Archive for October, 2009
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
Creating a good business team is essential for your business to be successful. If one person is not pulling their weight or doing their job right, it can affect the attitude of your other employees as well as your profit. When you’re building a good business team, you will want to look for certain characteristics and maybe one of them might be vegan. (more…)
Tags: building a business team, featured, good business team, start up business plan, vegan business team
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
by Steph Steph
Here are your inspirations for this week’s Testimony Tuesday. This week we had 3 great stories from people that have made the transformation, then didn’t look back. Enjoy
Submission by: Gabrielle Smith, C Cav and Wendy Bryan (more…)
Tags: featured, testimony tuesday, vegan, vegan blog
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
The online world is vast, so you need to diversify the way you use online tools and become familiar with these top ten resources ASAP. (more…)
Tags: featured, guest posts, link exchange, online advertising, online promotion, online resources, promoting your business online, social bookmarking
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
by MarinaHanes
In June 2009, QuarryGirl.com conducted an undercover investigation of vegan restaurants in Los Angeles, California. They tested the food samples for egg, casein and other animal byproducts. To their surprise, 7 out of 17 of the vegan restaurants were using non-vegan ingredients in their dishes. Obviously, there are fake vegan businesses out there, so how do you spot them? (more…)
Tags: fake vegan, fake vegan business, faux vegan, spot the fakes
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
In today’s economy, you have to be smart and strategic. Whether you choose an online or offline business, both require dedication and hard work. However, one might meet your needs more than the other, but it’s beneficial to weigh the pros and cons first before jumping in. (more…)
Tags: business in today's economy, offline business pros and cons, online business pros and cons, online vs. offline business
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
In today’s economy, you have to be smart and strategic. Whether you choose an online or offline business, both require dedication and hard work. However, one might meet your needs more than the other, but it’s beneficial to weigh the pros and cons first before jumping in. (more…)
Tags: business in today's economy, offline business pros and cons, online business pros and cons, online vs. offline business
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
by arvinrazon
Why should you even think about social media and marketing? You are anything but Internet-savvy and you’d rather sell your vegan product face-to-face. Moreover, you don’t think expanding your business online will do anything to help your business. From your point of view, these reasons automatically make you cautious about trying to market your business online, right?
Well, before you draw your own conclusions about considering online marketing, you should first consider three simple things. (more…)
Tags: featured, marketing, Marketing & Social Media, online, social media, web 2.0
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
There are so many incredibly successful vegan businesses out there, and here are the top ten that you should keep your eye on.
VegNews
This online and offline magazine is like the vegan Bible. It holds the annual Veggie Awards, which showcases top vegan businesses that readers vote on. Maintaining a magazine costs millions of dollars, but they have held down the fort.
VegiTerranean
Chrissie Hynde, rocker from The Pretenders, opened up this restaurant in Akron, Ohio in 2007. A fusion of Italian-vegetarian food is offered, and it has a modern atmosphere. Will this business continue to flourish? (more…)
Tags: featured, top 10 list, top 10 vegan businesses, vegan businesses 2009
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
by MarinaHanes
Your products are a tangible representation of your company. If they are not quality, reliable, durable or functional, your business will most likely not be successful. Since your name as well as your business’s name and reputation will be associated with your products, it’s important to gather the customer feedback and make use of it. (more…)
Tags: customer feedback, customer opinion, featured, product feedback, product improvement
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