Latest Stories for May, 2011
Signpost Launches Deal Scout Program to Generate Business Leads
New York (PRESS RELEASE – May 31, 2011) – Signpost, a do-it-yourself daily deal service for small and medium businesses, launched its Deal Scout program to help build relationships with local businesses. Unlike most daily deal sites that rely on a large sales force, Signpost taps into its…
5 More Things Your Administrative Assistant is Better At
In April, I wrote about things that an administrative professional can beat you at. People enjoyed the post, but urged me to keep going with even more items. So here are five more!
1. Dealing With People. Around the office, you’re known as “The Grump.” And you’ll admit it:…
Making Email More Productive As A SMB
It’s okay, you can say it. You hate email. It’s a giant time suck, it’s ineffective, and its constant disruptions make you feel chained to your desk. It’s enough to make anyone scream or, at least, hide from their email forever. But you don’t have to feel bad for not hitting “inbox…
Small Business Trends and SmallBizTechnology.com Honor Top 100 Small Business Influencers of 2011
New York, New York and Cleveland, Ohio (PRESS RELEASE – May 31, 2011) – Small Business Trends and SmallBizTechnology.com announce the first annual Small Business Influencers 2011 initiative. The Small Business Influencer honorees will be the top 100 news outlets, corporations,…
WIPP Small Business Roundup Edition
Women Impacting Public Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan group advocating for women-owned small businesses. WIPP regularly puts out updates for the benefit of small businesses owned and operated by women. In this roundup, we look at some of the latest issues being focused…
Experian Announces New Marketing Service for Small Businesses
New York (PRESS RELEASE – May 30, 2011) – Experian, a leading provider of data, analytics and marketing services, recently announced the availability of a new marketing service for small businesses. The clone my customer tool helps small businesses find new sales leads who look like their…
Is Small Business Access to Credit About to Tighten? [CHART of the Week]
The most recent data from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) suggests that small business credit is about to become harder to get once again. Between March and April of 2011 the difference between the fraction of business owners saying that credit will become more available and…
Groupon Founders Makes $1.5M Investment in Michigan Start-Up Company
Bingham Farms, Michigan (PRESS RELEASE – May 30, 2011) — Benzinga announced that it has received its first-ever outside investment from Lightbank, the technology investment fund started by Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. Benzinga is a fast-growing, action-based…
Survivors of Domestic Violence Get a Shot at Entrepreneurship
Verizon just announced its Domestic Violence Entrepreneurship Program, which will award grants of $1,000 to $5,000 to survivors of domestic violence in New York state who want to start their lives over by launching a small business. A total of $45,000 will be awarded.
According to the press release…
Small Business News Software Review
Software of all kinds has become a major tool in small business making many complicated tasks much simpler. But small business software has also caused some interesting complications and difficulties. In this small business news roundup, we look at new frontiers and new challenges for your small…
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