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SEO marketing should be the top strategy to use to promote your business online. Nothing beats the results you get from this technique. There is a reason why every online marketing book, resource, tool, etc. always refer to search engine marketing. It's no secret that search engines command the highest amounts of traffic online. They drive web traffic by the millions. It's also no secret that search engines are the sources of the most targeted traffic online. Even a blind man can see how this affects the whole internet business industry. With that said, if you have a business online or that you are planning to build one, it's always best to start optimizing it for the search engines the moment you register the business's website domain. If you want to know more about this topic, you can read the tips and guide below.
To help you get the most out of SEO marketing, always remember the following tips.
1. Do your research. Even before you get a domain name, you should start researching. You have to make sure that the domain name you purchase clearly describes what your website is all about. For instance, if you are planning to create a website that sells basketballs, then by all means make sure that your domain name contains the word 'basketballs'. The wrong domain name can make the wrong impression to those who sees it. So do your research before you register anything.
2. Know your keywords. Again, in order to identify your most relevant keywords, you need to conduct a lot of researching. Keywords make up the backbone of SEO marketing. Always keep in mind that you are probably not the only person selling your products or services online. There could be hundreds or thousands of other sellers offering the exact products. With that said, business will be very tough if you are using the same keywords your competitors are using. So pull yourself away from the crowd by using less competitive keywords. You will only be able to do this through research. There are dozens of keyword research tools online and most of them are free to use. So take advantage of them.
3. Build links. Links are among the major factors that search engines take into account in determining the relevancy of a website. The more links pointing to a certain website, the more relevant it is in the eyes of the search engines.
Always keep these SEO marketing tips in mind.
SEO Marketing Tips You Can't Live Without
Patrice Barber - Tuesday, October 25, 2011
SEO marketing should be the top strategy to use to promote your business online. Nothing beats the results you get from this technique. There is a reason why every online marketing book, resource, tool, etc. always refer to search engine marketing. It's no secret that search engines command the highest amounts of traffic online. They drive web traffic by the millions. It's also no secret that search engines are the sources of the most targeted traffic online. Even a blind man can see how this affects the whole internet business industry. With that said, if you have a business online or that you are planning to build one, it's always best to start optimizing it for the search engines the moment you register the business's website domain. If you want to know more about this topic, you can read the tips and guide below.
To help you get the most out of SEO marketing, always remember the following tips.
1. Do your research. Even before you get a domain name, you should start researching. You have to make sure that the domain name you purchase clearly describes what your website is all about. For instance, if you are planning to create a website that sells basketballs, then by all means make sure that your domain name contains the word 'basketballs'. The wrong domain name can make the wrong impression to those who sees it. So do your research before you register anything.
2. Know your keywords. Again, in order to identify your most relevant keywords, you need to conduct a lot of researching. Keywords make up the backbone of SEO marketing. Always keep in mind that you are probably not the only person selling your products or services online. There could be hundreds or thousands of other sellers offering the exact products. With that said, business will be very tough if you are using the same keywords your competitors are using. So pull yourself away from the crowd by using less competitive keywords. You will only be able to do this through research. There are dozens of keyword research tools online and most of them are free to use. So take advantage of them.
3. Build links. Links are among the major factors that search engines take into account in determining the relevancy of a website. The more links pointing to a certain website, the more relevant it is in the eyes of the search engines.
Always keep these SEO marketing tips in mind.
90 Minutes to a Successful PR Campaign - Workshop
Patrice Barber - Thursday, September 15, 2011
What if you could have the Business Journal calling you?
ABC news saw your article and now they want an interview!
What would that mean to your business?
The reach of the media far exceeds our ability to network in person.
Many business owners see PR campaigns as limited to a corporate budget.
We used to believe that PR campaigns required a PR agency or ad agency.
Now that the PR landscape has changed,
you have direct access to the media.
In this hands on workshop, you will develop a PR campaign specific to your business.
Leave with your completed PR campaign ready to implement.
In the workshop :
- Get your business and get "media ready" with your very own updated media kit
- Create the backbone of your marketing arsenal - your advocate list
- Outline the key points of your next press release
- Identify your target industries and related media connections
- Get ready to shine the spot light on your PR campaign
When: September 28 from 1:30-3:30 pm
Seating is limited to the first 30.
