[ad_1] If you sell for a living, if closing that next deal is always on your mind, if your bills don’t get paid unless you makes sales, then you undoubtedly hold this one goal: how do I close the next customer I talk to? Trainers, experts and sales managers tell salespeople to …

[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Greg Rollett explains why Twitter followers and Facebook friends simply aren’t as important to driving sales as your email list. Rollett puts it simply: “The one metric that matters to grow your ambitious business is email subscribers. Cool, build up the vanity metrics, make …

Put Your Experience to Work for Yourself and Others as a Life Life coaching? What does that have to do with business? I was shocked the first time I heard this question. Twenty years ago, the life-coaching industry was in its infancy, and professional coaches were hard to find. Today, …

[ad_1] It’s always a good idea to be looking forward in business. The New Year is upon us and is a perfect excuse for reflection on what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change. Get your small business, and your life, on track with these resolutions for the coming …

[ad_1] Mobilegeddon was a game-changer. Google tweaked its algorithm in April 2015 to favor mobile-ready websites in searches performed on mobile devices. A little more than a year later, over half of all worldwide searches happen on mobile devices. It’s a big deal in marketing. If your site isn’t mobile-friendly, you’re waving goodbye to more …

[ad_1] Great accountants don’t just take care of tax-prep and compliance issues. Numbers really do tell a story and today’s entrepreneurs are turning to qualified small business accountants to help drive success and business. With the right accountant as a thought partner, you can get insights that deliver benefits to …

[ad_1] Crowdfunding is inherently risky for investors. But just how risky? As a campaign backer on Kickstarter, you are looking at about a one in 10 chance you will not get the reward you are promised when you invest in a project. That’s according to an independent study. The Brooklyn, …

[ad_1] Join Propelify on May 18 in Hoboken, New Jersey and meet in-person with some of the most innovative minds in the Northeast. Entrepreneur readers can purchase special discounted tickets to this year’s Propelify Innovation Festival — paying just $5 per ticket. Purchase your discounted tickets now using promo code ENTPROPELS before the event is sold …

[ad_1] It’s National Small Business Week, an annual week celebrating entrepreneurship. Events start in Washington, D.C., where SBA administrator Linda McMahon will speak live in the nation’s capitol and recognize outstanding small business owners from around the country, including the National Small Business Person of the Year.  Watch the talk live above …

[ad_1] We always hear how small businesses are the backbone of the US economy and rightfully so — they account for more than half of all jobs and sales in the US. However, even though this entrepreneurial cohort is 28 million strong, their fragmentation — from different industries to different sizes …