Annika Bansal
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Annika "The Chick Geek" is the founder of AnnikaBansal.com. Small Business Sense shares small business ideas, tips and resources for independent Entrepreneurs and Small Business owners.
Annika Bansal
Top 5 Free Mobile Business Applications Part I: Expensify
This past weekend, I read an interesting article on Small Biz Trends titled “Work Smarter with Mobile Devices” by Anita Campbell. Reading it got me very excited about how technology is constantly evolving, especially in the mobile computing . It also really got me to thinking about how advancements in mobile computing has made it […]
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7 Ways to Grow Your Business with Referral Programs
Growing a business to the level of a successful corporation is not that easy, especially when your business is still in its baby stages. You simply have to know the best and most appropriate strategies out there for your business and niche. Today, one of the most effective and convenient ways to grow your business […]
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10 Tips for Writing Compelling Email Newsletter Content
Email newsletters are excellent tools that you can use in your business to get closer to your target audience and build up a subscriber base. The crew at Copyblogger stated it best when they stated the following…”Email provides you the most direct line of communication for conversion to sales” … In this post, I am […]
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Ten Ways to Generate Business with LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the social network for professionals and businessmen. Whereas Facebooks helps us keep in touch with family and friends, LinkedIn allows us to connect with relevant and important people in our chosen industry. Although many people keep a LinkedIn account simply to have a business profile, seasoned users know that it is one of […]
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Top 5 Benefits of Using Dropbox for a Small Business
Have you ever heard of Dropbox before? If you are internet savvy and always on the lookout for great tools to grow your business with, then you have probably already seen or heard about it. Dropbox is actually one of the best tools small businesses ought to use, and today, we will talk about just […]
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7 Powerful SEO Tips and Tricks for Small Business Owners
Growing an online business is not that easy, especially when we consider the fact that more and more entrepreneurs have turned to the Internet. You’ll rarely find a business today that runs without a connection to the online consumer base. Some operate through social media channels while others already have a fully-functional website for their […]
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How to Create a Strong Password to Secure Your Accounts
2012 has definitely has its fair share of data security breaches. With the ever-increasing number of internet users…..and the growing number of cyber security threats, data security will definitely continue to be a hot topic. Some of the most notorious data security breaches of 2012 were: Yahoo – Yep, that’s right! Yahoo’s data security breach resulted […]
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$100 Startup – Small Business Success Story “Flowers from Fatima”
“Flowers From Fatima: A Budding Small Business” Fatima Spencer, the owner of Flowers from Fatima, firmly believes that ‘Where there are flowers, there is life’. As a young entrepreneur, she was able to make her online boutique bloom from a tiny bud to a pretty flower. In the competitive and hectic world of small […]
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Top 10 Businesses to Start on a Shoestring Budget
Starting a business is never easy. There are a lot of industries to choose from, but the requirements generally limit your actual choices. It becomes even tougher when you consider the initial budget most businesses necessitate. Fortunately, there are businesses you can start with only a shoestring budget. Here are ten of them: Top 10 […]
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6 Benefits of Network Attached Storage for Small Business
** Updated 2015 ** NAS storage systems have become popular solutions for small businesses in the data storage arena. A NAS is a (Network Attached Storage) device that provides a centralized point of storage that small businesses can use to backup their critical data and files. Most of the NAS storage systems available on the […]
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