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Networking Before And After Covid-19

by Linda Ockwell-Jenner

The Small Business Community Network (SBCN) continued to offer networking opportunities once the pandemic led to working from home during the first lockdown last year. We know the…

Get Comfortable With Change

by Janet Benedict

In these trying times, getting more comfortable with change is vital to your survival.  Dealing with a change in your life can be downright uncomfortable, and the larger the…

Virtual Tours For Your Business

by Sergey Pavlov

360KW  offers Virtual Tours for any type of business you have! We worked with many different companies in the past, and are happy to provide services for retail stores,…

What Sets You Apart?

by Janet Benedict

What sets you apart from the hundreds of thousands of others in a sales capacity.  Whether it is a product or service, your number one product is YOU!Let me say that again,…

7 Steps To Improve Your Sales Conversations

by Janet Benedict

A lot of people fall into the same trap and could have much better sales conversations.  Often, they talk too much, too little, are over eager, unprepared and appear…

Nextgen Business Podcast

by Linda Ockwell-Jenner

The NextGen Business Podcast is aimed at YOU, our next generation’s entrepreneur!Linda OJ and Aaron Espindola are your hosts for this energetic and topical video podcast.Join us…

2021 Is The Year To Adapt

by Linda Ockwell-Jenner

Adapt purely means to “to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.”  - Dictionary.comThe pandemic has impacted all…

Video On Social Media

by Dave Ockwell-Jenner

We’ve been hearing for some time that video is “the way to go”. Content consumers are favoring video content in increasing numbers, so if you have yet to add video to your content…

My Word For 2021 Is Adapt

by Janet Benedict

According to Darwin's Origin of Species, It is not the strongest that survives; nor the most intelligent who survives.  It the one the that is most adaptable to change. …

Express Your Creativity

by Dave Ockwell-Jenner

Today we’re all competing for brand attention: getting someone to notice our brand and our business. That means we need to stand out from our contemporaries and there’s no better…

What Can A Banana Tell Us About Business Strategy?

by Tom Fournier

  Tom FournierI had a “I was this many minutes old” moment not too long ago when I saw someone posting about bananas.  I wish I kept track of the person who posted…

Business In The Streets’ 2020 Fall Virtual Programs Are Now Open

by Dave Ockwell-Jenner

At Business in the Streets, we help young entrepreneurs grow or validate their business idea, by providing them access to:8-week virtual business trainingMentorshipA community of…