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? I think my running is getting better, all be it, very slowly. I am sticking with a five mile run for this weekend then it is off to read these posts to improve my business:
Pitching at Ideas To Deals, this week's I2D post of the week ~ This is an oldie but a goodie, or shall we say timeless, post on "Pitching" your idea. I went to WakeUp StartUp this morning and saw several presentations which motivated me to dust this post off from 2006.
12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets at Mashable ~ Who doesn't like a cheat sheet? I know I do, especially when it comes to constantly changing social networks.
How to Get Big Content Marketing Results Without a Big Budget at Search Engine Journal ~ Great tips to get "inbound ready?"
How to Create a Great Email Marketing Campaign at Savvy Sexy Social ~ Email still works!
How to Convince Popular Bloggers to Feature Your Guest Posts at BlogWorld ~ *Video* discussing the straight scoop about guest posting.
7 Gmail Tips Every you Should Know at Small Business Trends ~ A lot of us use Gmail but are we using it to take us beyond basic email?
Selling Is More Difficult Than Ever (But You Can Do It) at The Sales Blog ~ The speed of business is making sales more difficult than ever. Takes a lot of work to be successful but you can do it if you lead.
Why Blog Commenting is Worth Your Time at Blue Kite Marketing ~ You are going to do business on the web with social and blogs you need to learn to leverage comments.
Caught in the Busy Trap: Is it Making Us Less Productive? at Spin Sucks ~ Gini Dietrich got me thinking about how I suck at time management. Now I need to do something about it.
Your Biggest Culprit to Workday Productivity at Small Business Trends ~ Second post on time management...OK, yes I am obsessed.
Be sure to get out and put in your mileage this weekend so you are ready for your business marathon.

So what are you going to do about it??
Posted by: Gini Dietrich | July 13, 2012 at 03:30 PM