It’s a sign of the times when, as counselors at the Nevada Small Business Development Center, we either remind our clients of the importance of a strong online presence or are approached as to how to tackle this challenge. While businesses seem to understand the need for a website and social media profiles, they don’t [...]

Small businesses and non-profits are beginning to realize that they don’t necessarily need a custom built CMS system to run their website. Why not use a state-of-the-art publishing platform that focuses on aesthetics, web standards and usability – and not to mention… it’s FREE?

As a follow up to the 12th step in the SEO Checklist for Your New Website, I recommend adding your site to the following 8 Free Business Listing Websites: Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, City Search, Merchant Circle, Trip Advisor and DMOZ. You will be asked to create a business profile allowing you to add a [...]

A checklist to use during the development process Are you ready to build a website for your small business or for yourself? There are simple search engine optimization steps you should consider during the development process. The following 12 step optimization checklist will bring you one step closer to maximizing your revenues with smart web [...]

The Nevada Small Business Development Center has teamed up with several partners to offer a top notch three-session training series on getting your business set up to export. The training will take place in Las Vegas, and will be available by interactive video in Reno, Carson City, and Winnemucca. Sign-up now as space is limited. [...]

We have just added Josh Kenzer’s QuickPost plugin to the WordPress interface that powers our Blog, It’s cool and will make it much easier for our authors to create their posts on our blog. I’m creating this post to take it for a spin the first time. Josh works over at Twelve Horses, the folks [...]

The days of putting up a website then waiting for it to show up on the first page of any search engine are long gone. Today it takes time and effort to see your site in the first couple pages of results. However, most site owners and webmasters do not know where to begin. By [...]

A great new online resource for entrepreneurs was launched yesterday as part of EntrepreneurshipWeek which is currently underway. The Biz Info Library contains a well organized yet vast collection of brief business articles on topics including Researching, Financing, Starting a Business, Marketing, and Managing Employees in a Business. I took a little time this afternoon [...]