{"id":10516,"date":"2017-11-17T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T08:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/?p=10516"},"modified":"2017-11-17T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T09:20:03","slug":"small-business-freelancing-roundup-week-171117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/small-business-freelancing-roundup-week-171117\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business and Freelancing Roundup: Week of 17\/11\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas decorations are invading all the stores and streets of the city while we&#8217;re only in the middle of November.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check all the latest news in the small business freelancing world this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Small Business<\/h2>\n<p>1. No matter how big or small your business is, there&#8217;s always a chance to find yourself in the middle of a scandal, or find out about the information leaks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/christopherskroupa\/2017\/11\/16\/minimizing-corporate-leaks-and-managing-scandals\/#13eb204670cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s how to minimize those risks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Politicians and business owners in the US are talking about the new tax plans non-stop nowadays. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robbmandelbaum\/2017\/11\/16\/battle-of-the-tax-plans-house-and-senate-small-business-rate-cuts-compared\/#1a8af5e7494b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about them.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Some say that some of the small businesses will be losing more than gaining after the new tax plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/columnist\/abrams\/2017\/11\/15\/8-small-business-losers-under-republicans-tax-bill\/862597001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are the 9 losers among small businesses.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. There are some limitations for marketing if you have a small business, but it doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t do anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessload.com\/sales-marketing\/5-types-marketing-small-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are the 5 ways of marketing that you should be doing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Studying your competition is critical when you&#8217;re launching new products, or just trying to get your business on its feet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/2017\/11\/15\/how-to-increase-profits-by-analyzing-your-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s how to increase your profits when analyzing your competition.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Freelancing &amp; Entrepreneurship<\/h2>\n<p>1. Distributing resources correctly is one of the major issues for small businesses. Sometimes it&#8217;s wiser to outsource, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business2community.com\/small-business\/9-things-small-businesses-can-outsource-save-money-time-01958454#JyQbi742QywgYQ4C.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and here are the top 9 things.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Speaking of the resources once again, small businesses are apparently not doing the greatest job in the marketplace as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/bob-house\/top-mistakes-small-biz-buyers-are-making-in-current-marketplace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are the top mistakes they are making.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Promoting your business becomes more consciousness when you have a plan in mind. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/branding-strategy-for-your-small-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out our\u00a0<span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;17 tips on creating the best branding strategy for your small business&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:961,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;9&quot;:1,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">17 tips on creating the best branding strategy for your small business.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. If you&#8217;re skipping on the strategic goals, a social media plan must exist anyway. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenfeed.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-social-media-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are 8 tips to organize your activities online and grow your business.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Are you ready to start looking for some investments for your young startup? <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/11\/16\/where-and-why-venture-capitalists-invest-close-to-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s how, where and why venture capitalists invest.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>That&#8217;s it for this week! Tune in next Friday for more updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas decorations are invading all the stores and streets of the city while we&#8217;re only in the middle of November. Let&#8217;s check all the latest news in the small business freelancing world this week. Small Business 1. 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