Latest Stories for May, 2010
8 Must Haves For Your Twitter Contest
Spend ten minutes on Twitter and you’re likely to find someone giving away an iPad, iPhone or iSomething. Contest marketing is everywhere on social media and it hasn’t escaped SMB owners looking for new ways to gain followers or build awareness. And it hasn’t for one important…
Do You Know Your Time-is-Money Rate?
Divide your salary by 1,000. While recommending business books on a blog post last week I said a business book pays for itself in less than an hour. A reader asked me how I measured that. If you want quick and dirty, then divide the annual salary by 1,000 and that’s the hourly cost to the…
RISCCON Launches Business Research Resource for Startups & Entrepreneurs
Hamilton, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE – May 26, 2010) – RISCCON combines 15 years of professional investigative experience and resources and delivers it into the world of business, focusing on early entrepreneurs, startups and growing companies. RISCCON provides vital business information…
National Small Business Person of the Year 2010 Announced
The official agenda at National Small Business Week is now over. And the winners are … drum roll please….
Waymon Armstrong, of Engineering & Computer Simulations Inc., (pictured below, center) today was named National Small Business Person of the Year by Karen Mills, Administrator…
Google Appears at Small Business Week to Educate
You might be surprised to learn that Google had a significant presence at National Small Business Week here in Washington.
To many of us it seems like Google has such a built-in marketing advantage online, that it may be superfluous to market in a big way offline.
But Google does in fact market to…
Small Business News: Happy Small Business Week!
National Small Business Week recognizes the importance of small business to the U.S. economy but here at Small Business Trends we advocate the importance of small business not just for one week but for 360 days out of the year striving to bring the small business community worldwide the most…
“Happiness Becomes Contagious When Shared:” A New Generation Of Social Networking
Solana Beach, CA (PRESS RELEASE – May 25, 2010) – In the beginning, the Social Networking world said let there be light; and so it was written, or so everyone had thought.
During a time of unprecedented transformation, specifically related to how people communicate with each other, a…
Facebook Takes Away, Gives Back Landing Tabs
In case you missed it, there was a lot of discussion last week regarding Facebook, small business owners, and customized landing pages. First SMB owners could have them, then they couldn’t and now they can again. So what happened? And can SMB owners really trust that they’re back for…
Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2010 Contest
Irvine, CA (PRESS RELEASE – May 25, 2010) – The entry deadline for Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2010 contest presented by The UPS Store is fast approaching. Marking its third year, Entrepreneur and The UPS Store are in search of small-business owners making an impact on…
The Accountant’s Office: You Can Outsource Just About Anything
At the National Small Business Week festivities, I met Carolyn Brown, owner of The Accountant’s Office. She was one of the SBA award winners — named the “Women in Business Champion.”
The Accountant’s Office helps small businesses that want to outsource their…
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