A new survey of small-business advertisers conducted by The Kelsey Group and ConStat, Inc. reveals that pay-per-click (PPC) Web advertising is growing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Small-business PPC advertisers currently allocate on average 23% of their total advertising budget…
In-Stat MDR has a study showing that the U.S. small business market will spend over $170 billion on information technology in 2004, an increase of more than 5% compared to expenditures in 2003. According to In-Stat MDR:
“Although individual firms’ IT budgets are relatively small,…
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The BugBlog’s tagline says it is “A daily look at computer bugs and their fixes.”
And that’s precisely what it is. According to its website:
“The BugBlog…
Recently, while surfing the Joi Ito weblog, I stumbled upon a fascinating discussion about personal guarantees for small business loans in Japan.
It turns out that starting a business in Japan can mean more than simply business risk — it can mean risk to life and limb.
An article in the…
An oh-so-true article has been making the rounds on the law blogs, or “blawgs.” It suggests that small businesses should hire small law firms for their legal work.
“Via this post from solo Matt Homann comes this New York Times article on the lawyer’s role in counseling…
Statistics Canada has issued a new report suggesting that small businesses have caught up with larger businesses vis-a-vis using email and accessing the Internet.
However, there is still a wide gap when it comes to having websites. In 2002 only 27% of small businesses had websites, compared to…
My post on Monday, March 1st about online banking prompted several readers to speak out.
Since we do not have comments turned on here at Small Business Trends (I’ve got enough spam in my email inbox, thank you, without having to worry about clearing it out from blog comments), I’ll…
The Moscow Times reports on a study forecasting that the share of GDP by Russian small business will double by 2009.
However, other sources question the study’s conclusion. They claim small business growth has stagnated in recent years. There is even some suggestion in the article that…
Small community banks often do a better job than large banks at serving small business customers.
But not when it comes to online banking. In the online world, the large banks shine.
Here’s a case in point:
A few months ago I met with the President of the one of the regional National City…
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