Kristopher Brian Jones

September 21st, 2022

Nine Ways Leaders Can Help Their Employees Feel Like Themselves At Work

Researcher, author and speaker Brené Brown once said, “Daring leaders work to make sure people can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging.” When employees have the freedom to let their personalities shine and foster a connection to the company and their peers, what often follows is a strong sense of team loyalty and passion for their work.

August 9th, 2022

What to Look for in Your Enterprise SEO Manager

Did someone say “well-rounded?” Well, your SEO manager should be exactly that.

June 30th, 2022

Nine Common Business Plan Mistakes To Avoid As A New Entrepreneur

Business plans are often considered an essential tool to help set a new entrepreneur up for success. This document typically encompasses the vision for your company, including your mission statement, while also pinpointing your target audience, sales projections and growth goals.

June 22nd, 2022

Digital Marketing Mistakes Even Enterprise Businesses Make

As much as things change, there are a few pitfalls that remain ever-present threats, regardless of how big or small your business is.

May 6th, 2022

9 Pandemic-Driven Technologies That Entrepreneurs Love

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss their favorite tech that's come about in response to ongoing culture changes.

April 27th, 2022

14 Ways to Ensure Your Employees Get the Most Out of Workshops

When you invest in ongoing education and professional development for your employees, it shows them that you value their contributions to the company and, in doing so, it may also bolster morale and loyalty. To support this development, many companies will host speakers or workshops, but it's important to ensure your employees are feeling engaged — especially if it's a virtual meeting.

April 27th, 2022

9 Ways to Use a CRM Tool to Its Fullest Potential

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss how companies can make the best use of their customer relationship management tools.

April 21st, 2022

How to Grow Your Enterprise with Content Marketing

Just like email marketing, you are going to need a solid plan for creating and sending content to your customers.

February 24th, 2022

What is Growth Marketing and How Can You Leverage It?

By implementing the following growth hacking techniques, you can stay on top of the ever-changing interests of your customers and leverage them to your advantage.

December 9th, 2021

How to Build a Successful Enterprise Sales Strategy

Nothing good comes easy, but there are some proven ways to go about landing your first enterprise client.

December 7th, 2021

Set the Right Tone for Your Workday by Implementing These Nine Practices

October 29th, 2021

How to Do Digital Marketing for Real Estate

More and more people in the real estate business are taking advantage of the ways they can use digital marketing to their benefit, and you don’t want to fall behind. 

October 1st, 2021

RAISING MONEY FOR YOUR BUSINESS? 9 ALTERNATIVES TO INVESTORS

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council share alternative fundraising solutions for entrepreneurs not looking for investors.

September 28th, 2021

Nine Effective Email Marketing Strategies That Aren’t Just About ‘Selling’

Email marketing can be extremely effective for advertising products, whether through sale announcements or updates highlighting new items. But this marketing channel can also be leveraged in a number of other ways to connect with customers on a more direct and personal level, ultimately leading to more purchases.

September 27th, 2021

Why CEOs Should Be Active on Social Media

Yes, businesses are groups of people, human beings working together to achieve common goals, but the public doesn’t necessarily see it that way.

September 24th, 2021

10 Entrepreneurs Share Their Top Writing Tips For Aspiring Thought Leaders

Getting your voice out there is an important part of becoming a successful thought leader. However, it can be difficult to know the right way to convey your perspectives on different topics without a strong writing foundation.

August 20th, 2021

Freelancers: 10 Steps To Set Boundaries And Ensure You Get Paid

In the growing gig economy, there's fierce competition in many freelance markets. Far too often, contractors will try to earn repeat work from a client by going the extra mile and taking on extra work only to not get properly compensated for it.

August 19th, 2021

How Small Teams Can Set Healthy Work-Life Boundaries (Even When Growing Quickly)

For those working within a small business or team, it can be difficult to take time off. No one wants to go on vacation at the expense of their company and peers—especially during periods of rapid business growth. Still, employees and leaders need to establish healthy work-life boundaries, even when their team is small and the work is plentiful.

August 9th, 2021

How CEOs Stay Constantly Productive

As with everyone else, CEOs need the time to think through decisions and then execute the actions and duties that turn those decisions into realities.

August 5th, 2021

Nine Skills And Habits Crucial To Becoming A Successful Modern Marketer

The world of marketing is ever-changing, especially in today's digital-first world. Successful marketers not only need to be masters at capturing customers' attention and showing them the benefits of their product or service, but they also need to know how to leverage the most up-to-date digital tools to reach those customers.

July 14th, 2021

10 Myths About Selling To Customers (And The Real Truth)

Leaders often fall prey to and mistakenly share myths about sales with their team. Believing these misconceptions can hurt their ability to sell.

June 24th, 2021

13 WAYS TO BUILD UP THE HYPE FOR YOUR NEW APP LAUNCH

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council share their best tips for marketing your newly launched mobile app.

June 16th, 2021

Eight Overlooked (But Important) KPIs All Entrepreneurs Should Track

When establishing a startup, it can be difficult to know which metrics you should be focusing on. You may be watching and reporting on basic key performance indicators (KPIs) such as your gross profit margin, but are there metrics you're overlooking? The answer is most likely yes.

June 7th, 2021

13 Ways to Become a Positive Role Model for Yourself and Others

A positive role model is someone others want to emulate and follow, and successful entrepreneurs often become — sometimes unknowingly — the role models for other professionals. Whether it’s at work or in their personal lives, these leading entrepreneurs become a focus of attention because they have qualities that aspiring founders strive to replicate.

May 31st, 2021

How CEOs Should Hire Vice Presidents

CEOs must know that they cannot do it alone.

