Latest Stories for July, 2011
Chart: Small Business Still Not Expecting Strong Cash Flow
One of the legacies of the Great Depression has been a decline in small business cash flow. Despite the economic recovery that has been in place since June 2009, cash flow at small companies has not recovered to pre-recession levels.
Wells Fargo’s quarterly survey of just over 600 owners of small…
Free Google Places SEO Report for Seattle Area Small Businesses Now Available
Bothell, Washington (PRESS RELEASE – Jul 25, 2011) – Hullabaloo New Media Marketing is offering a new free report – “Google Places SEO: How to Create a Great Listing for Your Business”. Seattle area professionals and small business owners can have instant access by downloading it…
Small Business Marketing: Tips That Pay
So, how is your marketing plan? Does it need some tweaking? As your business grows and your market changes, it almost certainly will. Sit back and enjoy as we share some tips that may help.
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Deciding on Google Plus? Sure you might be more use to Facebook, today’s predominant social…
AT&T Announces Availability of Online Recommendation Tool for Business Communications Technologies
Dallas (PRESS RELEASE – July 24, 2011) – Because many small businesses have limited technical resources, identifying and selecting the best wireless and wired communications technologies for their operations can be a daunting task.
The good news for small businesses is that the task just…
Managing Staff in a Tough Economy: Who Do You Fire, Who Gets That Raise?
We’re in business, so we don’t get to sit the tough seasons out and come back when it’s all better. Despite the economy, the small business owner still has serious management issues to address. We can tackle them head on, grow our businesses and ourselves–or we can ignore them, but…
Study Shows Local Search Double-Digit Growth in Online Portals and IYP
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE – July 24, 2011) – As online search activity continues to grow in usage and intensity, new data show local searches now account for 13 percent of all core search activity on top web search portals as of January 2011. Internet Yellow Pages (IYP)…
Fresh List of Small Biz 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.
If you’ve entered and won a contest or award listed here, let me know so we can share your news.
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iContact Announces Expansion of iContact Social Tools Capabilities
Raleigh, North Carolina (PRESS RELEASE – July 23, 2011) – iContact Corp., a leading email marketing and social media marketing company, recently announced the latest version of their powerful Social Tools solution. iContact Social Tools give small- and medium-sized businesses a powerful and…
Read “Onward” Over Your Favorite Cup of Starbucks
It’s a Saturday morning. And like many Saturday mornings during the school year, I’m sitting in a Starbucks working while my son is taking some classes. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve never been a Starbucks lover. I find the coffee average, the prices extreme (and $10 for WiFi…
SBA Offers Web Chat on Building a Home-Based Business
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – July 23, 2011) – What do Apple Computer, Hershey’s, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and the Ford Motor Company have in common? These well-known corporations all started out as home-based businesses. In fact, more than half of all U.S. businesses are based out of an…
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