top 25 blogs for small business owners in 2014
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Top 25Blogs for Small Business Owners
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Small BusinessMarketing
As any professional marketer will tell you, ultimately marketing all comes down to the psychology of the buyer. Up until recently there were no blogs out there that focused solely on psychology and the psychological “triggers” it takes to get people to buy. That was until Derek Halpern came along.
SocialTriggers
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Phil Rozek makes his living helping local businesses rank highly in Google. Through his weekly blog posts he pulls the curtain back on the entire process he uses, giving you the exact steps that do-it yourselfers can take to gain higher rankings.
LocalVisibilitySystem
Follow Phil On Twitter @philrozek Subscribe to his RSS Feed
With over 1 Billion users, Facebook is basically like a second internet, and a must for local small businesses looking to attract new clients. Amy Porterfield breaks down what it takes to gain customers from Facebook in her free and paid webinars.
Amy Porterfield
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Depending on your business you may also want to be involved in other social networks in addition to Facebook (like LinkedIn and Slideshare for B2B businesses, Pinterest for businesses focused on women, instagram for businesses focused on younger users and more). Social Media Examiner has in depth how to posts on all these and more.
Social Media Examiner
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LocalVox provides local marketing software to small businesses, and have an expert dedicated to providing high quality local marketing education via their blog. Where other sites like Social Media Examiner cover social media marketing for all types of businesses, LocalVox focuses exclusively on social media for local businesses.
LocalVox
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If you want to go deep into search engine marketing and what it takes to rank your website in google both locally and nationally then the Moz.com blog is for you. They have daily posts and weekly webinars covering topics ranging from Google Algorithm updates to specific tactics that you can use to increase your website traffic.
Moz.com
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An all purpose blog for marketing small businesses on a budget. Great weekly tips on the best software, tools, and info that editor John Jantsch is finding around the internet.
Moz.com
Follow Duct Tape Marketing on Twitter @ducttape Like their Facebook Page Subscribe to their RSS Feed
If you feel overwhelmed with where to start your marketing efforts Andy Sernovitz’s “Damn I Wish” blog is for you. Highly actionable advice in bite sized pieces that you can take action on today.
Damn I Wish
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Owners/AdvisorsSmall Business
Highly respected and widely followed advisor to startups and entrepreneurs. A must read for new business owners wanting to know what it actually takes to start and run a successful business.
Martin Zwilling
Follow Martin on Twitter @startuppro Subscribe to his RSS Feed
A small business owner himself, Gene shares his experience and thoughts on entrepreneurship in columns in places like Inc, Entrepreneur, Forbes and The New York Times. You can read all of his columns in one place via his blog.
Gene Marks
Follow Gene on Twitter @genemarks Subscribe to his RSS Feed
Joel Libava gives you everything you could ever want to know about buying and running a franchise.
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The Franchise King
Follow Joel on Twitter @franchiseking Like his Facebook Page Subscribe to his RSS Feed
Great advice for those looking to sell their business. Even if you are not looking to sell right now, you will find lots of great advice here on how you can increase the value of your business so it will be worth more if you ever do decide to sell.
Exitplan.me
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An equal mix of entertainment and great advice for small business owners, James Altucher spills his guts out on what it’s really like to be an entrepreneur and how you can learn from his successes and failures
James Altucher
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This blog from Brad Ferris and his team is all about the logistics of running a business.
Enmast
Follow Enmast on Twitter @EnMastBusiness Subscribe to their RSS Feed !
Want to have your own business but can’t quit your day job? Nick Loper’s Side Hustle Nation is all about businesses you can start in your spare time and the advice you need to be successful.
SideHustleNation
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Essays on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur from the founder of Y Combinator, the most well known startup incubator in the world. Alumnus include AirBNB and Dropbox.
Paul Graham
Follow Paul on Twitter @paulg
Actionable advice from one of the world’s best self-made entrepreneurs.
Richard Branson
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Richard
Small BusinessAll Purpose Blogs
Run by Anita Campbell, Small Business Trends has over 50 small business experts who write about everything from marketing, to accounting and legal, to dealing with the day to day grind of running your own business.
Small Business Trends
Follow Small Biz Trends on Twitter @smallbiztrends Like them on Facebook Subscribe to their RSS Feed
A blog by the WSJ that features practical tips and advice from other successful entrepreneurs.
The Accelerators
Follow The Accelerators on Twitter @wsjstartup Subscribe to their RSS Feed
Great insight into all the programs available through the SBA and more.
SBA Open For Business
Follow The SBA on Twitter @SBAGov Like them on Facebook
Big picture thinking from one of the world’s top business school’s leaders.
Harvard Biz Review
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Belmont Professor of Entrepreneurship Jeff Cornwall interviews entrepreneurs with a wide variety of backgrounds approximately every two weeks and posts the videos to his blog.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
Follow Dr. Cornwall on Twitter @cornwallj Like his Facebook Page Subscribe to his RSS Feed
Actionable advice designed specifically for businesses operating in small towns and other rural areas.
Small Biz Survival
!Follow Small Biz Survival on Twitter @sbsurvival Like them on Facebook Subscribe to their RSS Feed
This is the “thinking man’s” small business blog which provides commentary on the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business.
Small Biz Labs
Follow Small Biz Labs on Twitter @smallbizlabs Subscribe to their RSS Feed
Daily posts to help you make sure you get your new business off on the right foot and keep it there once you are up and running.
BPlans Up And Running
Follow BPlans on Twitter @blans Like them on Facebook Subscribe to their RSS Feed
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