their employees, another owner, or the next generation. Apart from her advice, the site gives business owners access to a lot of useful resources that would help them accomplish their goals.
- Tomasz Tunguz (http://tomtunguz.com/): Venture capitalist Tomasz writes data-driven, insightful posts about the key questions that startups face. This includes funding, and startup benchmarks, to company culture, content marketing, management best practices, team building and much more.
- Mike Rowe (http://mikerowe.com/blog/): Mike writes extensively about the real dilemmas the nation’s miners, trade workers, and farmers face – from offshore manufacturing, aging workforce, and widening skills gap, to currency devaluation, millions of unfilled jobs, high unemployment, infrastructure decline, and a lot more. Small business owners and entrepreneurs can learn a lot from Mike’s experiences and stories.
- Shama Hyder (http://shamahyder.com/blog/): Being a visionary strategist for the present digital age, Shama shares useful insights and tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs on how they can reach, engage, and retain their connected consumers.
- Shep Hyken (https://hyken.com/blog/): Learn how to create an amazing customer service experience for your customers, and build and strengthen loyal relationships with your employees from Shep – a customer service expert, and the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author.