Reserve your seat today http://bityurl.com/PR-now-aa
The workshop is held at : Remax Professional Training Center 9200 E. Panorama Cir Englewood, CO
Internet Marketing Makes Your Business Reach to Your Target Audience and Boost Up Your Sales
Patrice Barber - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
In the light of growing internet awareness in every part of the world and use of internet in purchasing products and services online in developed and developing countries, internet marketing has become all the more important and even overtaken traditional advertisement modes in case of many products and services. Strategy and process of internet marketing differ for different businesses and hence it needs to thoroughly analyze and apply various techniques of internet marketing that uniquely suit to your specific business needs.
Internet marketing is a broad concept that encompasses various processes like Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), PPC Campaign, Article Marketing, Press Releases, Link Exchange and YouTube Marketing etc. First of all, an expert internet marketing consultant decides which process will bring more business for a particular product or service in minimum possible time and then start working on that. SEO generally takes time but they bring quality business once the website comes on top ranks in different search engines through several business keywords. Similarly, SMM needs time to bear fruits. Hence, in the beginning one can run PPC campaign on search engines like Google and on social networking sites like Facebook. These will bring instant business leads.
For SEO, the keywords analysis and selecting business keywords from which you wants your website to be visible on top ranks in search engines is very important. Ultimately, these keywords will bring traffic on your website and increase your sales leads. Once the website comes with different keyphrases, it is essential to constantly work on these keywords to maintain their ranks. An internet marketing company or a professional SEO service provider plays good role here. For social media marketing, it is necessary to catch the pulse of your targeted audience on different social networking sites like Facebook and accordingly attract their attention towards your Facebook Fan Page and towards your website too through the link given on the Fan Page. Similarly, appropriate work should be done on Twitter and MySpace as well.
In some special cases, article marketing becomes important when the products or service needs to be described and circulated on large scale on internet. It works in two ways. First, the article gives the reader complete knowledge of products and services. Secondly, it brings traffic to your website through the links on the article. Similarly, YouTube marketing helps the customer to see the products in videos and understand the services perfectly. Recently, article and YouTube marketing has gained pace in business world. Press releases give you opportunity to highlight your business activities, products and services. It also enhances the traffic on your website.
To sum up, different aspects of internet marketing that have potential to bring quality traffic and business leads must be analyzed, and finally the services discussed above need to be chosen keeping in mind the specific business requirements. Best planning and right strategy for internet marketing are pre-requisites of getting your business boost up on the internet.
Google Plus
Patrice Barber - Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Google Plus is the newest social networking site to hit the Internet. Being as its from Google, it's no surprise that this is going to turn out pretty big. While the network is still in its infancy, anyone who has a Gmail account has access to the network. Due to the huge number of users of Gmail, the number of uses in Google Plus skyrocketed as soon as the network was made available. However, since it still has not officially launched, there are many things lacking in Google Plus that Facebook has. For example, businesses are not allowed on Google Plus yet, making the avenue inadequate for advanced marketing. There are many things that make Google Plus quite unique, and it will take some time for Facebook to catch up.
Many people theorize that Facebook has been slacking on updating its features, because until now it did not have any major competitors. MySpace unofficially died long ago, and frankly I have always hated the extremely cluttered look of the site. Facebook will always have a place in the social networking world, as it will be forced to innovate, but for now Google Plus has some very interesting features.
Google Plus's two most innovative features are Circles and Hangout. Circles is what all the high school and college users of Facebook are really excited about. It allows you to exclude certain categories of people from certain postings, and is much more efficient than the Facebook system of categorizing posts. You can create as many circles as you want and name it whatever you want, and your friends cannot see the name of your circles. For your work supervisor, you could friend him and put him in the circle of "Dumb boss", and he/she would not be any the wiser. It truly is an innovative system!
Then there is Hangout, which is a really awesome feature. It allows you to video chat with multiple people at once. You can get all your friends together and chat in the same place, which is an unparalleled social networking feature. The future is finally here, and it is only a matter of time before we are speaking to each other using holographic representations of ourselves. It might sound crazy, but such technology already exists, and at the rate technology is changing we will probably see that in the next couple years. It is going to be pretty incredible! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6455881
At Taylor Made Small Bizwe can help you create a online business strategy that incorporates all social media platforms to help you gain an ROI quicker.
