Latest Stories for November, 2005

 

Last Weekend to Take the Survey and Enter to Win a Free Book

Just a reminder: this weekend our survey is ending and so is your chance to win a free copy of the new book “Selling is Dead.” The survey is about selling to small businesses. We need your help to understand the challenges in selling to small businesses. So, please, go take the…

Case Study: Moving a Business Blog from Blogger to WordPress

Several of you have emailed me with questions about why I moved Small Business Trends over to its new home here and made the switch to WordPress software. So I thought I would take a few minutes to describe exactly what led up to the move. Starting with Blogger Making the move was a big…

RFID: Arriving Soon at a Business Near You

Today I will be attending a CIO Symposium for CIOs and senior IT executives here in Ohio. I am moderating a panel discussion on RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. RFID is a technology growing in use, and getting a lot more attention these days. It is a technology worth watching,…

Recurring Revenue Streams – How to Create Them

Just as a reminder, today I am once again hosting the Small Business Trends Radio program on the Voice America network. Today’s guest is Frank Griffith. He will be talking about recurring revenue streams — especially for service businesses: how to create them and how to profit from…

Small Business Trends Has Moved!

Welcome to the new address and latest iteration of Small Business Trends. The site has moved from its old blogspot address to this, its new address: http://www.smallbiztrends.com. Please update your bookmarks and your blogrolls. Also, the new RSS feed will…

Small Business Trends is Moving

This weekend (November 5 – 6, 2006) this site will be moving to a new domain, a new look, and a new software package — WordPress. Over the weekend we will be moving to a new address: http://www.smallbiztrends.com. If you go there now you will simply see a page listing the site…

Holiday 2005 Online Sales To Increase

The predictions for holiday 2005 sales are rolling in fast and furious for the United States market. Here is a rundown so far: Forrester Research forecasts that U.S. holiday sales on the Web will top $18 Billion in 2005. That is an increase of 25% over last year, and another 2.5 million shoppers…

Small Business Trends Newsletter Now Online

Those of you who read this site using RSS feeds and newsreaders may be unaware that we offer a free monthly newsletter, too. Join the 2000+ readers who like to receive the monthly newsletter because it contains a digest of the most popular articles on this site (by page views). You will also find…

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