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Hiscox Small Business Insurance Launches Direct and Online Coverage
New York (PRESS RELEASE – November 20, 2010) – Hiscox USA has taken a giant leap towards reinventing how small professional services businesses buy their insurance in the U.S. The specialist insurer today launched the first U.S. service that enables small businesses to obtain insurance…
Preparing Your Business to Go Global
This series is commissioned by UPS.
A few weeks ago I pointed out how to ready your website for international business — everything from translating your website text, to search engine optimization in other languages. That article sparked thoughtful discussion. So this week I…
Small Business News: Questions For Your Business
Everybody has questions when going into or running a business…everybody. If you have some burning inquiries you’d like to get answered, read our small business roundup below. Have we answered any of yours?
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Small business Karma: Is it anything but instant? Though Ivan Walsh…
Real Business Solutions Unveils New Payroll Software Feature
Orland Park (PRESS RELEASE – November 19, 2010) – Real Business Solutions, a leading provider of payroll tax solutions, unveiled an exciting new feature in its 2011 Payroll Mate payroll software. The professional payroll system now allows users to export payroll check data to QuickBooks…
Guarantee the Customer Experience – Remove Price and Worry from Buying Decisions
Most guarantees put a limit on the time customers have to return a product after its purchase. That enforced timeline creates a transaction-based relationship with customers, as they measure happiness one purchase at a time. Zane’s Cycles in Branford, Connecticut decided to guarantee the…
Business Graphs: Details and Emotions
Often when I need a quick business cartoon I get my brain jumpstarted with the phrase, “As this graph clearly shows…”
Sometimes it leads to an oddly shaped graph to have fun with, sometimes it’s the explanation of the data that gets you to the joke, but in this case…
MicroTech Leads Most Successful Small Businesses in the 8(a) Program
Vienna, Virginia (PRESS RELEASE – November 19, 2010) – MicroTech, a leading technology and systems integrator, has once again been named the No. 1 8(a) Small Business in the Nation by Washington Technology Magazine. This is the second consecutive year that MicroTech has been recognized at…
Small Business News: SMB Blogging and Social Media Basics
Far from a fad, a new blogging and social media infrastructure has emerged and is still being built and becoming a part of the new hierarchy can be important to your small business success. Does your business have a blog, a Facebook or Twitter presence, a LinkedIn profile? The growing influence of…
How to Create Awesome PDF Downloads with Interesting Images
This post is part of the Inspiration series, sponsored by Veer.com.
We’ve created almost a dozen PDF downloads (eBooks) here at Small Business Trends over the past few years. Typically these are compilations of tips or advice from readers like you. One of the things we are…
WebVisible Enhances Online Advertising Platform
Irvine, California (PRESS RELEASE – November 18, 2010) – WebVisible announced new enhancements to its award-winning Geneva Technology Platform, designed to help small businesses expand their online presence and attract consumers through both paid and organic listings.
The new features include…
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