It's a Three Legged Stool Thing
Patrice Barber - Wednesday, July 13, 2011
How many of you started your business because you love to sell? Or because you love to do the bookkeeping and accounting for your company? Or create processes or manage employees? My guess is: not many!
But all of these "other" responsibilities are vital to a successful small business and, if you are like most small business owners, these vital tasks get back-burnered while tending to the day to day obligations of your business.
1. DOING. 2. MANAGING. 3. BUILDING.
These are the three legs of the proverbial three legged stool that must be tackled to grow and sustain a viable business.
DOING
For most of us, it is easy to address the DOING leg. Usually, this is the most enjoyable part of our businesses. It's what you would do all day long if you could. It is the day to day work of the business. It's your core skills and probably why you started your business in the first place.
If you are a cabinet maker, it is working with the wood. If you are a therapist, it is being with your client delivering the services that will benefit him or her. If you own a retail shop, it is selecting lines and interacting with shoppers. If you're a web developer, it is creating the web site. In short, whatever you started your business to do, is what you spend the most of your time actually DOING. That makes sense. But it often comes at the expense of not addressing the other two legs which are equally important.
MANAGING
The idea of MANAGING your business is more than managing employees. It is the effort you invest to develop or improve the processes within your company to create greater efficiency. It is getting invoices sent on time. It is following up on past due invoices. It is researching and developing new products or services. It is tending to administrative issues such as your lease or verifying you have a good interest rate with your merchant service provider. These duties are part of managing your business. They often do not require daily attention, but should be addressed on a regular basis to ensure you are running your business efficiently and profitably. Even though you have good intentions and these tasks get added to your To Do List, they often get skipped over because you need to do "more pressing things". This can wait until tomorrow. The tomorrows to weeks and then months and you miss the opportunity to MANAGE your business for maximum profit, effective employees and efficient operations.
The penalty for not managing your business is a poorly run organization that does not improve with age. You'll have bored and weak employees, ineffectual processes and log jams, lousy cash flow and poor profit and will find yourself stuck - unable to move forward in growing your business.
BUILDING
As a business owner you must engage in BUILDING your business so it is sustainable. Building your business entails the ever-present need to expose your products and services to potential buyers. It is actively marketing your business to create a pipeline of leads. It is a vigil of listening to customer needs and reacting to them. It is staying on top of industry and business situation trends. It is seeking out people who can use your products or services. In short, it is sales and marketing.
This leg is the most elusive of all. There are no deadlines to force you to react. Building your business is entirely up to you and you must be accountable to yourself to regularly build you business. Most entrepreneurs struggle the building leg because it's hard! How do you know how to reach your potential clients? How are you supposed to make time to build your business when all your time is spent doing your business? How do you make that first call? How can we afford to do marketing?
If you don't BUILD your business, it will fail.
So, if you're thinking that you don't spend enough time on managing and building your business, what can you do?
- Admit to yourself that your business will fail if you do not spend adequate time managing and building your business. Fear is a good motivator.
- You, as the business leader, will have to direct these activities, but you do not have to do all of them. Allow employees to take on some of the responsibilities.
- Outsource what you can't do or don't want to do. Hire a part time bookkeeper or a professional telesales rep to make calls.
- Create a comprehensive marketing plan with reasonable due dates that give you adequate time to execute the tasks you need to accomplish. Stick to it.
- Find an accountability partner to challenge you to keep to your commitments.
- Make appointments with yourself to dedicate to managing or building tasks. Do nothing else during that time except those tasks.
- If having the money to build your business is an issue, choose lower cost, yet effective, strategies such as social networking, in-person networking or working the telephone to contact leads. These take time, but are relatively inexpensive.
- If you are reticent about an aspect that you know you must do, take a training class on the subject to give you the tools and confidence to tackle them.
- Set aside one day a month when you do not schedule any other business responsibilities and work on managing and building responsibilities. Don't allow for interruptions.
- Contact some of the many organizations that offer professional counseling such as the SBDC, SCORE, SBA, etc.
Remember, it's a three legged stool thing. If one leg is weak or broken, the whole thing will crash. And that hurts.
