Over the last two month, PortlandBusinessCommunity.com has increased in size and activity by an exponential amount. For that reason, we have been working to improve the layout, login, article publication and business promotion opportunities.

I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday…and remember to drink lots of water.

Did you know that few of us say “yes” or “no” clearly?  Someone asks us to do something we don’t want to do and we demand how about it like demented children, instead of saying “yes” or “no”.  And while I believe that usually, if we don’t want to do it, we should say so, [...]

Are you getting what you need from the local chamber of commerce? Do you wish your words spoken at the chamber could also serve to improve your company website’s search engine visibility? You are NOT alone!

…It is a common problem when someone is a good technician or tradesman, but lacks business knowledge and experience. But I have had other businesses in the past and I enjoy business.I simply set my standards too high…

It really is inexcusable that a left turn lane backs up to the previous intersection

Most small business need more then just a lead on a potential customer. They are also in need of valuable information on bookkeeping, marketing and management of assets. Sad to say, that information has been missing from Chambers and Networking associations…

Six Practices to make your life easier and better.

1. Relax each day, sometime during the day and do something totally unrelated to what you are working on, taking a walk, reading a book, doing Tai Chi, etc. On a larger s scale, take a short vacation, a free weekend, a trip, a cruise, a whatever. Just [...]

Offer proof to your prospects.

It’s not enough to say that you solve problems – you have to show that your customers are getting results from your business.

Testimonials are one of the most powerful and cost effective selling tools you can implement in your arsenal of marketing. Why? Because you are offering evidence to your prospects [...]

This site is FREE for you to use and now you can add you Elevator speech for ALL to read. At this point we will show the last ten elevator speeches in the site bar. Clicking on “Archive for Elevator Speech” will take you to a list of all elevator speeches. Soon we will add a “Most Popular Elevator Speech”. These presentations can be of a more direct selling presentation, since they will only appear in the blog space “if” a visitor clicks on the title.