Just for Small Business is an information blog which offers resources and tips and examples to the backbone of most economies, those who run small businesses. The site is very simple visually, with a three column layout with the main content in the middle. As I scrolled down I noticed a few problems with the design, such as the ‘visit small biz boot camp box’ was overflowing into (and covering) the content (I’m browsing with Firefox), ho-hum.
The author, Denise O’Berry , has done a mountain of work with small businesses having, a small business online forum, a weekly Small Biz Strategies tip e-zine, plus she writes a syndicated small business column and publishes a small business newsletter. Phew. Clearly someone you should listen to!
The blog content contains great information for those in small business. I would think anyone running a business of any size could benefit from the wisdom and examples in this blog. It takes just a few minutes to read a month of entries. The information could potential make a major different in the success, of failure of one’s business. In one entry entitled, ‘Employees Aren’t Mind Readers’ Denise explains the importance of giving clear instructions to employees. In her example, an employee who couldn’t find a switch to turn off a machine pulled the plug out on the machine instead, which ruined the product inside by the next morning. Clearly this example underscores the importance of training staff and having reference material they can access if they need a question answered about how to do task ‘x’. Each entry has some timbit of useful information to share to help business owners in various areas such as staffing, planning, proposals, marketing, taxes etc.. The writing is straightforward and accessible for all readers, even those outside of business may find some benefit to reading this blog. Denise also reviews many books that focus on small business in her blog and offers photos of those books so readers can easily find them.
While not the most impressive site visually the solid content in ‘Just for Small Business’ makes this site an impressive resource for anyone interested in improving their bottom line. Even the casual non-business reader may enjoy some of the examples that Denise provides. Bottom line: An accessible, easy to read resource that should be mandatory reading for every small business owner.
Just for small business