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Technorati has started to share content from their annual state of the blogosphere report. These stats support many of the reasons your small business should have a blog. And, despite the explosive growth of real-time services, there remain far more reasons you should blog and not just Tweet. Read More

Here are the five areas where growing businesses most often trip up in their marketing efforts, along with tips on how to correct course. Read More

Thinking of selling your business some day? Take time to watch this short, well-done video by John Warrillow on the 7 steps involved. It will give you a 30,000 foot high overview of the process that covers all the major steps. John speaks from experience because he sold Warrillow & Co. to a NASDAQ listed company in 2008 after 12 years of savvy cu Read More

Well, we might have known the debate over small business social media use wouldn't end quickly. In a recent post on your online column "The Social", Caroline McCarthy again questions whether small businesses that use social media are less than objective about its value. Needless to say, so are those peddling social media services. And that's O Read More

A new online survey of more than 2,000 US small business by Internet2Go, an Opus Research advisory service, and MerchantCircle, suggests that a growing segment of small business owners are using social media to promote their businesses. The survey, conducted September 8-18, 2009, found that roughly 45 percent of respondents have a presence or profi Read More

When thinking about the technology tools you need to launch, measure, and optimize your social media marketing and online customer engagement programs, it helps to organize your efforts into categories. There are hundreds of tools out there, but here are some of the more popular and effective ones that can be put to work for you. Read More

Older entrepreneurs are increasingly seeking second careers with franchises. This article from Reuters looks at the trend of older workers laid off or taking buyouts as a result of downsizing or mergers who, having difficulty finding work, strike out on their own as franchise owners. Many, says the article, have greater experience and resources th Read More

Nice position on social media filling the role of branding, not advertising. Read More

How to use Twitter for business is the #1 question I receive. Luckily I found a super presentation that walks you through how to use Twitter for your business, and gives you 20 simple examples of how you can incorporate Twitter into your marketing and promotion today! Read More