Tools to help You Communicate with Remote Employees

08.29.11 Posted in Employees, Technology by 7MainStreet.com

In this day and age there are many jobs that can be done remotely. You may have pinpointed some of these positions in your business and now allow people to work from home. There are many benefits to having an off-site workforce. One is that you can reduce your spend on utilities. Less employees in [...]


The Importance of Reputation Management Online

06.07.11 Posted in Social Media by 7MainStreet.com

The Internet is a social place, and even if your company does not have a well developed web presence of its own, your customers and potential customers are building one for you.   They are doing this by talking to their friends on Facebook and Twitter about their experiences with your company.  They may even be [...]


7 Things Your Product Pages Must Have

06.06.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Shopping by 7MainStreet.com

If you are selling your products online with 7MainStreet or other avenues, then you must take care that your product pages are well done.   There are many elements of a product page that should be addressed in order for your product page to get traffic and convert. 1)  Images You should provide as many images [...]


7 Ways to Make the Best Use of Twitter

05.31.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Social Media by 7MainStreet.com

Twitter is a great way for your local business to stay in touch with existing customers and a great way to get your brand in front of new potential customers. But maintaining an active Twitter account does take some work to be useful. Here are 7 tips to help you make the best out of [...]


Why Your Business Should be Using Social Media

05.26.11 Posted in Business Tips, Social Media by 7MainStreet.com

A few years ago it was hard to convince business owners that they needed to be using Social Media, because the need wasn’t very clear.  Today, it’s pretty much a requirement.  Social Media has been so widely adopted by the masses that to not leverage it for business is to ignore a huge segment of [...]


7 Little Perks That Can Make Your Business a Great Place to Work

05.25.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Business Tips by 7MainStreet.com

Your employees should enjoy coming to work.  When they do, you’ll find that they are more productive and genuinely care more about the outcome of their projects and the business as a whole.  Making your workplace not only a comfortable, but an enjoyable place to spend eight hours of the day will go a long [...]


7 FREE Online Business Tools

05.24.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Business Tips by 7MainStreet.com

There many great things about the Internet, not all of them involving videos about cats doing silly things.  There are many FREE downloadable and Internet hosted services that you can use for your business.  Here’s a list of some of the best: 1) Open Office Open Office is a full suite of productivity tools.   It [...]


Top 7 Places Where you Must Claim Your Brand Online

05.23.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Social Media by 7MainStreet.com

As part of your overall brand strategy, you should secure your brand name on every social website you possibly can.  These keeps others from setting up accounts as your brand and then trying to sell it back to you, or worse using it to smear your name.  Being the brand owner, you do have some [...]


7 Best Things to do in San Francisco, CA

05.19.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Entertainment, Restaurants, Shopping by 7MainStreet.com

Explore the great city of San Francisco and what it has to offer. With many things to do and many things to see. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Chinatown! Here are the 7 Best Things to do in San Francisco. 1. Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco’s main attraction and also one of the most [...]


7 Ways to Maintain Productivity

05.18.11 Posted in 7 by 7MainStreet.com, Amusing by 7MainStreet.com

Productivity is hard to maintain.  For instance, I really don’t want to be writing this article.  I’d much rather be doing something non-productive like playing Angry Birds on my iPhone or converting potato chips into fat molecules.  But I must produce!  If I don’t, then you loyal readers might miss out on some great business [...]