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5 Things Betty White Can Teach Small Business Owners about Marketing

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

This past Saturday, at 88 ½ years old, Betty White became the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live (SNL). On top of that, she garnered the highest ratings since … Continue Reading

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Services to Help Your Business Go Paperless

Friday, May 7, 2010

Nowadays there is a plethora of booming technology dedicated to making your office run more smoothly —and be greener. As Jen noted in her blog post a couple of months … Continue Reading

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Top 10 Free Cloud Computing Tools for Small Businesses

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Don’t have a lot of funds to start your business or to keep it running?  Bootstrapping can be a viable option for you; you’ve simply got to utilize the right … Continue Reading

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How to Motivate Your Employees

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Even though the economy is allegedly picking back up, in this day and age you have either gone through—or know someone who’s gone through—a series of company layoffs. Worrying about … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Team

7 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Writers

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

It takes a thick skin to be a writer.  You’ve got to battle criticism and rejection on a daily basis and power through to get the piece and the job … Continue Reading

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Elements of an Effective Website

Thursday, April 22, 2010

As Jen talked about a few weeks ago, if you’re a business you NEED a website. Whether you use a web designer or a website builder, the reasons for having … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Website

5 Steps for Getting People to Pay What They Owe You

Monday, April 19, 2010

Because of the current economic recession, it’s getting increasingly difficult to get people to pay invoices on time.  But, getting clients or business affiliates to pay what they owe you … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Set Up the Books

Why Your Business Needs a Blog

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Remember around 2002 or so when everyone and their dog had a blog? All you would ever hear was “Check out my blog!” It became so ubiquitous that it wasn’t … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Website / Promote With Social Media
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7 Rules for Choosing the Perfect Small Business Brand Name

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

As we said in How to Name Your Business, your business name should be something you come up with fairly quickly in order to start setting up the foundation of … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Name Your Business
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Should Your Office Go Virtual?

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Earlier this month, Inc. Magazine published an article about its office’s experiment with going virtual for a month, meaning that for 30 days, the magazine’s employees went about their normal … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Find Office Space / Get a Business Phone System / Set Up a Fax Number / Set Up a Phone Number

When you’re Strapped for Cash, Try Bartering Small Business Services

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Remember Kyle MacDonald?  He’s the kid who started with one red paperclip and kept bartering over the course of a year to finally get a two-story house.  Although Kyle is … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget

SEO for Beginners

Thursday, April 1, 2010

If you’re setting out to build a website for the first time, you’ll need to learn a little bit about SEO, or search engine optimization. SEO is defined as the … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Website

7 Savvy Ways to Stay in Business Longer than Everyone Else

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Since the economic recession started, the media has panicked multiple times a day, lamenting the state of small businesses in columns, blogs and online zines.  But the truth is that … Continue Reading

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Negative Online Reviews: When Should You Respond and How?

Friday, March 26, 2010

Since the advent of online review websites, such as Yelp.com or Citysearch.com, it has become incredibly easy for any ol’ Internet user to really say what they feel about any … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Promote With Social Media
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Hiring a Web Designer vs. Building Your Own Website

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

You want the first thing people see on your website to be an image mosaic of your photography.  You want to upload a viral video of your crazy web contest.  … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Website

Best Google Apps for Your Small Business

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

As if Google didn’t have its hands in enough products, last week the search engine launched Google Apps Marketplace, a market that allows developers to sell software applications to the … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get Basic Business Software

What Female Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Guetta & Akon’s “Sexy (Bleep)”‘

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The first time I heard Hip Hop/dance song “Sexy (Bleep)” by David Guetta ft. Akon, I sat in my car for a good 10 minutes afterward, having put the car … Continue Reading

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Small Business Tax Deductions You Should Be Taking

Friday, March 12, 2010

With tax season upon us, one can easily become a little overwhelmed by all the tax rules, new changes, credits and deductions. Things are doubly confusing if you’re a small … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Small Business Tax Tips

Top 3 Ways to Market Your Small Business, Guerilla-Style

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

According to Jay Conrad Levinson, the man who coined the term, “guerilla marketing” is a system of promotions that relies on “time, energy and imagination,” rather than a giant marketing … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create Basic Marketing Materials / Promote With Social Media

Get the Most Out of Interns at Your Small Business

Thursday, March 4, 2010

As Jen pointed out last week, sometimes being a boss is tough. You have to make hard decisions all the while managing your company and your employees. And, if you … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Team
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