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March 22, 2012

Video: How a Small Business can Measure Success when using Social Media

As a small business owner, in order to measure your success when using social media, it’s important to identify how you want to use it to reach your specific audience. With so many tools at one’s... Read more
March 16, 2012

Small Business Trends in Social Media

At BMO’s Social Media Week event in February, we asked three professionals in the field what they felt the significant trends in social media had been over the past year. While their answers were... Read more
March 16, 2012

Video: Small Business Trends in Social Media

While social media offers business owners countless tools to reach new and existing customers, it’s also constantly changing, meaning staying on top of current trends is ever important. At BMO’s... Read more
February 28, 2012

Connect with small business experts just like you

Looking for a way to connect, share and network with other small business owners and experts? BMO's SmartSteps® for Business Online Community – a social networking hub for business owners and... Read more
February 22, 2012

#BMOSMBchat Topic: ‘Can LinkedIn help a small business grow or is it just for recruiting?’

With the growing number of social media platforms available to reach customers and colleagues, it takes some planning and thought to understand how to best use each to their full potential.... Read more
February 10, 2012

#BMOSMBchat Highlights: Making social media work for your small business

Yesterday during our first #BMOSMBchat, we led a conversation from our @BMOsmb Twitter handle around the question 'Is social media for small business worth the time investment?' A number of small... Read more
February 8, 2012

#BMOSMBchat Topic: ‘Is social media for small business worth the time investment?’

As a busy business owner juggling multiple priorities, how important is social media marketing to your small business? Are you too busy running the day-to-day of your operation to bother blogging... Read more
January 4, 2012

New Year’s Resolution: Get your business online

With the new year upon us, there’s no better time to reevaluate your business’ online presence, and your strategy for engaging with customers, potential customers and others in your industry... Read more
November 30, 2011

Embrace your youth: Your age has benefits

While young entrepreneurs may be challenged based on their age, if you’re able to demonstrate your intellectual capital it need not be a disadvantage.  In fact, when effectively positioned,... Read more
November 24, 2011

Embrace your youth: Prove your intellectual capital

Every entrepreneur faces a unique set of challenges depending on their industry, experience, and community. For young entrepreneurs, these challenges are even more pronounced, but I have discovered... Read more