5 Reasons Why Signs Work For Your Small Business
In a square mile radius in Germantown, Maryland are about 6 Asian grocery stores. Yet I visited the one store whose location was way off the main road and was difficult to find. I saw a sign for the business in another Asian grocery store and knew that they stocked goat meat, which is a delicacy … Read More The Rumors Are True, Facebook Gets Hashtags
The rumors are true. Facebook is rolling out hashtags and now, a Facebook hashtag truly does exist as the social media giant officially announced the new feature after months of speculation.
Back in March, we reported on rumors already swirling that Facebook was considering adding Facebook … Read More Time is Money: Are You and Your Employees Effectively Managing It?
As a small business owner, you already keep close track of your company’s resources, including capital, employees and facilities. But what about employees’ time? Time is difficult to quantify and track, and as such, many small business owners mistakenly treat time as if it were a limitless … Read More IBM Acquires SoftLayer: Will Small Biz Hosting Remain?
IBM is acquiring SoftLayer Technologies, a company specializing in hosting and cloud infrastructure. The deal is in the $2 billion range.
SoftLayer, based in Dallas, Texas, claims to be the world’s largest privately held hosting company. It has 25,000 customers, many of them large customers … Read More QuickBooks Online Tips from CPAs Who Know
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If you're a CPA, you know how time consuming it can be requesting data files from your clients. Bryce Forney is a CPA who uses Intuit's QuickBooks Online Accountant to better serve his small business owner clients during tax season and throughout the year. Since … Read More 10 Effective eLearning Options for Entrepreneurs
The constant evolution of entrepreneurship is one of the attributes that makes the career path so exciting: A fluid and flexible job description, expansive industry boundaries and technological innovations that repeatedly make business better. The unpredictability of the pendulum profession can … Read More Facebook is Trying to Make Advertising Simpler
Facebook says it is trying to make its advertising products easier to use and more understandable for customers.
In an announcement on the official Facebook Newsroom blog last week, Fidji Simo, product manager at Facebook, wrote the company would streamline its advertising products from 27 … Read More 11 Barcode Generators for Managing Inventory – And for Marketing
Keeping track of your products and assets manually is a chore. Why not barcode them? The technology to create them is accessible via the Web and there are tons of free apps for smartphone users that can serve as scanners.
For the business owner who needs to get inventory organized and barcoded, … Read More Internet Sales Tax Issue Still Lives Despite Activist Claims
The so-called Internet Sales Tax isn't dead, despite what you may have heard. Here's what happened:
Last week, a millennial advocacy group called Generation Opportunity planned a so-called "Facebook bomb" of Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).
Rep. Goodlatte happens to be the chairman of the House … Read More 5 Twitter Do’s and Don’ts That Highlight or Hinder You
I remember the first time I saw the Twitter blue Bird "chirping" image after I launched my business in late 2007. I loved it from first sight and use.
The idea of short 140 character comments and microblogging was brilliant. I don't think any of us could have seen the impact Twitter would … Read More Marketing With Vine: Leveraging the Power of 6-Second Videos
If you haven't heard yet, Vine is now available on Android and is now surpassing Instagram in total Twitter shares, reports MarketingLand.
Vine is an app that lets you creates 6-second videos. The app's description invites you to "Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun … Read More Your Green Office: Energy-Saving Tips for Small Businesses
Unless you enjoy working by candlelight on a manual typewriter, the power bill is a necessary evil for your small business. It’s also one of the last areas business owners consider when it comes to reducing expenses—but it should be at the top of the list.
There are plenty of ways you can … Read More Google Announces Web Designer, Enhancements to DoubleClick
Google is set to launch a new app to help advertisers create Web ads and engaging Web content assets, using a standard called HTML5. The new tool is called Google Web Designer.
Neal Mohan, Google's Vice President of Display Advertising, pre-announced it on the official … Read More Why You Should Be Focusing On Visual Content Marketing
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It's time to reevaluate your content marketing game-plan. If you're still pumping out articles and blog posts that consist of no more than a catchy title, some bulleted lists and a few bold headlines, you're going to need to step it up. It's a visual world, … Read More One on One Interviews
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