Latest Stories for April, 2011
2006 Rice University Business Plan Competition Winner Celebrates 5th Anniversary
South San Francisco (PRESS RELEASE – April 18, 2011) – ATDynamics, Inc., the leading provider of fuel-saving rear-drag aerodynamics technology for tractor-trailers, is celebrating the 5th anniversary of winning the world’s richest and largest business plan competition in 2006 at Rice…
Small Business News: Online Business Brief
Whether your business is mainly online or off, today the Web probably plays a role of some kind. Whether it’s simply to be sure your business is found when potential customers search for products and services you provide in your region or to make sales from a business that is completely…
Want to Start An Affiliate Program? This is The Book for You
Have you ever thought about launching an affiliate program to enable others to sell your products or capture leads for you online? If so, you’ll want to check out Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day.
Evgenii “Geno” Prussakov (@eprussakov on Twitter) has written a book…
AMEX OPEN Survey: Small Business Focus Swings from Survival to Growth
New York (PRESS RELEASE – April 17, 2011) – For the first time since 2006, growth has surpassed survival as the number one priority for entrepreneurs, according to the American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor, a semi-annual survey of business owners, now in its tenth year. Perhaps…
Interview With An Author: Phil Simon
This series is underwritten by UPS. Discover the new logistics. It levels playing fields and lets you act locally or globally. It’s for the individual entrepreneur, the small business, or the large company. Put the new logistics to work for you.
Last week I met up with author, Phil Simon,…
iContact Introduces Free Edition Email and Social Marketing to SMBs
Raleigh, North Carolina (PRESS RELEASE – April 17, 2011) - iContact Corp., a leading email marketing and social marketing company, announced it is launching iContact Free Edition. This no-cost version of its flagship email marketing and social marketing tool makes it easy for individuals,…
GFI Software Collaborates with Intel to Meet Growing Cloud Computing Demand
Clearwater, Florida (PRESS RELEASE – April 16, 2011) – GFI Software, a leading provider of network infrastructure, security and collaboration solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), announced it has collaborated with Intel Corp. to make GFI VIPRE Antivirus, GFI LANguard, GFI…
Fresh List of Entrepreneurial Contests
This list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses is brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
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Enter by April 25, 2011
Here’s a chance to get your start-up out of the garage with over…
Book Review: The Social Media Survival Guide
Social media has been evolving over the last few years. It may have started out as a shiny new way of connecting with people, but it’s turned into a powerful sales and marketing tool that will help you grow your business and your customer community.
There have been several social media books…
Rotary and Oikocredit Partner to Support Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries
Evanston, Illinois (PRESS RELEASE – April 16, 2011) – Entrepreneurs and microfinance institutions in developing countries will benefit from a new strategic partnership between the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, a global humanitarian service organization, and Oikocredit…
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