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MARKETING THEN AND NOW There is this thing called "marketing" and to build a business you have to do it. It has been around for decades.. but each decade is different in the ways they did it or had to do it. Back in the old days if you wanted to make money off of something or let people know about your business you had to just stand on the streets or do down to the local markets. As the years went on Television and computers were invented which helped a lot but not everyone had that luxury. You still had to market locally but if you wanted your business known you were willing to pay the money to have commercials or billboard for people to see.  Back in the 90's they didn't have it very easy. It was very straight forward. If you wanted your business seen you put it in the newspaper, billboards, television or in the mail. Luckily, marketing has changed a lot since then. Now you multiple ways to get your business out there. Don't let that fool you though. Th

Business Do's & Don'ts Many people, including me, have always wondered about the needs of an upcoming or starting of a business. I will eventually start my own business and have looking into the beginning do's and don'ts to help your business start. According to Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center some are as followed along with my opinion. 1. DO consider risk vs reward: This is something to thing about when your first starting up. After you establish yourself in some way sometimes you have to take risks and may not always come out with a reward.. but how big of a risk is the limit? 2. DO know starting a business is very time consuming and stressful: VERY TRUE!! If you're going to open a business be ready for this or you won't have a business. You have to be willing to lose sleep, quality time with friends/family when you start up to make sure your business has everything together and can Thrive.  3. DONT think the fi