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Posted by ShawnHessinger under Franchises
From http://online.wsj.com 5313 days ago

This Wall Street Journal story takes a look at a trend among franchise companies who are beginning to offer financing to franchisees when more traditional lenders decline. While the help is sometimes the only option for struggling franchise owners seeking to start or expand their business, the terms, according to WSJ, can be somewhat harsh Read More

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How to Blog the "Green" Way

Posted by benmaxmime under Online Marketing
From http://ben-lang.com 5313 days ago

These days, everyone is talking about the environment. Taking care of our environment is important, and so is taking care of your blogging environment. Let me ask you this: are you practicing sustainable blogging Read More

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9 Circles of Media Buying Hell

Posted by jjhnsn under Advertising
From http://www.avenueright.com 5313 days ago

This article describes how the process of planning and buying media might fit into the circles of hell described in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Almost Read More

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Are Today's Future Franchise Owners Interested In Being "Sold"?

Posted by franpro under Franchises
From http://www.thefranchisekingblog.com 5313 days ago

Or, as I suspect, are today's franchise buyers interested in being educated? A fellow Brain Trust member and I were having this discussion a couple of weeks ago. Read More

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Franchisees Need To Get With These Programs

Posted by franpro under Franchises
From http://www.thefranchisekingblog.com 5313 days ago

This week's franchise business advice is for future and current franchise owners; Get with the program. Start getting active on social media. It's time consuming, for sure. But once you set up an account on places like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.. Read More

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Study: An In-Depth Report Of Twitter Usage In America 2010

Posted by omgzam under Social Media
From http://omgzam.com 5313 days ago

A fresh study conducted by Edison Research showed that despite the increment of Twitter awareness amongst Americans, only a minority uses it. 87% of Americans are aware of Twitter, which is higher than the population with access to the Internet; 85% of them, but only 7% of them are on Twitter, which are about 17 million people. Read More

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Use If-Modified-Since And Save Bandwidth Costs

Posted by Webnauts under Technology
From http://www.morestar.ca 5313 days ago

So some would categorize information related to the importance of adding code to your website that tells user agents (web browsers and search engine spiders) if a page has been modified or not in the web design department and other into SEO services Read More

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Small Business Lending Enhancement Act: Do Small Businesses Even Care?

Posted by q4sales under Raising Capital
From http://www.openforum.com 5314 days ago

Would higher limits on the amount credit unions can lend to small business make a difference? Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) thinks so. Read More

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Are You Losing Over 1,500 Clients a Year?

Posted by BrandtSons under Marketing
From http://brandtsons.com 5314 days ago

In a Newsbytes News Network article, from the year 2000, it stated that 60 percent of consumers placed on hold with no music will hang up before anyone returns to the call and 34 percent of them will never call back, according to Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) Read More

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Hey Small Biz Readers: This One Is For You!

Posted by SalesBlogcast under Social Media
From http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com 5314 days ago

by Jill Konrath, Selling to Big Companies & SNAP Selling

This FREE session is being put on by my friend Doyle Slayton, founder of SalesBlogcast.com. In just two years, he has gone from a no-name sales pro to being widely recognized in his field.

When you attend his upcoming webinar, you'll learn six powerful social media tips to build your business Read More