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Smart Hustle Magazine’s must-read in-depth feature articles focus on small business entrepreneurs and small businesses that have mastered the art of the smart hustle for overcoming challenges, making the most of scarce resources, finding resources and essentially finding success when it didn’t seem possible. We welcome your story ideas and nominations for featured entrepreneurs and companies.

By Michelle BlueAdvice, Featured, Marketing, Tipsstartup

The Journey with Spendefy: The Pros & Cons of Having a Business Partner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObR2mQ6ZJQ4 Are you in search of business partner? Or wondering how do you find the right co-founder to grow your business with? Then you're in the right place. Antwon Davis and Eldredge Washington are co-founders of Spendefy – a tech company with a digital platform that makes it easier to find black-owned businesses in your city. The idea behind...

By Michelle BlueAdvice, Featured, Marketing, Tips

The Journey with Lauren: How to Turn a Passion Project Into a Business with Purpose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuccHw2jnno&t=390s I met Lauren about a year ago when my business partner and and I were doing a pop-up shop in Atlanta. Lauren spotted us across the store and literally came hobbling over with her boot excited to meet other entrepreneurs with a similar mission in the city. We exchanged information and now our quarterly...

By Michelle BlueAdvice, Featured, Marketing, Tips

How to Choose Courage Over Fear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZxUYKBshoU I didn’t think I would get a chance to speak with Garrett since he’s literally in a different country every week but I caught him in between travels and in typical Garrett fashion, he came with a burst of energy and no shortage of amazing stories. Garrett Gravesen - recent Harvard Business School grad...

By Ramon RayFeatured, Marketing, Salesseth godin

Four Ways To Ensure Social and Search Changes Never Affect Your Content Marketing.

Today I got my copy of Gary Vaynerchuk's latest book "Crushing It". It reminded me of the desperate journey of so many to "be like Gary" or some other digital celebrity. Sure Gary, Seth Godin and other digital celebrities have zillions of followers, deservedly. They've been hard at work providing great content, amazing value,...

By Charity RayFeatured, Marketing, Salescustomers, twitter

Making Sales From Twitter: Social Selling

Are you using Twitter to generate leads for your business? Many business owners and marketers overlook the power of Twitter as a social selling platform. By leveraging the internal search engine and other third-party tools, you can double or triple the number of high-quality, targeted leads you get. As with most things, you need to start...

By Charity RayFeatured, Tips

Teen Tips for Working a Full Time Job While Running Your Business

Tips from a young and successful entrepreneur - how to balance school fun and your career Youth is a tricky thing. On the one hand, one’s adolescence is a time to enjoy many of life’s pleasures that will be unavailable when life kicks down the door and responsibilities begin piling up. On the other...

By Charity RayFeatured, Marketing, Sales

How Small Businesses Can Better Compete with Big Businesses

As 2018 gets underway, retailers across the country have one thing on their mind: sales. Small business optimism has been on an upward swing with the majority of small business owners citing increased sales and improved business conditions throughout 2017, according to the latest Capital One Small Business Growth Index. And with 60 percent...

By Charity RayFeatured, Lifestyle

This Urban Gardner is Building a Better Mouse Trap

Chad Corzine didn’t set out to start a business. He simply wanted to start a small garden in his apartment and couldn’t find a product that fit his needs. Even after he did start his business, he had to constantly make adjustment and change his thinking based on things he learned from customers. Corzine is...

By Charity RayFeatured, Marketing, Salesshark tank

Wicked Good Cupcakes Steady Is Their Key To Success

Scaling a business isn’t easy. But the founders of Wicked Good Cupcakes were able to do it fairly successfully, thanks to a little help from Shark Tank and some good old fashioned business savvy. Founders Tracey Noonan and Dani Vilagie recently spoke with Small Business Trends as part of our exclusive Smart Hustle Report. During the conversation,...

By Charity RayFeatured, Marketing, Technologybranding

How to Grow Your Brand with a Data Driven Strategy

Your business means the world to you. After investing so much effort, there is no way you want to go back or give up. The truth about the success is it’s not an overnight achievement, instead, it’s a continuous process that involve experiments, and learnings. Success is dependant on improvement. The days are gone...