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Small Business News: Brave New Business World
How will big changes on the horizon like a major overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system affect small business and perhaps most importantly startup of new businesses in a brave new world of small business? There are other factors too, like changes in technology that bring both new challenges and new…
What Integrity Can Do
Not long ago I had the pleasure of attending a conference where the keynote speaker was Andre “Thunder” Thornton. An award winning Cleveland Indian player turned entrepreneur, Mr. Thornton is now CEO of ASW Global. During his keynote he shared what he believes are the 5 keys to business…
How Can SMBs Get Set Up In Social Media?
I was able to attend Search Engine Strategies New York last week and one of the big topics of conversation (not surprisingly) was small business owners and social media. There were panels dedicated to why social media was vital for small business owners, how to listen better and how they could use…
Small Business News: Grow Your Business Today
Sure the economy is bad. Sales are down. Customers and clients are wary of spending, concerned as perhaps never before about return on every single investment, low on cash and out of credit. But not all the news is bad. A recent survey shows growth is still possible for small businesses with the…
Senate Temporarily Extends Small Business Recovery Provisions
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 30, 2010) — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today praised the Senate’s temporary extension of two important provisions enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: increased…
Are You Fit to Work From Home?
This is part two of a three part series on start-up success. The first blog post was about developing a life plan before writing a business plan. This post is about being a successful home-based business. Part three will be about the top reasons why start-up businesses fail and how to avoid that…
Google LBC Change Benefits Home-Based Businesses
One of the biggest and most long-held complaints with Google’s Local Business Center was that it forced home-based business owners to make their home addresses public if they wanted to be included in Google Maps. Naturally, this made some people uncomfortable. Thankfully, last week Google…
UPS Using Technology to Offer “Green” Pickup Option to Small- & Mid-Size Customers
Atlanta (PRESS RELEASE – March 30, 2010) – UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced a new cost-effective and convenient “green” pickup option for small- to medium-sized businesses, becoming the first in its industry to automate the process of having drivers stop at customer locations…
Small Business News: Online Video Explosion
Could 2010 be the year of online video marketing? Some experts believe so. Today in the small business news roundup we look first at ways in which businesses small to large are using video in new ways to market online as never before. If you have a small business site without a video component this…
Sugartone Contest: And The Winners Are
The results are in for the Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest.
Sugartone was a joint contest and promotion we held over at our sister site, BizSugar, along with the exciting group blogging site, Bloggertone.
There were two ways to win. The first was by submitting a business article. The…
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