Once used to bolster troubled staffers, coaching now is part of the standard development training for elite executives and talented up-and-comers.
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Small Business Articles

Starting up, expansion, and growth articles.

• Accidental Entrepreneur - How to deal with change and transition.
• Coaches & Coaching - For the coach.
• Grow Your Home Business - When you're ready to expand.
• Hot Business Strategies - Plan for success.
• How To - Detailed, practical advice.
• Inner Entrepreneur - For the spiritually minded business owner.
• Marketing & Promoting Your Business - Sure-fire ways to get yourself known.
• New Business Start-up - Get started now!
• Overcoming Your Fears - What's holding you back?
• Small Business Tips & Ideas - Results guaranteed.
• Women Entrepreneurs - Specific to women.
  

• Bylined Articles
  

  Alkamae's Founder, Dr. Susan L. Reid, writes as a small business expert for:

  • American Express OPEN Forum
  • American Express Next Gen
    
  • Red Wire Nation
  • Small Business Trends

  
  

   

• Accidental Entrepreneur
  An Accidental Pren-her® is a woman who finds herself unexpectedly starting up a business for the very first time. She probably has had no, or very little, experience starting up a business.
  

  
  These articles are for you if you want to make the transition from accidental entrepreneur to successful small business owner.
  

   

• Coaches & Coaching
  This is our article resource place for coaches.
  
  Here you will find helpful information on running your business, practical how-tos on client issues, and other resources that will improve your business and make you a better coach.
  

   

• Grow Your Home Business
  It takes courage to expand and grow your home business. And strength to see it through.
  
  You'll want to read the pre-expansion check list before you get started, and peruse the options for expansion for suggestions.

   

• Hot Business Strategies
  
  Need an action plan?
  Specific steps to take?
  Ways to make it happen?

   

• How To
  
  Providing detailed and practical advice for the woman entrepreneur starting up her business. You'll find everything from how to use the Law of Attraction to finding a profitable niche here.
  

   

• Inner Entrepreneur
  

  
  This collection of articles is perfect for those who are interested in starting-up a business from the inside out, upon the foundational mix of solid business acumen and inner spiritual wisdom.

   

• Marketing & Promoting Your Business
  "Okay, so now what?"

  "How do I drive traffic to my website?"

  These articles provide practical and creative advice on SEO, article distribution, niche marketing, and using PR services.

   

• New Business Start-up
  
  How do I get started?
  What should be my first step?
  Where do I begin?
  
  You've come to the right place for answers.

   

• Overcoming Your Fears
  Before you throw in the towel, take a look at these articles. They will help you address your fears, master your psychology, and get back on the track.

   

• Small Business Tips & Ideas
  "Results guaranteed!" Aren't those the words you want to hear when trying something new?
  
  Here you are. These work! No need to invent the wheel when these articles have already done it for you. 

   

• Women Entrepreneurs
  Are you a woman with an entrepreneurial spirit? Creative, innovative, and independent? Do you like being on the leading edge of things and pushing the limits of what's known and understood?
  
  If the typical nine-to-five job doesn't cut it for you, and if you're excited about growing your home business into a six-figure success, then you'll find lots of insight and guidance in these articles.