Blog #18: Fourth Interview Prepararation

1. Is quality or quantity more important when it comes to posting online?
2. What websites are most effective?
3. How many websites should you use?
4. Is it important to have an actual website for your business?
5. What's the best way to engage customers?
6. What extra things to you do to pull in customers?
7. Is it good to interact with other businesses?
8. How should you collect customer feedback?
9. How can you make it fun for the customer?
10. Do you include many details about your personal life?
11. Do you use marketing differently for different customer groups?
12. What's the best way to get a customer to come back to your website?
13. Do you use sales/ promotional ads?
14. Is there a marketing strategy you don't suggest?
15. How often do you update online content?
16. What do you do if you run out of things to post?
17. How do you keep things fresh and exciting?
18. What is the hardest part about marketing online?
19. Do you incorporate your lifestyle into marketing/blogging?
20. How do you bring more people to your website/blog/etc?

Blog #6: Second Interview Preparation

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

Mentor: Barbara Cheatley
Where they work: Barbara Cheatley Antiques

(though I may need to find a new mentor)

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

• How did you get started?
• Did you to to school for business?
• Did you get a lot of help along the way?
• Were there any problems you encountered?
• How did you grow your business?

Blog #4: Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

I am planning on interviewing the owner of the small business I mentored at this summer. I think she would be a good person to talk to because she has been running her store for quite a long time, and has seen how technology has evolved over the years.


2.  You have to ask 5 questions.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?  Ask open-ended questions.

• What do you think makes a small business successful?
• How do you use the Internet to benefit your business?
• How does technology play into the success of your business?