Despite being a short week, it was pretty action packed for the team at the Vistaprint Micro Business Blog. Over the weekend, the Make an Impression contest came to a close after a two and a half month entry period and two week public voting period. We received over 850 entries and are now starting to sort through and grade them. So far we’ve seen some great entries from micro businesses across the country and it’s going to be hard to pick a winner. Thank you to everyone that entered. If you want to check out some of the entries, click here. Have a great weekend everyone and enjoy this week’s edition of the Micro Business Roundup.

5 Ways For Small Businesses To Get In The Location Game – Geolocation applications have dominated the social media headlines for some time now. The one problem is that there hasn’t been a great how-to for the micro business crowd. This arti

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Micro businesses are everywhere. They are run by people of all ages, educations, talents and passions. Today we wanted to highlight an amazing story in Massachusetts of a unique and successful micro business, but with an intriguing sole proprietor. McKenzie Plante, a local 11-year old girl in the seaport town or Gloucester, MA has started up her own successful micro business, making welcome mats from used fishing rope. Not only is her business succeeding, but thriving.

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This guest post is part of our ongoing Micro Business Perspective series, and is written by Bianca Hidalgo, owner of All Things Written.

A few weeks ago I consulted with a family member about revamping his resume. Since he was chef de cuisine of a trendy restaurant in New York City, I was confused about why he was looking to move on. It turns out he was approached by a competitor interested in bringing him on staff. He had no interest in leaving his coveted position but he did want to know what he was worth in the industry. He needed a fast-talking resume and he needed it yesterday.

His statement about industry worth continued to echo in my mind throughout the week. I started thinking about my micro business and wondered how prepared would I be if someone inquired about it’s value or growth potential? Embarrassingly, not prepared enough. I ho

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Starting is a business is what most people dreamed about. Of course, we are looking forward to be the own boss of our company. Even it is just a small buying and selling business, we need how to be progressive. Today, many people are taking business as part of their life. Even they have stable job, they don’t forget to have a sideline and do business. There are many kinds of business where we can engage into. You can start by selling some baked goods or pre-owned stuffs at home. Aside from that, modern way of doing business is not popular. Have you heard about online shops or stores where you can buy different kinds of goods which can help you in saving time and money upon shopping? Well, if you do not have enough time in doing the traditional shopping where you need to travel way to the market just to check out latest and hottest trends for clothes or accessories, it is now best for you to shop along the world online. With the use of internet, you can compare products and get to know the latest trends worldwide. This shopping online is today popular and many people are engaged on it, not only as a buyer, but as well as a seller. T

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