social media

We're gearing up to open registration for our Small Business Week Forum, a resource-heavy and inspiration-filled event for small business owners on May 21st. 

In the process of researching the partners who are coming together to create Small Business Week, I stumbled upon the blog of MHBA member Two Octobers. 

If you're looking for excellent social media and online marketing tips, I highly recommend you bounce right over and peruse their blog. 

Is your business on Facebook or Twitter?
We want to help you maximize your membership with the Mile High Business Alliance!

We broadcast information via a multitude of outlets and wanted to make sure that not only are you aware of them all, but also we want to be actively connecting with you and your business. Ask yourself: Are you friends with us on Facebook? How about on Twitter? Are you yourself using these tools?

Cross promotion of is one of the many perks of membership. Whether you're celebrating your 6th year in business or have a workshop next week, we love spreading the word about members' news and events. Building community is one of the founding principles of the MHBA, and we certainly enjoy connecting one another.

Here are some recommendations for improving our communication via social media as well as other ways to get involved. And if you are a member business, please send your social media information to Dawn, our Digital Communications Maven.

May 16, 2010
by Jolie O'Dell

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

It goes without saying that small business owners are always looking for ways to save money. And technology is a great way to do just that.

By its very nature, technology is intended to make complicated things simple and expensive things affordable. Think about sending a bill to a customer; back in the day, it took paper, correction fluid, a stamp and a trip to the mailbox to accomplish this task. These days, it can be as quick and cheap as sending an e-mail.

Here are five easy ways small businesses can save money using technology.

One of our newest MHBA members, Closely, Inc has issued a survey asking local business owners about their usage and understanding of various social media tools.

Closely, Inc. is a new Denver start-up, from the founders of other Denver companies including MapQuest, Newsgator, Jabber and Local Matters. The company is focused on building new social media applications that empower small businesses to more "closely connect" with their customers, followers, and fans. Our mission is to make the new world of social and real-time media more useful and powerful as a local direct marketing tool.