Thank you for letting us use this article Mo
Maureen (Mo) Kanwischer
Momentum Business Consulting
Searching for Mobile Advice? Look no further
Patrice Barber - Saturday, July 09, 2011
There is a lot of buzz about Mobile. In fact for some businesses,
the internet has taken a back seat to using the power of the cell phone.
Attached is an article to explain a key part of choosing mobile which centers on
"what to measure" for success.
The Need for Mobile Analytics
If you are ready to talk more about how a mobile marketing campaign
can change your current results of about 2% to 20-30% responses,
here is how we can get started.
Lets connect for a LIVE demo of how we can start with a
free 30 day trial to get your mobile marketing campaign going.
It only takes about 45 minutes for us to:
Identify opportunities to beat your competition with mobile marketing. Show you how to convert more visitors into leads. Demonstrate how we track the ROI of your marketing efforts. Set up your 30 day free trial
I have time available next week on Tuesday or Thursday.
Click here to pick a time that works best for you.
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5 Useful Internet Marketing Tips
Patrice Barber - Thursday, July 07, 2011
Using the internet to promote your business is the newest form of advertising. There are many different ways to make sure that your business is being recognized online. When considering your internet marketing strategy there are a few tips that can help ensure the success of the campaign. Below are five tips for starting a successful internet marketing campaign.
Tip 1: Online Research
One of the biggest mistakes a company can make is to not research what other businesses in the same industry are doing. Taking the time to research your competition will give you a heads-up on what is working and what is not. Look into how they are developing their internet marketing campaign to gain useful information before starting your own. Another important step in the research process is to determine who is using your product and how to best reach this target market.
Tip 2: Analyze Data
After researching information about your competition, it will be important to sit down and analyze the information that has been found. Consider the strengths of your competition and how your company may use a similar strategy. Determining the websites that are visited most often by your targeted market will enable your business to consider these websites as targets for advertising. Consider something that your company could offer the consumer that your competition is currently not offering, such as a bonus or other incentive.
Tip 3: Develop Strategy
Using the research that has been performed, it is time to start developing your Internet Marketing strategy. Plan the type of marketing methods that your company wants to use and what it will cost to use them. Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, pay-per-click advertising, blogging, email, link building, and webinars are all worth consideration. These options should be ranked in order of preference and cost. It is important to consider your time and budget when considering your internet marketing strategy.
Tip 4: Implementation
Once a plan is in place, the company should start implementing it as soon as possible. After starting the internet marketing campaign, it is important to monitor the success of each type of marketing technique that is being used. Consider your SEO rankings; are they performing at a rate that is satisfactory? Track the time the consumers are spending on your website, if it is less than 30 seconds it is important to find out why.
Tip 5: When in Doubt, Hire a Professional
It is important as a business owner to understand what your strengths and weaknesses are. Hiring a professional for your internet-marketing plan may be your best option, especially if no one on your team is comfortable with this type of work. There are several businesses that offer professional services that can benefit your company greatly. Consider the amount of money that is in your budget for your internet marketing campaign. It may be well worth it to hire a company that will guarantee the creation of a successful strategy for your business.
QR Codes and Mobile Marketing
Patrice Barber - Thursday, May 19, 2011
QR codes are a new, mobile marketing technology that is quickly gaining in popularity and with good reason. Their potential is limitless. Today, it would be difficult to find someone who doesn’t own a cell phone. Most cell phone owners keep them close at hand, taking them with them wherever they go. Savvy companies are taking advantage of this, reaching out to both prospective and actual customers, via their mobile phones. They are one of the many methods companies are using to do so.
For those unaware of what a QR (Quick Response) Code is, it is a 2-D visual code that can be read by QR scanners, cell phones with cameras and Smartphones. QR codes can be encoded with all types of information, including, text, phone numbers and URLs.
When individuals come across a Quick Response code, they can scan it with their phone and instantly be taken to whatever website a company has encoded the QR code to. An increasing number of companies are utilizing these codes and with great success. They are a unique form of advertising which is cutting-edge and taking off in a big way. QR codes connect online and offline media in a way that has never been done before. Now individuals are able to go from offline to online adverts or web pages with a quick and easy scan of their phone.
Quick Response codes have taken off for a variety of reasons, one of the primary being that consumers seem to be responding to them. They are a bit mysterious. The codes are black and white modules in a square pattern. There is no definite rhyme or reason to them, at least visually. It is only after scanning the code, that individual can determine what message the company is relaying.
