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  • Choosing a Name & Domain For Your Small Business Idea

    In the second video of the series, Kevin goes into how he chooses a name for his new businesses and his process for determining what hosting and email to use.  

    Kevin mentions his websites - http://insuranceadviser.org/ and https://webuyrealestateinc.com/ which he found using his expired domain process He attempted to use if for his latest project htps://warehousesforsale.org but couldn't find a suitable domain.   

    In This Episode:  

    • Finding Expired Domains (with old links) 
    • https://www.expireddomains.net/
    • NameCheap - https://www.namecheap.com/
    • WPEngine - https://wpengine.com/
    • Google Suite for Business - https://gsuite.google.com/
      • 14 min
    • Marketing Your Business While Dealing With the Coronavirus Shutdowns

      Improving Your Operations While Your Business Is Closed

      Strategies for Building a Website While Your Business Is Closed

      1. How to tell your brand story on your About Page
      2. Improving the content on your website
      3. Pulling the images from your existing website to the new one
      4. Best Practices for Your Contact Page

        5. When and how to use a landing page?

        Should I focus on mobile first?

        Do I need an about page?

        How do I connect my social media channels to my site?

        10 elements of a killer landing page that converts

        58 min
      6. Small Business Cash Flow and Selling Hours

        Good Morning Philadelphia listeners on WWDB 860 and everywhere else via the livestream. This is Kevin O’Brien and Wayne Widdleton with the SMB Acceleration Show! Today we'll be talking about the importance of cash flow to your small business. 


        Here's the news we'll be talking about. 

        • https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347149
        • https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/wendys-just-declared-war-on-mcdonalds-breakfast-mcdonalds-response-was-brilliant.html
        • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2020/03/08/google-announces-a-coronavirus-incentive-for-g-suiteand-other-small-business-tech-news/amp/
        • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/salesperson-business-owner-credit-cards-cover-personal-hotel-travel%3famp
        • https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/03/kabbage-insights-hopes-to-keep-small-businesses-cash-positive.html
          • 58 min
        • Using Facebook Messenger for Small Business

          Good Morning Philadelphia listeners on WWDB 860 and everywhere else via the livestream. This is Kevin O’Brien and Wayne Widdleton with the SMB Acceleration Show! If you miss anything or want more information visit our website - https://smbacceleration.com


          Using Facebook Messenger as a Small Business. 

          • For the small business owners not familiar with Facebook Messenger. What is it?
          • What are some tips to help a small business owner get up and running with Messenger quickly?
          • If you were starting a small business, how would you look to use Messenger?
          • For small business owners who are looking to run ads, would you recommend pairing Messenger with ad spend?
          • Beyond  messenger what other tools or assistance does FB offer to small businesses?
          • Does FB offer any Messenger or Ad training or certification programs for users? If so how does a small business owner get started?


            • Small Business News We Covered In Today's SMB Acceleration Show

            • https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2019/11/22/home-2-suites-mississippi-lets-guests-adopt-dog-right-hotel/4247171002/
            • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/v/s/www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2020/02/28/attract-new-customers-small-business-tips/amp/%3famp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%253D#ampf=
            • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/small-businesses-are-pushing-trump-to-fight-chinese-counterfeits.html
            • https://hoodline.com/2020/02/the-hardest-easy-solution-to-sf-s-small-business-crisis-buying-the-building

              • 58 min
            • Bart Mroz of Sumo Heavy Talks Small Business Ownership and E-Commerce

              Be sure to stay tuned for the entire SMB Acceleration Show today, as we are going to be joined by Bart Mroz CEO of Sumo Heavy.

              SUMO Heavy is a boutique digital commerce consulting firm with a core foundation of efficiency through process.

              We build successful brands and create online retail solutions with proven results.

              So if you miss anything today, you’re gonna want to be sure to download the podcast. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts, Apple, Google, Spotify, and more.

              So be sure to stay tuned as we are going to get right into it.


              In the News:

              Small businesses coming up empty on internet searches

              Though 90% of consumers use the internet to find local business, many have no website

              https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/small-business-coming-up-empty-on-internet-searches

              In a world where e-commerce and digital outreach are becoming commonplace in business, it’s rare to find a company without a website.

              But according to a study by portfolio company Visual Objects, one-third (29%) of all 30 million American small businesses plan to create a website for the first time in 2020.


              Questions for Bart:

              1. What’s the best platform for someone looking to start an ecommerce business?
              2. What advice would you give someone starting out with an e-commerce business?
              3. Would you spend any time on organic social media or SEO?
              4. What’s something you see that is missed by most people just starting out with e-commerce?
              5. What do you think abou Print on Demand POD
              6. For $1 day in Ads...what platform would you recommend someone using first?
              7. What are simple mistakes people can avoid when setting up their ecommerce brand.
              8. Help the listeners out….What’s 1 type of business you think is currently underrepresented on the web
              9. What’s 1 app or strategy that you recommend to any small business owner?
                10. 56 min
              11. Small Business Health Insurance & Employee Benefits

                This week's SMB Acceleration Show is an interview with local Small Business Health Insurance and Employee Benefits Broker Joe Walker. Joe is the owner of Dignity Insured, just outside Philadelphia and shares his journey as a small business owner and his innovative insurance program for Amazon DSP 2.0 business owners.  

                1. How do small business owners get started offering employees health insurance?

                2. For business owners who may be offering some kind of employee benefits, how do they turn that into a complete employee benefits package?

                3. As a broker, what are the biggest ways you can help small business owners save money on employee benefits?

                4. Benefits of having an employee benefits broker

                5. Amazon FBA Insurance program - How Joe beats Amazon's preferred vendor by $100 per employee per month.

                1 hr

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              SMB Acceleration is a live interactive Small Business marketing show. Wayne and Kevin put their 40 years of experience in marketing to work, providing you with a high-level look at effective ways to…