Last week Sales Manager Spencer Hoekstra and Business Outreach Manager Luther Lowe joined forces to present a webinar on how to build the perfect listing on Yelp. The hour-long talk took small business owners on a tour of all the tools and features available to help them build out their Yelp…
If you stop and think about it, you might think it a bit odd that everybody is still talking about the Great Recession when the economy has been growing for a full calendar year.
Except, of course, that it certainly doesn’t feel like a recovery, does it? That are two reasons for that: job…
Dallas, Texas (PRESS RELEASE – August 3, 2010) – Mothernode officially launched its debut software-as-a-service (SaaS) program, which promises to simplify operations and management for small businesses looking for a stable, cost-effective and secure solution for their back-end…
It doesn’t matter what kind of business you create or what product or service you offer. In some ways all businesses are the same. How we build them, make them stronger and finally reach our business goals involves a set of principles that are the same for every entrepreneur. Whether…
“Case studies are effective marketing tools for small businesses.” You’ve heard this time and time again, right? Case studies illustrate a satisfied customer, while highlighting your products and/or services in a positive real-world example. This is all great marketing material,…
Observers have long pointed to the United States as a shining example of entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2006, the Economist magazine gushed, “No country has mastered innovation and entrepreneurship as effectively as America.”
Perhaps that was once true, but it’s not anymore.
In a speech…
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – August 3, 2010) — The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has launched a petition and action center devoted to repealing a nightmarish paperwork mandate that vastly expands 1099-Misc reporting. SBE Council President & CEO Karen…
Can you hear me now? That phrase is one we all utter, most frequently from mobile phones, but sometimes from landlines and VOIP phones. We have to keep up with voicemail and text messaging. I want phone services to keep up with me, not the other way around.
In this post, we highlight 22 phone…
I’m getting a little concerned. I’m starting to wonder if there will continue to be enough senior citizens to go around.
Recently, I contributed a post over at Business.Gov in which I discussed the popularity of the senior care segment of franchising. I stated that “there are…
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – August 1, 2010) — Today, Representative Paul Hodes (D, NH) introduced a bipartisan resolution to protect small businesses from tax collection burdens that would be imposed by the Streamlined Sales Tax. The resolution (H. Res. 1570), titled “Supporting…
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