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Small Business News: Shock and Awe

By Small Business Edito… - Jun 7, 2010 - Leave a Comment

Shock and awe, the military term for rapid dominance on the battlefield, sometimes disguises the intense planning and development that have gone before. In the same way, sometimes we, as small business owners, are too quick to assume larger, more profitable and agile companies sprung into existence … Read More

Small Business News: Mastering Social Media

By Small Business Edito… - Jun 4, 2010 - 2 Comments

Social media remains one of the most hotly debated ideas in the business world today. While proponents argue that use of social media ranging from Facebook to Twitter to blogs and beyond gives small businesses an outsized advantage allowing them both to market and to leverage resources on an equal … Read More

Small Business News: Capital Considerations

By Small Business Edito… - Jun 3, 2010 - 3 Comments

New regulation out of Washington D.C., or any government around the world for that matter, is usually bad news for small business. That's not because small business owners prefer to be unaccountable for the decisions they make each day regarding their customers. In fact, small businesses unlike … Read More

Small Business News: Focus On Video

By Small Business Edito… - Jun 2, 2010 - 6 Comments

Online video is increasingly important in online marketing today. Small Business Trends looks at the many evolving ways to market your business online with a special focus on video. We welcome your comments and the sharing of your experiences below. We'd like to collect feedback about what the … Read More

Small Business News: From The New Economy

By Small Business Edito… - Jun 1, 2010 - 5 Comments

The new economy is here and with it a different way of thinking about business. Some of the basics of using existing tools to increase productivity and harnessing the power of the Internet including social media have been part of the tool kit of small business for quite some time. However, … Read More

Small Business News: Evolution

By Small Business Edito… - May 28, 2010 - Leave a Comment

From new ways of marketing to shifts in customer information management, gender issues, policy and trends in the marketplace, small business and entrepreneurship are changing as perhaps never before, and may be at their highest point in more than a decade. The Small Business Trends team brings you … Read More

Small Business News: Our Product Is Success!

By Small Business Edito… - May 27, 2010 - Leave a Comment

In small business, our main product should be success. That may sound obvious, but remember that any business, no matter what product or service it may offer, must first have a successful business model before it can really be a business at all. Here from Small Business Trends are some links that … Read More

Small Business News: Sales and Marketing Boot Camp

By Small Business Edito… - May 26, 2010 - 1 Comment

With the events of National Small Business Week largely behind us now, it's time to re-energize every small business owner for the summer season ahead and for growth as the economy slowly crawls out of its doldrums. We've collected some links and resources as sort of a mini sales and marketing boot … Read More

National Small Business Person of the Year 2010 Announced

By Anita Campbell - May 25, 2010 - 5 Comments

The official agenda at National Small Business Week is now over. And the winners are ... drum roll please.... Waymon Armstrong, of Engineering & Computer Simulations Inc., (pictured below, center) today was named National Small Business Person of the Year by Karen Mills, Administrator of … Read More

Small Business News: Happy Small Business Week!

By Small Business Edito… - May 25, 2010 - 2 Comments

National Small Business Week recognizes the importance of small business to the U.S. economy but here at Small Business Trends we advocate the importance of small business not just for one week but for 360 days out of the year striving to bring the small business community worldwide the most … Read More

Small Business News: Forget Social Media?

By Small Business Edito… - May 24, 2010 - 6 Comments

Some people like it. Some people don't. But one way or another, social media is here to stay. So why are so many small businesses so conflicted about the value of these tools to leverage attention for their brands as never before possible? And why are they so worried about the cost? Small Business … Read More

Small Business News: Can We Talk?

By Small Business Edito… - May 21, 2010 - 1 Comment

The headline above was once the catch phrase of legendary comic Joan Rivers. But as small business owners we all need the opportunity to talk about our businesses. And sometimes to hear some hard truths as well. In this edition of the Small Business Trends Roundup we look at some things all small … Read More