1.If you were assigned a data article on the Top 10 Best Small Businesses to Start in 2020, what are 3-5 pieces of data that could accurately measure which businesses are “the best” for entrepreneurs to consider? (customer base, emerging market size, financial resources, competitor geographic density) • What are 3-5 sources you would use to build a data formula to generate that ranking? • What are some examples of how you would weight each piece of data, and why? 2. If you were asked to take over writing the following article, what questions would you ask before starting the research and writing, and what changes would you consider making? 3. Please list 5 ideas for topics that we could poll to write articles that would be of interest to small business owners, and to media outlets that cover business, with a brief explanation of what the news peg/headline might be for each. 4. Please list 5 ideas for small business-related articles that other authoritative sites might link to as a resource, with a brief explanation of why they’d be effective link bait.