QRs are akin to a live website link or URL. Until now, the only way a person could go directly to a website with a simple click was if they were online. Now, this can be done even when the link is not online. QR codes are embedded with URL links and functionally, act as such. Individuals are automatically transferred to whatever URL the QR Code is embedded with when they use their mobile phone to scan the code.
Companies committed to staying abreast of the latest technologies and then using them to maintain and grow their business should look into QR codes. They are one of the latest technological developments available to businesses interested in entering the enormous and potentially lucrative, mobile phone market.
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Discover how to Get More Customers Online
Patrice Barber - Thursday, May 12, 2011
Fellow Entrepreneurs, Marketing Directors, & Business Owners;
Maybe you have a website, a Facebook fan page or LinkedIN profile,
but are you seeing results - people connecting and buying from you online?
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I have to admit, when I started shifting our business to bringing in leads from online sources, early on in the change, I had a few successes but a lot more failures.
With the help of my team we now have more than 50% of our leads coming from online sources.
More than half our clients using this system have doubled ( 100% increase) their sales within 90 days.
We have taken all those lessons we learned and developed the
Just Results - Rapid Achievement Program and the Get More Customers Online Bootcamp.
- If you are not getting the results from your current marketing
- If you want to expand your marketing reach to attract more customers
- If you are tired of networking and want faster results, more clients, more money
In this course:
- Find out how to go from 10 steps to just 2 steps to have prospects calling you
- Get the 3 keys to creating your online sales funnel
- Craft your online marketing message that gets heard and gets response
- Discover 5 ways to get your Facebook fans to interact with you
- How to use video marketing to drive traffic to your site
- Learn how to structure your irresistable offer (hint its different than your face-to-face offer)
- Discover where to find LEADS online at the lowest cost and highest return
- Learn how mobile phones are bringing in fast cash at 10X over other marketing strategies
- Know exactly what to do each month with our easy to use marketing calendar
Customize the system to your business and hit the "GO" button.
Get the tools we use and strategies we recommend for our private consulting clients who pay $2500- $4500 + for their custom system. Includes: 30 day free access to GENESIS our online marketing platformGET THE LIVE COURSE & PRIVATE CONSULTING
"Systems are the elevator to the top floor of success"
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Join us and learn the system we use and how to super charge your marketing by attracting business online, converting contacts to cash online, and staying in touch all online. Lots of online courses give you materials and then leave you without any help ...."high and dry."This is different and here is why
Instead of just telling you what to do, we will SHOW you what to do and how to do it for the lowest costs and maximum results. Each week we provide the education you need. Our strategists review and give you feedback and recommendations. Finally, we include 3 months consulting to make sure you have your system running smoothly.Join us from the comfort of your computer.
- Six weeks of LIVE interactive webinar training (similar courses priced at $1500-$2800)
- All modules recorded for you to watch and listen to as often as you like
- Each module comes with Guides, pre-done Templates and recommended Tools
- Life time updates- as long as you are a member of the Rapid Achievement Program
- Just Results - Rapid Achievement Program - Gold Level
Module 1 - Fundamentals of Online and Mobile Marketing
- Top 5 marketing strategies to attract online visitors
- How to find 3 Keywords that drive traffic to your site
- The shortest path to list building
- Month by month marketing success plan
- The Online and Mobile Marketing success formula
Module 2 - Crafting Your Irresistible Offer
- When and why to have a free offer
- Five steps from free prospect to paying customer
- Building your warm welcome and what to avoid at all costs
- What makes a successful Sales Funnel
- When to ask for money online and when not to
Module 3 - Monetizing Social Media Channels
- What 84 percent of people want from you online
- Five ways Social Media brings in massive leads
- What 3 things never to do on your social media channels
- How to use the power of video marketing to build your brand
Module 4 - Getting Free Publicity Online
- The number one key to FREE publicity from the media
- What makes a press release get noticed
- Two words never to use with the media
- Three Parts to your Media Kit
Module 5 - Converting Contacts to Cash
- Ten steps to a sales page that converts to cash
- How to have prospects you never met call YOU
- Online Communications plan
- Three ways to give your clients what they want with Mobile
- Get started with text message campaigns
- The Must-Haves for content on your mobile website
Module 6 - Replacing Multi-System Chaos with growth and success
- Managing your clients contacts, email, followup,e-commerce with ease
- Best ways to track results from social media
- What it takes to keep loyal repeat clients
- The fastest way to put your client follow-up on auto pilot
- What to track to get results and grow your revenue each month
Just Results - Rapid Achievement Program - Gold Level
(3 months at locked in rate)
- Monthly workshops and Q&A sessions Stay on top of changing trends and technology Workshops are recorded and stored in the members area During the first 6 weeks you can start attending these technology workshops
- VIP access to the Members area which contains
- Get More Customers Online - Boot camp materials
- Power point, video and audio of step by step instructions to use the Guides, Templates and Tools.
