Celebrate Small Biz Success
SCORE is proud to be a national co-sponsor of Small Business Week.
We celebrate your success. SCORE clients have gotten great advice and, with hard work, are succeeding in business. To help your business succeed connect with a mentor online or find a mentor near you.
Congratulations to Orange County SCORE, winner of National SCORE [...]
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Find Success. Get Started Today.
Thinking about starting a business? SCORE can help you succeed. Surround yourself with experience. Connect with a mentor online or find a mentor near you.
Find out how SCORE has helped other businesses succeed. Best of all, our mentoring services are completely FREE. That’s right. No strings attached. As a non-profit, our goal is to [...]
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Have you visited the SCORE online community?
Share with your colleagues and connect. Join today.
More than 165,000 entrepreneurs are already part of this vibrant group of entrepreneurs: networking, planning and succeeding.
Create a profile to connect with other entrepreneurs and find biz opportunities.
Access to free tools and resources.
Get expert answers to your business questions, fast.
Success is about surrounding [...]
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Free Events To Boost Your Business
SCORE, HP and Intel provide real insights and simple solutions to help you increase efficiencies, boost your productivity and grow your business. You will get essential advice on technology-based solutions and marketing strategies that can help your small business, including how:
–To better understand and target customers.
–To rethink your marketing in the digital age.
–To reduce [...]
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Get Started with a Web Site
So, you are ready to build a web site. Here is an online presentation by Network Solutions that may be helpful to you.
Some quick tips can help you with the basics.
5 Tips on Web Site Building from SCORE.
Is e-Commerce Right for You?
Get expert advice from a SCORE mentor.
When you think [...]
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Who’s On Your Team? Do You Have a Guide?
I once attended an event featuring Keith Ferrazzi about the power of lifeline relationships. The ones that help you achieve success in business and life. Keith’s advice, “It’s important to build your dream team.”
Lifeline Relationships Guide the Way: It’s all about forming mentoring relationships and peer-to-peer connections with people you can trust to [...]
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Posted by Christine Banning | Posted in Growing, Managing, SUCCESS | Posted on 24-03-2010 | 
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Be More Productive & Get Engaged
If we weren’t already working 24/7, it’s now 24/7 combined with social media, endless Twitter and non-stop meetings. Many entrepreneurs are busier than ever. The question is, are you focusing your energy on what matters most?
Pause. Think about direction. Identify what can make it easier for you to succeed on your [...]
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5 Key Questions You Should Be Asking
In business & looking for answers? Entrepreneurs like you have been asking me what should I ask my SCORE mentor–I’m trying to figure my way out of this recession.
1. From your review of my financials, do you see any trouble spots?
2. Where could I trim costs by 5-10 percent?
3. What [...]
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Posted by Christine Banning | Posted in Managing, Marketing, SEO | Posted on 03-03-2010 |
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Manage Your Web Profiles
There are professional business sites for networking such as LinkedIn and Naymz. A good busines profile site ZoomInfo. These help your name appear in Google search results. And, everything you type is public.
Rules to Live By
Be positive. Be professional. Be courteous. Be careful how much detail you share. Beware, web search results [...]
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Expand Your Network Online
Get good Google search results. Create a LinkedIn profile. Basic business info and professional info about you.
Invite colleagues to your network. That’s really the first step of interacting online. What you will discover is that your biz contacts post updates and you will too. Post updates on a new blog posts, book you published, new [...]
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Words of Wisdom from Reality Check Author Guy Kawasaki
Don’t go it alone. Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki says this of entrepreneurs, “Generally, entrepreneurs, especially first-time ones, think that the idea is the hard part and implementation is the easy part. Generally, that’s exactly backwards, and SCORE can help them implement their brilliant ideas.”Ask SCORE online.
Quick Resource List
1.Find [...]
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Get Your Finances In Order
Do you know it all? Especially, when it comes to finance the answers is most often–no. Make this the month you decide to surround yourself with a support system to bring you financial know-how.
1. Get a CPA. Even if you only meet twice a year, once for tax planning and once [...]
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Get Your Finances In Order
Do you know it all? Especially, when it comes to finance the answers is most often–no. Make this the month you decide to surround yourself with a support system to bring you financial know-how.
1. Get a CPA. Even if you only meet twice a year, once for tax planning and once [...]
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Get Your Finances In Order
Do you know it all? Especially, when it comes to finance the answers is most often–no. Make this the month you decide to surround yourself with a support system to bring you financial know-how.
1. Get a CPA. Even if you only meet twice a year, once for tax planning and once [...]
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The New Rules of Doing Business for Women Entrepreneurs
The summit will help women entrepreneurs thrive in the new economy with real advice, biz coaching and networking opportunities. More info and register today.
Join us at the American Express OPEN Women’s Business Summit.
Date: Wednesday, February 17 – Thursday, February 18, 2010
Place: JW Marriott Houston, Houston, Texas
NEW! Pre-Conference Workshop, Wednesday, February 17, [...]
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Get Balanced, Get Organized
It’s still January. Take four hours today for these four action items. You’ll feel more relaxed, more focused and ready to conquer the day.
1. Update Your Active Files: We are not a paperless society, just yet. Create color-coded files and label them. These are the active files you want quick access to on [...]
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Posted by Christine Banning | Posted in Growing, Managing, SUCCESS | Posted on 20-01-2010 |
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Make the Most of Mentoring
Make 2010 your year to shine. Don’t let the economy get you down. Look for opportunities. And, look for advisors to help you plan ahead.
A mentor can help you look past the trees to see the bigger picture & how the broader landscape may give you insights into creating your success.
If finances are [...]
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Jump Start Your Success in 2010
It’s time for a hard look at your sales, expenses and net profits from 2009. With the new year here, really think about what this year could bring.
Okay, everyone has had enough of the general gloom and doom in the news. If you’ve tuned it out, then tune in to some [...]
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Now’s the Time for Year-End Tax Planning
Thanks to the Wall Street Journal’s online site wsj.com, Entrepreneur.com and Kiplinger.com for bringing such current and valuable tax information to the Web. Find six favorite resources below:
1.Tax Center: New to Small Business
Get a start here. Learn about taxes.
2. WSJ Tax Blog
Great tips and info. Check it out.
3. Smart [...]
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Now’s the Time for Year-End Tax Planning
Thanks to the Wall Street Journal’s online site wsj.com, Entrepreneur.com and Kiplinger.com for bringing such current and valuable tax information to the Web. Find six favorite resources below:
1.Tax Center: New to Small Business
Get a start here. Learn about taxes.
2. WSJ Tax Blog
Great tips and info. Check it out.
3. Smart [...]
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Chart Your Success: Plan Your Sales for 2010
Be positive. Be realistic. Be successful. Plan now to set goals for the year ahead.
Sales forecasting is fun–really. This is the time where you look at the opportunities for your business. There are always opportunities, even in a down economy. Okay, so 2009 may not have been [...]
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Tis the Season to See and Be Seen
Make the most of December. Attend holiday parties, community events and chamber of commerce events. Between now and December 15th be sure to network. Let it be known that you’re in business and connect in the community.
Have plenty of business cards. Always carry a business card. Even in [...]
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Time to Wrap up 2009 Sales
By December 19th, the sales year is pretty much over for most businesses. If you have proposals waiting for approval, seek the signature and that deposit in 2009. Get some revenue on the books and some business in the door for 2010.
If you are a retailer, this is your [...]
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