Time to build your base with a weekend business long run. Remember these are articles that I have come across this week that would be good to look at to improve your business. So what do you have this weekend? It's going to be blazing hot around here so after I get in an early five mile run I'll be looking for some A/C and check out these posts to improve my business:
Would You Loan Someone Your Money For That? at Ideas To Deals, this week's I2D post of the week ~ Put yourself in the shoes of the banker. What would you want to approve a loan or even better write a check out of your account?
10 Free Tools Every Business Blogger Should Bookmark at Hubspot ~ Great tools to make sure your business blog is doing business.
How a Non-Writer Cranks Out Content at Spin Sucks ~ Brad Farris discussed ways he found that turned him from a non-writer to a human writing machine.
Getting Over the Social Media Creep Factor at Inkling Media ~ You want to be active on soacial channels but are concerned about privacy? Ken Mueller has some ideas that may help.
Four Steps To Reinventing Your Business at Low Cost Marketing Strategies ~ Been in business for a while and want to shake things up? Here are for ways to do that.
An Open Letter to Those Who Make Check In Calls at The Sales Blog ~ There is a differrence between calling your customers with something of value and calling to check-in.
Six Steps to Creating Content that Generate Leads at Spin Sucks ~ Gini Dietrich offers some great advice on using webinars to generate business. (This really works by the way).
SEO Tips For Small Businesses at Ideas To Deals (Video) ~ Want advice from Google on SEO? They should know how they want it.
Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your Creativity at The Atlantic ~ Must be why I am writing this in a coffee shop.
10 Tips for Creating a Power Network at Forbes ~ Lewis Howes discusses how to build a strong network.
Be sure to get out and put in your mileage this weekend so you are ready for your business marathon.

People are going to start thinking I pay you to post not one, but two, Spin Sucks blog posts here!
I hadn't seen The Atlantic article (I love them) so headed over there next.
Happy weekend...and hopefully long running!
Posted by: Gini Dietrich | June 29, 2012 at 05:44 PM
Gini... I was going to use the the Facebook video too but thought that might be to much. Having said that I can't get enough Spin Sucks.
Posted by: Michael Bowers | June 29, 2012 at 09:15 PM