With so many businesses failing in the first five years, the Perfection Spring & Stamping Co. of Mount Prospect, Illinois is already something special. In an evolving industry, the company is still going strong after 60 years and has remained a family owned business for three generations.
Mompreneurs are a growing segment of the population in the small business community. But pulling it off successfully is not easy. The book "Venture Moms" aims to help entrepreneurial stay-at-home moms get on the right business path.
Tropical Storm Erika is making its way toward the Florida coastline. Officials there have issued warnings to small businesses on the importance of having an emergency preparedness plan in place ahead of the storm.
Wix continues to add to its offerings for small businesses with a CRM app. Facebook appears to be infringing upon YouTube's ad revenue and Intel believes its Thunderbolt technology can transform your computer. These headlines and more highlight this week's Small Business Trends News and Information Roundup.
The widespread introduction of Facebook Live will bring on-the-fly live streaming to the mainstream. Not only will the service give stiff competition to Meerkat and Periscope, it's got potential to change social media and video marketing.
When you're deciding to expand your small business, one of your most momentous decisions will be to hire your first sales rep. These insider tips, including numbers and lessons learned, will help minimize the risks inherent in hiring a salesperson to increase your all-important sales revenue.
Even the hotel industry is going digital these days. But at the end of the day, it's important to connect all those digital touchpoints and activities to actual human experience -- namely customer experience. Here's a look at how global digital marketing meets real life customer expectation.
When you have the ability to plop pets into otherwise ordinary business situations, the jokes basically write themselves.
The content you're creating for your website may be so good that others are trying to use it for themselves. This type of burglary though, may not always be a bad thing for your business.
Startups tend to have a high burn rate. The money is going out faster than it's coming in but there's seemingly no other choice. So, what's a bootstrapping small business supposed to do to reduce its burn rate?
As a content writer, you know that creating compelling copy is the best way to influence your customers and market your client's products. Here are some simple tips to consider that will help you transform your writing.
Every small business owner and manager would love to have open- and closed-door policies in place. But what does one do when there is no door?
