5 Kick-Butt Articles That Will Better Your Business Today

The daily minutiae of starting or running your entertainment business can leave you drained or sluggish. If you’re there right now, I feel you, and I’m here to help.

I’ve gift-wrapped five bulb-sparking articles for you this week that’ll have your gears churning anew again and leave you rearing to go. All week.

Now, go read these, bookmark them to read them again later (or print them if you need to), and most importantly, apply them.

Marketing

Social Media Personas: What You Need To Know – Heidi Cohen

I’ve been hammering into your head the importance of hunting down your target market and bringing your product or service to it, and marketing expert Heidi Cohen breaks down one key component in that process: how to find your target’s social media hangouts. 

Happy stalking. ;)

Business Essentials

21 Free Tools to Help Your Small Business Succeed – Under30CEO

Under30CEO.com co-founder and editor Jared O’Toole provides a killer list of apps and services that can boost your productivity and free up more time for you to fine-tune the long-term plans for your business.

Getting Started with Your Trademark Registration Application – Under30CEO

Let’s be honest – there are a lot of ‘treps out there with naked intellectual property floating around (logos, branding/brand colors, etc.), just waiting to get stolen. Don’t get caught with your pants down. IP lawyer Jeff Fabian gives you the first steps you need to take to protect your brand.

Nine Factors to Consider When Determining Your Price – FreelanceSwitch  
There’s a never-ending debate among freelancers and entrepreneurs about how to price our services, but FreelanceSwitch provides some solid advice here. Ultimately how you price your product or service is your choice, but if you’re looking for a pillar guideline, this article’s a pretty good one.

Constant Food for Thought

Why You Need to Quit Demanding Perfection from Yourself – Expert Enough

You chase your tail all the time in an effort to improve yourself, but do you talk yourself out of a project because you keep comparing your seemingly sucky ideas with successful people? I say this with love, but read this article and knock it off. The only way to get better at anything is to get started. (<--Tweet this) 


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