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4 Ways to Use Less Paper at Your Business
If you look in the trash can or – let’s hope — recycling bins at many businesses, you’ll probably find a ton of paper. Paper is one of the most common waste products at most businesses, and thus one of the biggest sustainability opportunities many small businesses have.
Cutting down on…
Not Content at All
I have a big bag of tricks I use to jumpstart my head when I’m in a writing drought. Reading the paper, making lists, pretending to stare out the window while I take a nap. . .
Sometimes it takes a while for something to float up at you, or sometimes, as with this cartoon, they jump out and…
VerticalResponse Launches New Social Media Tools to Extend Email Marketing Campaigns
San Francisco (PRESS RELEASE – June 24, 2011) – VerticalResponse Inc., a leading provider of self-service email marketing software, online survey, social media and direct mail marketing solutions for small businesses, recently debuted its next-generation set of social sharing tools that…
Small Business Twitter News
Does your small business use Twitter? Well, whether you market celery or software, it’s probably a good idea to stake a claim in the microblogging space. Enjoy the tips and trends below and retweet this resource if you get the chance.
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Twitter is about communication. OK, marketing too…
mindSHIFT Rolls Out Cloud Platform for SMBs
Waltham, Massachusetts (PRESS RELEASE – June 23, 2011) – mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., a leading IT outsourcing and cloud services provider for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), recently launched cloudSHIFT services aimed at meeting the needs of SMBs. Leveraging mindSHIFT’s…
5 Signs You’re Throwing Leads in the Trash
What I’ve learned the last 10 years of working with entrepreneurial small businesses is that this savvy group of marketers cares about three things: getting more customers, increasing sales and saving time.
Small businesses tend to focus most, if not all, of their marketing and sales resources on…
Where Is the Best State to Incorporate Your Business?
What is the best state in which to incorporate your business?
Many questions invariably arise throughout the process of incorporating or forming an LLC for your business. By far, one of the most common questions is…where? And more often than not, the question is framed as, “Should I…
CRM Adoption Strong Among SMBs According to OSF Global Services Survey
Woburn, Massachusetts (PRESS RELEASE – June 23, 2011) – Small to mid-sized businesses are embracing CRM solutions and the percentage of CRM functionality they use is higher than one might have anticipated, according to the results of a May survey conducted by research firm ITIC who polled…
Better Social Media For Your Business Now
Yesterday, we posted a roundup on news about small business social media. It’s among the hottest topics in entrepreneurial circles these days and here at Small Business Trends too. But what might be more important are ideas about how you can improve your social media efforts to make your…
HP Announces Solutions to Expand Entrepreneur Program
Palo Alto, California (PRESS RELEASE – June 22, 2011) - HP (NYSE:HPQ) recently announced new solutions, advanced technology and an expanded entrepreneur program to enable small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to drive growth, improve employee productivity and protect assets.
Representing an…
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