Enter this contest for a chance to be published in the upcoming book ‘Small Business Marketing on a Milk Money Budget’. And be eligible to win other prizes, like a social media makeover or your very own podcast!

• The Big Hit the movie

Let’s face it, with everything that’s going on in business today getting some FREE marketing and publicity would be pretty cool don’t you think?  Well, here’s your chance!

Get connected with other entrepreneurs and small business owners by contributing to Small Business Marketing on a Milk Money Budget! Stepmom move Middle of Nowhere move This guidebook is full of free & low-cost marketing tips.  Just click here to get started and learn about all the other prizes you could win for your business,  like a social media make over or you own podcast!

In a down economy, we have got to get creative. This is the time when we must come up with new marketing methods, new pricing strategies, new markets to penetrate. The one drawback to all of these new efforts, is the cost. There is one way to get yourself out there, without breaking the bank. We hear about it all the time, we know it’s a good idea…but so many of us just don’t do it. The strategy I am referring to is Networking.
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To breathe some life back into the Los Angeles small business community, OneCoach™, BLANKSPACES, and Ameriprise Financial have joined forces to offer a FREE Business-Growth Workshop that will reveal the secrets that EVERY business owner MUST know to not only survive this economy, but thrive!

$675 valued event - Saturday October 18th from 8:00am - 1:00pm @ BLANKSPACES, 5405 Wilshire Blvd.:
•    Complimentary breakfast and lunch and business growth workshop
•    Additional Financial Strategies Workshop for the Small Business Owner hosted by Ameriprise Financial
•    20 free hours at the BLANKSPACES Work Bar or 10 free hours at a BLANKSPACES Work Station.
•    60-minute Business Growth Assessment with a OneCoach Business Advisor
•    A coupon for 1 free hour of BLANKSPACES conference room time, compliments of FreshBooks accounting software

The great thing about being a small business owner is that you have no one to answer to - the challenging aspect of being a small business owner, is that you have no one to answer to…yikes!

A common mindset of small business owners is ‘I don’t need any help, I’m running my business and I’ll do it myself”!  Well, sometimes it can be scary running a business, wearing all the hats, just scraping by, worrying about whether you’ll get out of the red - but guess what, it’s ok to admit that you don’t necessarily know everything.

Successful small business owners know when to call on their resources and look outside the box for assistance.  They know how to attract more clients and keep their existing customers engaged and spending despite the conditions of the economy. The top 1%, those that are making over $5 Million in revenues a year, get to where they are because they’ve learned what to do and how to do it from other successful entrepreneurs.

You can be in business for yourself but you don’t need to be by yourself - for more info on this opportunity, click here.TMNT ipod