Social media..

So .... your company's on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn ..... now what? What do you say? How do you draw attention to your company by just having a presence here? You don't! Interaction is the key. Listen. Participate. If some...one asks a question and you know the answer ..... answer it! Less personal information and photos (save that for your personal FB page), and more to let people know that you know your stuff! Watch this quick video ....

SC DOT Offers Bonding Program for Doing Business With the Government

If you're interested in getting your business bonded, this "Bonding Education Program" offered by the South Carolina Department of Transportation will be helpful, and also give you a boost in efforts to do business with the government.

Our apologies for the right part of this poster image being cut off, but in order to have it large enough to read, there was no choice.



What the elite Small Business Entrepreneurs are saying about success.

“Knock on a lot of doors, don't give up and build a great team around you. "I wanted to own a construction company. I wanted to be with the big boys. But I wanted to help first time homebuyers, single moms and single dads."


"In today's world, whether you like it or not, you are going to be an entrepreneur, the question is whether you are going to be a good one or a bad one. Whether you own a company or work for someone else, the key is to never have an employee mentality, always have an ownership mentality. Invest in yourself."

"In economies like this, a lot of companies cut down on their advertising budgets. My company has actually increased it."
- Entrepreneur Magazine

 "Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled." - Howard Stevenson

We can help.

" It appears entrepreneurs definitely visit the SBDCs -- more than 500,000 of them in 2010, the study found -- and the business owners report the resources there helped their businesses thrive.One of the biggest advantages users of SBDCs gained was knowledge of how to get a business loan. There's also good crossover with business education, as many of the centers are hosted on college campuses. " -Entrepreneur

Here are some helpful YouTube tips for your business

1. Make sure your content is not outdated, slowly your video will start working its way up the search engine rankings as potential customer will start watching it and sharing it with others.

2. Provide interesting and useful content for your small business to get noticed on YouTube.

3. When posting a video on Youtube, don’t use the video as a one-way medium to broadcast. Try to engage your customers by asking them to leave comments or provide input; feedback is always helpful.

4. People look at YouTube videos to find information and advice that is beneficial to them; do not use it to directly sell your products, people don’t want to see adds.

Small Business Development Center - Here is how we can help.

At the SBDC, we provide counseling, training, and financing through the SBA to support all small businesses. To find out more, stop by our offices today, call us at 803-323-2283 or visit us at http://winthropregionalsbdc.org/. We can help.