
Atlanta and New York (PRESS RELEASE – March 31, 2011) – Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), a global leader in business and information solutions, and Biz2Credit, the #1 online credit resource for small businesses, announced that entrepreneurs can now download the Equifax Business Credit Report on…

Every day, we wake up and hit the floor ready to do battle against some competitor who spends more on postage than we do on marketing. They’re huge. They’ve got a massive budget, a big payroll, agencies tripping over each other and resources we can’t hope to match.
And we’re supposed to…

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE – March 31, 2011) - The National Federation of Independent Business has launched a media hub to provide small business owners with practical advice for running their companies, and information about the activities of government that impact their ability to own,…

If you think social media is just for marketing your business, well, think again. We took a turn around some of the blogs we frequent this week and discovered another great reason to check out small business content from posts to Facebook and Twitter links to videos. There’s LOTS of…

Seattle, Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 30, 2011) – Elizabeth Marsten, Director of Search Marketing at Portent Interactive, a Seattle-based full service internet marketing company, has written two e-books on pay per click (PPC) advertising for small companies looking to increase their…

On Monday, April 4, 2011, please join Small Business Trends at the Make Mine a Million – M3 1000 Conference. The day promises to be a combination of educational sessions, inspiring keynotes, along with the opportunity for 250 women business owners to “pitch” their…

Every once in a while it’s a good idea to sit back, take stock and assess how some of today’s current trends could benefit your business. Here are four to consider that have both marketing and operations implications for your company.
1. Going mobile. Mobile marketing is becoming increasingly…

As the numbers we shared yesterday told, small business owners are increasingly moving their budgets from offline media to online. They’re investing less in local directories and more in Web sites and social media. And one social media channel that many small business owners are especially trying…

Redmond, Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 30, 2011) – Microsoft Corp. released its global “SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011,” which investigates how cloud computing will impact small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the next three years. The research finds that 39 percent of SMBs…

Entrepreneurship is about ideas, lots and lots of them. But it’s also about putting those ideas into action. So, what ideas do you have as you embark on your entrepreneurial adventure? And what ideas do you need? We hope this roundup inspires and empowers. More than anything, entrepreneurship…