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6 Ways to Leverage Your Military Network

6 Ways to Leverage Your Military Network   One of the biggest advantages veterans have as they enter the world of small business ownership? They already have an established and loyal existing network of contacts. As you begin your small business journey, you may be wondering how that network can help you grow your business.…
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How a CRM Can Streamline Your Company’s Operations

How a CRM Can Streamline Your Company’s Operations    Think for a second: what does every company have in common? What’s one thing that ties every single company together, no matter the industry they’re in? The answer: they need customers to survive. Your company won’t stand a chance without customers. And when you have customers,…
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Strategy – What a Month in New Jersey Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

What a Month in New Jersey Taught Me About Entrepreneurship   This Task Was Different than Anything I’ve Ever Done Before Before I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, I had the “privilege” of attending a month-long training course at wonderful Fort Dix, New Jersey. If you have never been to Fort Dix, be thankful –…
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4 Key SEO Strategies Business Owners Are Overlooking

4 Key SEO Strategies Business Owners Are Overlooking   Updated: 1/5/2019   Anyone can implement the following key SEO strategies for their small business’s website. Luckily for you, most of your competition won’t put in the effort to optimize their content or their website. According to BrightEdge, 51% of traffic comes from organic search, so…
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People Are Not Staying – Website Review #2

People Are Not Staying – Website Review #2 Inspired Growth Portal   Welcome to another episode of Inspired Growth Portal’s website review. Today we will go over my own website! It has been a month since I started my business – which means that it’s time to change up my “first draft” website. Before I…
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My Website is Slow! – Website Review #1

My Website is Slow! – Website Review #1   Guns Plus Welcome to Inspired Growth Portal’s first website review~ Today we will go over the website for the company Guns Plus, which focuses on Cerakote application and is located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The primary advertising method for this company is word of mouth and…
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Quick and Dirty: What Do I Need to Set Up My Website?

Quick and Dirty: What Do I Need to Set Up My Website?   Updated: January 4, 2019 Top 10 Things to Get Your Website Started   When I first started searching for how to improve my website, I found that so many of the articles that are online were mostly made up of filler text.…
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Learn How to Make Mind Mapping Work for You

Learn How to Make Mind Mapping Work for You   Updated: January 4, 2019   Organizing Your Ideas… With Mind Mapping!   Whenever I started a new project, I always had too many, or not enough, ideas. As you could probably guess, it usually didn’t work out all that great. I would get caught up…
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SMART Goals to Start Strong and Finish Stronger

SMART Goals to Start Strong and Finish Stronger   Updated: January 4, 2019   SMART Goals, Website Dreams, & Strategic Plans Is your New Year resolution to improve your website, grow your business, or to publish your ideas for others to see? If so – WRITE IT DOWN! It is generally believed that if you…
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