{"id":10705,"date":"2018-01-12T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/?p=10705"},"modified":"2018-01-12T11:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T10:47:52","slug":"small-business-freelancing-roundup-week-12-01-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/small-business-freelancing-roundup-week-12-01-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business and Freelancing Roundup: Week of 12\/01\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost mid-January and everyone is finally getting over the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s new with the small businesses and freelancers in our first roundup of 2018.<\/p>\n<h2>Small Business<\/h2>\n<p>1. Start your LLC right from the very first steps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/paul-sundin\/dont-set-up-an-llc-without-doing-this-1-thing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s the most important thing<\/a> that you need to do before setting it up.<\/p>\n<p>2. Experts, businesses and regular people have been discussing Trump&#8217;s tax cut since last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-01-11\/how-trump-s-tax-cut-will-lead-to-nyc-s-fall?cmpId=flipboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are some more thoughts on it and why it will likely lead to New York City&#8217;s fall.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. What&#8217;s a Promote Mode on Twitter and is it a good option for your business? <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bufferapp.com\/twitter-promote-mode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Buffer&#8217;s case study here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Use these 9 best tips to hire the best employees 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}\">4. Are you ready to expand your team and expand your small business? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/9-best-tips-for-hiring-great-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use these 9 best tips to hire the best employees ever.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0What comes first for your business, strategy or tactics? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ducttapemarketing.com\/strategy-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read some thoughts on what should prevail in this article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Freelancing &amp; Entrepreneurship<\/h2>\n<p>1. Holidays are over but not all the freelancers had a winter break. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessload.com\/freelancing\/how-to-avoid-freelancer-burnout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s how to not<span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Don't burn while freelancing non-stop&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:897,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">\u00a0burn while freelancing non-stop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Instagram is still a mystery to a lot of businesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/307083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are the 8 best tips that you can act on and grow a profile for your business.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Good content is very important but only a part of what your website needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/free-photo-editors-1357098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are 13 free photo editors that will help you look good too.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Bitcoin prices dropped this week after the rumors that South Korea is planning to ban its exchanges. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-trading-20180111-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more details here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Engaging your customers make them connect with your brand more. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/307322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read these 7 social media marketing strategies to help you with that.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today! Tune in next Friday for more news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost mid-January and everyone is finally getting over the holiday season. 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