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Looking for A Needle in a Haystack?

March 29, 2011 by

[HTML1] My guest Anita Campbell discusses with me many of the common mistakes small business owners make when looking for a loan.  We also give women advice on where to go to take out a small business loan. The final part of this episode covers the 3 best business practices to get your foot in the loan officer’s door. Don’t miss it.

More about Anita Campbell
As publisher of several online media properties and syndicated content sources, Anita reaches over 1,000,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs annually. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Trends, an award-winning online publication noted and praised by Forbes and MSNBC, among others. SmallBizTrends.com is home of the annual Small Business Book Awards.

Her media properties also include BizSugar.com, a popular social media site specifically for businesspeople and entrepreneurs.

Anita was a contributing expert source to the original Intuit Future of Small Business Report. Anita is host of a long-standing weekly Internet radio and podcast show – at SmallBusinessRadio.org.

Anita is a prolific writer and speaker on the topic of small business. In addition to her own online publications, her articles and columns are published at numerous places such as Business.gov, Inc Technology, BNet, PayPal’s Online Merchant Network, the American Express OPEN Forum, and Success Magazine.

Prior to starting her own business, Anita held a variety of senior executive positions in the corporate world, including Senior Vice President of Bell & Howell Publishing Services, culminating in the role of CEO of an information technology subsidiary of Bell & Howell.

She currently serves or previously served on a variety of Boards, including the NorTech Advisory Board; Center for Information Technology and eBusiness (CITe) at the University of Akron; Advisory Board for NEOSA (the Northeast Ohio Software Association); and the Network Solutions Social Media Advisory Board.

She has a B.A. in English from Duquesne University, and a J.D. from the University of Akron Law School.

Anita is the co-author of the upcoming book Visual Marketing (Wiley, Fall 2011).

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About Susan Spencer

Susan T. Spencer is one of a kind. She was an entrepreneur and business professional before many women had the confidence to play with the men in the big leagues. Her companies had combined revenues of 50 million dollars.

Before the age of 40 she was a mother, former school teacher, business owner, and lawyer and GM of the Philadelphia Eagles football team. For more than 20 years she owned and operated 3 meat processing companies and was known as "that meat lady" because she was the only woman owner in the meat processing business that sold most of the fast food restaurants in the US and overseas.

Susan earned her BA from Boston University, her MA from Hofstra University, and her law degree from Villanova University.

Susan currently mentors, coaches, lectures, blogs, and advises many large organizations. Her main area of attention is women and business; including such topics as access to capital, starting a woman's banking program, and creative financing for small business.

Susan is also the Host of Business Buzz on WomensRadio. Business Buzz keeps it real. Hot business topics, and cool guests sharing advice, plus sizzling tips about women’s skills and talents. Join in to be part of women on the move!