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#1 Use Social Networking to Promote your Business

Social networking sites can be a great business tool.  They make it easier for potential customers to find your business, they can help you to establish relationships with your customers, they can help you to reach your desired demographic and they can connect you with other key people in your industry.

You may want to create a business profile on these sites if you haven’t already:

• LinkedIn – Find and be found by other professionals.
• Twitter – Inform followers of sales, promotions, etc.
• Facebook – Create a fan page for your business; post links and info on walls of relevant groups.
• MySpace – Post business background, history, bios and photos.

#2 A New Way to Work

Small business owners, freelancers and independent contractors now have another option, besides working from home or grabbing their important papers and laptops and heading to their local coffee shops.  It’s called co-working and it offers a common place, where small business owners without bricks-and-mortar businesses, can go to get some work done and take care of daily business.  [Small business owners’] search for a workplace that combines the best of a home office, an internet cafe and a traditional office has given rise to a whole new movement…” writes David Port, in “Solo But Not Alone,” for Entrepreneur.

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