I had a salesman in a car dealership lie to me once about having an add-on product in stock, because he didn't want the hassle of going to dig the unwieldy item out of the store room. Read More

Small Firms Get Local Loans

Avatar Posted by morecowbell under Raising Capital
From http://online.wsj.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 4:29 pm
Small businesses have been having increasing trouble getting loans as the credit markets have seized up. But some, such as Tio's Mexican, are finding that smaller community banks and credit unions are more open to offering financing. For one thing, many smaller lenders are in relatively strong financial shape because they didn't make the types o Read More

Battle of the Sexes - Social Media Style!

Avatar Posted by smallbizbee under Marketing
From http://smallbizbee.com 5860 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 4:16 pm
We've been talking a lot lately about the role social media is playing in business, and how companies are beginning to leverage a social media presence in order to grow. I thought it would be interesting to see who is killing it more on the social media landscape, men or women? Read More
I touch a lot of sites every month -- some small, some large, some that we built, and some that were done by outside firms. In doing a wide variety research into what is and isn't working for a small business Web site, I find the most frequent issues fall within the following six categories. Read More

How to Reach Any Goal in 30 Days -- Let's Make an Action Plan | eHow.com

Avatar Posted by juliemelillo under Startups
From http://www.ehow.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 3:30 pm
Keep motivation high by first discovering passion and then following through with this 30 day plan. Combining positive and negative motivation together, along with daily tasks makes it easy to stick to this plan. Read More

Virtual Assistants - Outsource to Grow Your E-Business Podcast Interview

Avatar Posted by scottfox under Human Resources
From http://www.scottfox.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 3:29 pm
Informative hour long interview and downloadable MP3 podcast by Scott Fox, author of Internet Riches (me) with Tawnya Sutherland of VAnetworking.com, the largest online community for virtual assistants. Learn: - how to find and use a qualified Virtual Assistant in your business - the types of administrative, project, and marketing tasks where Read More

Google Updates Quality Score, Criteria for Paid Search Listings

Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Online Marketing
From http://www.marketingvox.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 3:28 pm
Google has made two major changes to the AdWords algorithm to improve the quality of the calculation and render it "fairer." Read More

Sales Techniques: The Importance of Preclosing

Avatar Posted by morecowbell under Sales
From http://www.youtube.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 3:28 pm
You were absolutely sure you had the sale, but it fell through in the end. What happened? Chances are, you didn't pre-close. Read More

A hilarious way to build buzz about a website

Avatar Posted by morecowbell under Public Relations
From http://www.mediapost.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 2:28 pm
Flossie.com, a New Zealand-based, female-centric Web site full of fashion, beauty, sex and dating, entertainment and career tips, recently launched. In an effort to convey the site's abundance of content for women of all ages, Flossie.com launched a campaign on a busy New Zealand street using a vending machine that dispensed living, breathing, Read More

How To NOT Buy A Franchise

Avatar Posted by franpro under Franchises
From http://www.smallbiztrends.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 13, 2008 8:28 am
Future Franchise Owners! Please don't do this! Read More
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