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Inject Images and Social Integration Into Your Press Releases With PitchEngine
Spreading the word about your company through press releases, while valuable, can be a lackluster experience. Though the sole purpose press release distribution sites is normally to relay information quickly and simply so that it can reach the right people, the content discovery process has … Read More How To Profitably Pamper Your Customers
Regardless of the industry you’re in, it is critical to know which of your customers are profitable and which ones strain your resources. If the most extreme cases, it could even make sense to fire particularly troublesome customers.
However, it is just as important to go the extra mile for … Read More A Simple Strategy For Every Marketing Dollar You Spend
Even though you’re a small business, an overwhelming number of marketing opportunities probably come your way weekly, if you really pay attention. Think of the ads you could buy in the local newspaper, community magazines and in the program for your daughter’s upcoming recital.
There’s … Read More How to Host an Eco-Friendly Holiday Party
Hosting a party for your employees or customers is a nice way to spread some goodwill around the holiday season. It’s also a chance to reinforce your commitment to being environmentally conscious. After all, a party can create a huge clutter of unnecessary waste if you’re not careful.
How … Read More Blockbuster, Dish Network Court Smartphone Market
Blockbuster, the video rental and retail chain acquired by Dish Network Inc. last year, is courting the mobile market and hoping to start selling its own smartphones soon. The move is another indication of the trend towards mobile that owners and managers of businesses large and small should … Read More Codeproof: Mobile Security For Android And iOS Devices
Security is often a top priority for businesses that own computers and other devices for their employees to use. But now that mobile technology is become increasingly prominent in many workplaces, employees are likely to do work from their own devices, such as smartphones and tablets. Though your … Read More How to Stay Motivated When You Work From Home
Do you run your business from home? These days, more and more small businesses are going virtual, and some of the most successful small businesses are run entirely from home. With online conferencing and project management tools, websites where you can outsource to workers all over the world, and … Read More 10 Actions Customer Leaders Use To Achieve Success
Inspired customer leadership in the very best companies on earth came from the heart and soul of the impassioned leader of the organization who had an instinct on where to take the business for customers, and absolute clarity on how to inspire the organization to make it happen. These companies all … Read More 5 Reasons To Pick Up The Curator Habit
Between blog posts, social media updates, daily blog reading, and reading other people’s social stream – feeding your content marketing efforts has become overwhelming. There’s too much content to create for too many sources. There’s no way to do it all.
You’re right. So why not … Read More Small Business Lending Up 11 Percent in October
Small businesses use many resources when trying to expand. Experts see a recent increase in small business lending as a sign small firms may be preparing to start hiring. But there are many ways you can grow your business besides going into debt, especially in economically uncertain times. Today we … Read More IRS Increases Standard Mileage Rates for 2013
The IRS just released its standard mileage rates for 2013, which show slight increases from the current 2012 rates. These rates are made available so that employees, self-employed individuals, and other taxpayers can calculate their tax-deductible transportation costs for business, charitable, … Read More Top Tax Trends For 2013
In 2012, taxes made headlines and it is likely that taxes will continue to be at the forefront in 2013. Congress needs to act on many measures impacting small businesses. The IRS is in gear to continue or initiate a number of programs impacting small businesses.
Here are some trends to watch for … Read More 
IRS Increases Standard Mileage Rates for 2013
The IRS just released its standard mileage rates for 2013, which show slight increases from the current 2012 rates. These rates are made available so that employees, … Read More
15+ Places to Promote Your Blog On The Web
No matter how good your content is, earning a regular readership requires promoting your blog to audiences who would find it useful. And that means doing some legwork to … Read More
10 Twitter Blunders Businesses Should Avoid
New to Twitter? Still learning how to build your following and engage existing followers? Twitter can be an incredibly useful tool, but it can easily become a wasted resource … Read More
What Does Your Social Brand Say About You Online?
You know that social media marketing is here to stay BIG time, right? Are you still kind of fighting how essential it has become? Do you believe it will do nothing but … Read More
5 Landing Page Optimization Tools for Small…
A lot of small to mid-sized businesses are realizing the value of optimizing their Websites for conversion, but many find the idea of where and how to start a bit … Read More
Management
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Your End of Year Legal Checklist
We’re entering the home stretch of 2012. The next two months are hectic for everyone, but particularly for small business owners. While it’s easy to become overwhelmed with end of the year sales (not … Read more
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Marketing & Sales
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Warning: Your Visual Message Is Just As Important
It’s difficult to figure out the right image for your small business if you don’t know what the right message is. Whether it’s a blog post in need of a picture, your primary logo, a product design … Read more
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Finance
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Time to Raise the MBL Cap for Credit Unions?
Fred Becker, President and CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU), is calling upon Senate leaders to pass a bill to raise the credit union member business lending cap (MBL) from … Read more
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- Small Business Loans for Superstorm Sandy Victims
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Technology
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Holiday Tech Gift Ideas
The holidays are meant to be happy, fun, and productive times. Shopping, while certainly a bit crowded during this time of year, can be fun when you are buying something that you know that special small … Read more
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- Track Sales In Your Small Business With Stride
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Stats & Facts
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Santa or Scrooge: The Pulse of Small Businesses This Holiday Season
Whether a small business is generous or a little penny pinching during the holidays usually depends a lot on how well the company did for the year. If you had a great year, it's easy to get in the holiday … Read more
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- Small Business Owners Think Local For 2013
- Entrepreneurial Resources to Help Women Business Owners
- The Battered Incomes of the Self Employed
Resources
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Free Business Templates for Your SMB From Google
You know what’s really nice? When you need something and you instantly know where you can go to get it. You don’t have to buy it or make it yourself or reinvent the wheel – you can simply solve your … Read more
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One on One Interviews
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Grant Wickes, aka Professor Gadget: Using iPhone Photo and Video for …
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Kyle Porter of SalesLoft: Mining Relevant Information For Sales Reps
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Pamela O'Hara of Batchbook: Using Social CRM To Be A Social Business
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