To all my self-employed , small business owner friends!

Rhianna releases a new lip gloss, people buy it.  Michael Jordan puts out some new trainers, people buy it.  Oprah promotes a weight loss program, people jump, if they can. 

A friend or family starts a new business, people are wary. "Not sure this is gonna work, I'll give it six months", "They are a bit expensive". Why are we quick to support someone we don't know, who has plenty of money already, but we can find a million reasons not to support someone we know?  Remember when you support a small business , you are helping families feed their children,  and pay their mortgage, not adding zero's to a celebrity's already large bank account.

So next time you see a friend posting about their business, give them a quick like, share or comment.  You don't even need to buy their product or service.  It helps them gain more exposure for their business which really helps. 

I would like to give credit where credit is due with the above post but saw it on a facebook post somewhere.  :-)