Small Business Trends

Small Business Trends is an award-winning online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them.

Small Business Trends is the premier source of information, news and advice covering issues of key importance to the small business market.  Small Business Trends appears repeatedly at the top of lists of small business websites.

We offer a variety of resources and information feeds to help you stay informed about the small business market.  As we like to say, we’re “small business success … delivered daily.”   You can track, explore and learn from trends, issues and news updates through these informational resources:

• Small Business Trends — Our flagship site (you are on it right now) in which we explore the trends driving the small business market. Updated regularly.

• Small Biz Experts — Small Business Trends has an avid community of experts who volunteer their knowledge, insights, experiences, successes and failures.

• Radio — The Small Business Trends Radio show airs on the Internet on Tuesdays at 1:30 PM Eastern U.S. time. Features interviews of small business experts and business owners sharing their expertise.

• BizSugar — This site points you to the finest and most interesting content shared by the small business community at large — a one stop shop for great reading.

• Small Business CEO — A site acquired in 2008, this site gives quick tips and advice for CEOs of small businesses.

• Bloggertone — A group blogging site with an International flair.

Small Business Trends was founded in 2003 by Anita Campbell, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Our content is syndicated through Newstex, BusinessInsider.com and to other sites around the Web.  Small Business Trends currently reaches over 4,000,000 readers annually, via direct visits, RSS feeds and social feeds.

From its humble beginnings as one of the first business blogs on the Web, using the free Blogger.com blog platform, Small Business Trends has grown and evolved into an influential source of information — while still retaining a conversational and authentic format.

The name “Small Business Trends” is a registered trademark of Small Business Trends LLC.  

Ethics Statement

Small Business Trends is committed to reporting fairly. Our writers and editors may not write about people or entities with which they have personal relationships or financial interests, without disclosure.  Our coverage is not influenced by advertisers.  Advertising and sponsored content is clearly identified.  We do not accept payment for reviewing books or products, or covering companies.

Anita Campbell   CEO and Publisher

Anita Campbell is the Founder of Small Business Trends, and its CEO and Publisher.

A former corporate attorney and General Counsel, she went on to become the CEO of a technology subsidiary of Bell & Howell.  Happily running her own business for the last decade, she founded Small Business Trends in 2003, while looking for a simple way to publish newsletter articles.  The site quickly grew, and other sites focusing on the small business market were acquired along the way.

Anita is widely regarded as an expert in small business issues.  She is the co-author of Visual Marketing: 99 Proven Ways for Small Businesses to Market with Images and Design (Wiley 2011).

Anita has served on numerous Boards, including the Board of NEOSA (the technology network of COSE, Council of Smaller Enterprises); the Center for eBusiness and Information Technology at the University of Akron College of Business; and NorTech.  She has a B.A. degree from Duquesne University and a J.D. degree from the University of Akron School of Law.  Read more about Anita Campbell.

Staci Wood    Operations Manager

Staci is the Operations Manager of Small Business Trends.  She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the site, overseeing the commissioning and scheduling of site content, relations with the Small Business Trends Experts, creation of custom content, relations with syndication partners, marketing, staffing requirements, and quality assurance.

She is also the Producer of the Small Business Trends Radio Show, a weekly podcasted radio show featuring interviews with small business experts across various industries where she is responsible for guest scheduling, scouting and show content.

After being a 20-year member of the rat race, Staci traded in her office, opted out – and joined the virtual world and the Small Business Trends community.  Staci was the first person to come on board at Small Business Trends, after the Founder, in 2006.  She resides and works in Pennsylvania.

Leland McFarland   IT Manager

Leland is responsible for all technical aspects of the Small Business Trends network of websites.  He is responsible for programming, design and maintenance of the sites, as well as server administration.  He has performed work for Small Business Trends since early 2010.

He has a long-standing passion for website development. While still in high school he created the website for the local elementary school, and in college he was responsible for maintaining the student government website.

Leland currently resides and works in Oregon. He attended Blue Mountain Community College, earning an Associate of

Science Degree in Computers and Mathematics.  He received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University.

Amanda Stillwagon    Projects Editor

Amanda Stillwagon is Projects Editor of Small Business Trends.  In her role she is responsible for email newsletters, the small business events calendar, and public news section, as well as assisting with social media for Small Business Trends and associated sites.  She is also a Moderator at BizSugar, a sister site.

Amanda serves as Editor of Small Business CEO, a sister site of Small Business Trends, LLC., where she is responsible for editing, content, site management, and the oversight of guest contributors.

Amanda is the former office manager of a veterinary office, and joined Small Business Trends in 2008.