Small Business Advice for Portrait Photographers 8-14-2007

In the previous blog, we talked about Mark Riffey of Rescue Marketing, highlighting his breadth of knowledge and experience in the photography industry.  In this blog entry, I would like to introduce Linda Riley and "Small Business Brief," http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com. They have a full web page and produce an e-newsletter that we have subscribed to for years.  I like them because their advice is truly geared for small businesses, with lots of advice for startups. 

In a recent e-newsletter, I saw a piece on SBA small business lending myths and a hypertext to more info on their web site.  Since I (Thad) know a bit about the SBA small business program through my work at a credit union that does lots of business loans, I checked it out.  I found it to be on the money (pardon the pun).  The author is correct in saying that SBA can do loans up $1.5M but they also make lots of truly small business loans (even just a few thousand dollars).  

I especially enjoy their e-newsletter.  You can sign up for it at http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/.  The newsletter content varies enormously: lots of ideas about web pages, search engines, etc.  It also gives advice on financing (as we saw above) and business credit, working at home with children (which is how my wife started out), marketing advice, e-bay tips, technology issues, copyrighting, among many other topics. On top of all that, I like its informality and ability to speak to the small business novice.