April 20th, 2021

How CEOs Can Help Their Small Businesses Grow

You still have a vital job to do: Perpetually grow the business.

March 25th, 2021

How to Hire Digital Marketing Salespeople

Digital marketing agencies know that building their SEO teams isn’t always easy. Even the top agencies in the world may have struggled at one point to find the talent that was just right for how they operate.

February 24th, 2021

How To Set Up A Performance Management System

This kind of structure lets you look at how your employees contribute to the company and conduct themselves as members of their teams.

January 19th, 2021

3 Tips for Navigating Market Downturns

The power to make these choices is all in your hands.

November 25th, 2020

The Power of Stillness in the Workplace

What the power of stillness and mindfulness in the workplace invites you to do is to cast aside doubts, make your mind a quiet and confident place, and solve your problems with the fullest mental clarity you can muster.

November 2nd, 2020

How to Launch a Podcast That Boosts Your Visibility

Be on your way to the audiences you really want.

September 21st, 2020

The Power of Continuing Education and Workshops in Your Workplace

Leadership training helps individual employees achieve their professional goals, while regular growth and development workshops can guide entire businesses in determining their direction.

August 11th, 2020

4 Tips for Hiring the Right Employees

Keep these four points in mind as you go through the hiring process, and you'll be on your way to building the business you have always wanted.

June 15th, 2020

CEO Mistakes and What to Do Instead

You learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes.

April 3rd, 2020

How to Shift Your Mindset on Entrepreneurial 'Sacrifices'

The word "sacrifice" doesn't need to have a negative connotation.

March 11th, 2020

Why Your Employees Need Leadership Training

Investing in leadership training isn’t just a way to refresh and reset the mindset of your existing leaders.

February 18th, 2020

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Law of Attraction

Hold on tight to the vision of what you want to achieve to see it come to fruition.

February 4th, 2020

CEO Origins: Founder’s Story

Personal stories about budding business leaders and their eventual successes can help to motivate other aspiring entrepreneurs.

December 17th, 2019

Five Tips For Selling Digital Marketing To Local Businesses

Show prospective clients that your digital marketing expertise will make their lives easier, not more complicated.

November 20th, 2019

Five Tips For Creating A Killer Company Culture

Develop your company naturally by focusing on improved communication and team bonding.

October 11th, 2019

How To Harness SEO For The Holidays

Optimize your holiday SEO starting this month, if you haven't already.

September 11th, 2019

Tips For Becoming A Value-Added Angel Investor

Your goals as an angel investor should begin and end with human beings above all else.

February 7th, 2019

The Benefits Of Transcendental Meditation For The Busiest Entrepreneurs

Meditation can have inexorable effects on your creative output and may help you establish greater harmony with those around you, as well as your inner self.

December 28th, 2018

Time Management Tips For Your Personal And Professional Development

Find a system that works for you to maximize productivity and reach your goals.

December 14th, 2018

The Importance Of Adopting Your Own Goal-Setting System

Set stretch goal that are still grounded in reality.

January 18th, 2018

Six Ways to Revive Your Ads and Fight Ad Fatigue

By refreshing your ad display and rotating your audience and network, you can fight ad fatigue and lower your conversion bids.

March 8th, 2017

5 Principles to Achieve Personal Growth as an Entrepreneur

It's just a matter of discipline, dedication, and execution.

February 8th, 2017

3 Fixes to Boost Your Happiness and Fuel Success (at Work and at Home)

Happiness creates a ripple effect in your business.

January 12th, 2017

4 White Hat SEO Techniques to Implement in 2017

Search engine algorithms continue to grow smarter. How will you stay ahead of the curve?

December 7th, 2016

Build Your Personal Brand: 4 Ways to Get a Jumpstart

There's no better time than right now to get started.

November 14th, 2016

6 Tony Robbins Life Hacks That Will Help You Become a Better Entrepreneur

How do you get folks everywhere on board with investing in your idea?

October 20th, 2016

Bootstrapping 101: 4 Things to Remember as You Grow Your Startup

Instead of raising a round, bootstrapping may just be the answer for accumulating funds for your startup.

August 31st, 2016

10 Ways To Successfully Raise Capital For Your Startup

Keep these tips in mind as you navigate the winding road of raising venture funding.

August 17th, 2016

The 5 Most Common Leadership Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Whether you're new to the game or are a seasoned pro, it's likely you'll fall victim to one of these common leadership mistakes.

July 22nd, 2016

The 5 Essentials of On-Page Search Engine Optimization

When it comes to SEO, always modify and iterate.

June 9th, 2016

4 Pitch-Perfect Tips for Approaching Investors

Get would-be investors to trust not only in your product but also in you.

April 1st, 2016

4 Proven Ways to Overcome Leadership Challenges at Your Startup

Don't make the rookie mistake of confusing leadership with management.

February 9th, 2016

How To Find The Right SEO Company For Your Business

SEO agencies and specialists are a dime a dozen, but finding the right fit is key.

April 22nd, 2015

How To Craft The Ultimate 60-Second Startup Pitch

Startup founders have just a few seconds to impress potential investors. Unfortunately, most squander the opportunity.

December 4th, 2014

The Dark Side Of The Moon: Why So Many Entrepreneurs Fail

If you lack these qualities, you're going to be on the wrong side of some very bleak startup failure rates.

July 9th, 2014

10 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Selling My Company to eBay

When Kristopher B. Jones was invited to a meeting with Michael Rubin, he defied conventional wisdom--and ending up selling his company for millions. Here's how.

January 16th, 2014

15 Steps To Set Your Company Up For A Successful M&A Transaction

Want to sell your startup someday for a big-dollar figure? Start by taking a hard look at your financials today -- even if a sale isn't on your immediate horizon.