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52 Small Business Tips - http://sbinfocanada.about.com

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From http://sbinfocanada.about.com 5283 days ago
Made Hot by: jnelson on December 1, 2009 8:19 pm

An incredible list of 52 small business tips from Canada Small Business at About.com including an index of links to small business articles covering everything from "basic e-mail management" to "phone answering tips to win business" and everything else in between. The index represents a great cross section of tips large and small in an effort to make your small business better. Each link within t Read More

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What's the Purpose of Your Business Plan?

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From http://www.youtube.com 5354 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on September 21, 2009 1:22 pm

What's the purpose of your business plan? That depends on what you are using it for, says Clayton Christopher, founder and owner of Sweet Leaf Tea Company. Christopher says his company writes a new business plan every year but it isn't the kind used to raise money from investors. Though a document to raise money is one kind of business plan, ano Read More

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Small Business Guide to Self Publishing

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From http://www.5min.com 5357 days ago
Made Hot by: tomretterbush on September 18, 2009 4:54 pm

Self publishing can be an important tool for small business. Books on your area of expertise can create a whole new product line for your business and now getting published is no longer the obstacle it once was. The self publishing revolution with technologies like print on demand at the forefront have revolutionized the publishing industry. This Read More

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Five Tips for Small Business Hit by Natural Disaster

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From http://www.smbceo.com 5373 days ago
Made Hot by: PeaceNLove on September 2, 2009 3:26 am

Here are five tips for small business hit by natural disaster that may help you survive the worst that Mother Nature can visit upon your venture and employees. Guest Blogger Dawn Rivers Baker provides these suggestions in a recent post at Small Business CEO about how to deal with the ultimate unpredictability in business. Hopefully, you will never Read More

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Four tips for handling big projects at a small to medium-sized company

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From http://www.smbceo.com 5381 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 26, 2009 2:44 pm

In this guest post on the Small Business CEO, Laura Pettit Rusick, of http://www.optsolutionsinc.com/ gives four challenges and their attendant solutions for helping small to medium-sized businesses to tackle the kinds of projects that can help them grow. If you are in charge of an SMB seeking to take on the larger projects needed to take your com Read More

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How to read your customer's mind

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From http://www.inc.com 5380 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 26, 2009 2:43 pm

If you're running a small business, you may have often wondered how to read your customer's mind. Now you can, thanks to this handy podcast from Inc.com. Rod Kurtz interviews Inc. Magazine senior editor Bobbie Gossage about online tools you can use to find out what people are saying about your business. The conversation ranges over a collection Read More

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10 Tips for Using Google Alerts in Your Small Business

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From http://www.sbinformer.com 5385 days ago
Made Hot by: biancaaquino on August 21, 2009 3:44 pm

These 10 tips for using Google Alerts in your small business come from Small Business Informer and are a great resource for any small business. Bloggers have long known the value of using Google Alerts to keep up with breaking news in their niche and to get topic ideas based on the latest buzz. No matter what your product or service, you'll find Read More

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How to add a bizSugar Voting Button to Blogger

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From http://bizsugar.com 5385 days ago
Made Hot by: biancaaquino on August 21, 2009 1:43 pm

I just thought I'd share this past blog post. If anyone is having trouble embedding BizSugar voting buttons into Blogger, check out this post. It addresses an irrational little quirk .... If you use Blogger (Blogspot) Read More

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Resources for Startups and Small Businesses (Part I)

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From http://ideas.rleite.com 5389 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 19, 2009 3:10 pm

A list of services, mainly easy to use web-based applications, to help and empower startups, freelancers and small businesses. Read More

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10 top home business ideas

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From http://finance.yahoo.com 5406 days ago
Made Hot by: UpToUs on July 31, 2009 12:00 pm

These top 10 home business ideas come courtesy of Yahoo! Personal Finance. Those interested in working from home might include parents who want to spend more time with children, retirees in need of extra income or disabled people, the article suggests, but no matter what the motivation, these opportunities raise some possibilities for those with t Read More