Today in Global Small Business: Why America's Economy is So Healthy

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Why America's economy is so healthy (a lot has to do with the global economy's own resurgence).
• Learn the secrets to acquiring a million (1 million) followers on Twitter and more than six-five thousand (65,000) Instagram followers.  Yes, it takes perseverance but we all know persistence pays off.  Presenter CamMI Pham will educate us on how to be bold in 2018 and get the world to notice you in the next WEGGinar™ held on Wednesday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. Central time. The WEGGinar™ is no charge but you must sign up to attend: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2297562974983287811.
• Global leaders need to listen more and talk less.
• Small and medium-size businesses – those with fewer than 250 employees – are going to be the biggest beneficiaries of emerging markets growth, industry executives believe.  Find out why.
• Few SMEs export in Japan, having found it much more difficult to make global connections: In manufacturing, only 25 percent of SMEs are exporters, in comparison to 60 percent of larger firms. This means that a great potential source of profitable trade goes untapped.  Find out what Japan is going to do about it.
• Small business has long been held as a key driver of the global economy, but these businesses often don’t have access to large multinational companies who could use their services.  Find out who plans to change that paradigm.