- Put Your Year In Gear - home study course materials, audio and video training,
- Prior workshops and resources - (archived periodically) Use these resources as often as you like 24/7
- Monthly email access Got a specific question? Get a specific answer!
- Monthly Break Through call Feeling stuck? Use the fast paced Break Through call and stay on track
- Monthly Private One-on-one consulting Together we review your goals, action plan, and give you the answers you need for success
During the boot camp you get everything you need to complete
- Your Marketing Plan & Calendar by month
- Your Sales funnel Offline and Online
- Your Irresistible Offer ready to put on your new sales page or home page
- Your Follow up email campaign
- Your Social Media channels setup
- Your Media Kit
- Your Sales Page ready for your offer
- Your Text Message campaign
- Instructions on tracking contacts, emails, web visitors,e-commerce, all using your Online Dashboard
It's exactly what you need to launch your successful online marketing campaign (use GENESIS our integrated online platform or your own tools)
Women consider the make Mine a million challenge
Patrice Barber - Thursday, May 05, 2011
American women are launching new companies at 1.5 times the national rate, but most of these queen bees are not growing their companies beyond 100 employees and $1 million in revenues, a new survey from American Express finds.
The reason behind that sluggishness is true for businesses owned by both men and women: Large, publicly traded firms, which account for just 3 percent of all U.S. businesses, now employ 53 percent of the workforce—up from 43 percent in 1997—and they generate 64 percent of business revenues, up from 55 percent just a decade ago.
“Even as women-owned firms continue to grow in number at rates exceeding the national average—they are not moving along the growth continuum,” concludes the American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, released late Thursday. “In terms of both revenue and employment, the share of women-owned firms at the highest levels of business accomplishment has remained essentially unchanged over the past 14 years.”
The report, drawn from 2010 U.S. Census data, found that there are more than 8.1 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., generating nearly $1.3 trillion in revenues and employing nearly 7.7 million people. Enterprises that are at least 51 percent owned by women account for 29 percent of all U.S. companies, and they employ 6 percent of the nation’s workforce and contribute 4 percent of business revenues nationwide.
In 1997, 2.5 percent of women-owned firms employed 10 or more employees, and 1.8 percent brought in $1 million or more in revenues. As of 2011, the percentage of women-owned firms employing 10 or more dropped to 1.9 percent, and the percentage that brought $1 million or more in revenues was flat at 1.8 percent.
There are variations by state, of course. California, for example, is home to the greatest number of women-owned firms in the country, with more than 1 million companies that employ 979,700 workers and bring in about $193 billion, reports the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
Below are some notable statistics from the state-by-state breakdowns, based upon figures from 1997 to 2011. The full report is available here.
- Fastest growth for women-owned businesses: Nationally, the number of women-owned businesses has increased 50 percent since 1997. The states with the fastest growth in the number of women-owned firms over the past 14 years are: Georgia, 97.5 percent; Nevada, 87.6 percent; Mississippi, 76.7 percent; Florida, 73.3 percent; and North Carolina, 68.8 percent. Growth was slowest in Alaska, up 8.8 percent; followed by West Virginia, 17.8 percent; Iowa, 20.1 percent; Indiana, 23.7 percent; and Vermont, 26.2 percent.
- Fastest-growing revenues for women-owned businesses: Nationally, business revenues for all companies increased an average of 53 percent over the last 14 years. In Wyoming, women-owned businesses saw revenues up 170 percent; District of Columbia, 146.7 percent; New Hampshire, 117.8 percent; Utah, 117.6 percent; and Louisiana, 110.3 percent.