I have to admit last week, I was little skeptical about this stock market. I was thinking that when the un-employment numbers came out (next week) tomorrow we could see a big sell off in stocks. The stock market has been off the charts lately, and everyone is trying to figure out whether or not they are under invested in it. Read More
Two New York policies: one helps small business, one hurts it. Read More
OTTAWA - An index that represents business confidence in Canada was relatively flat in July, suggesting a degree of economic stabilization. But small- and medium-sized businesses aren't cheering the end of the recession just yet, said Ted Mallett, chief economist with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which puts out the monthly `` Read More
BOSTON, MA -- 08/06/09 -- In the newly released report, "BI for the SMB 2009: How to Slash Cost and Empower the Business User," Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that 99% of top performing organizations were able to deliver business intelligence (BI) to their employees in a self-service, non IT-assisted capacity, helping i Read More
Small-to-medium sized businesses have benefitted from the Federal Government's stimulus packages, registering a profitable outlook for the first time since September 2008, a survey shows. Read More
Automating scheduled business functions like bookkeeping, filing, follow up calls is critical to profitability. If you're running a small business, you may be handling many of those administrative tasks on your own. These can distract you from your real work, providing the products or services that earn you income. But these things must be done Read More
The Federal Government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world and, perhaps as part of the economic recovery, getting bigger. Many people associate government contracts with things like vehicles and missiles, but the U.S. Government buys every imaginable product and service and tries very hard to make a substantial portion of t Read More
The impact of this customer comment book on your prospects, and therefore your sales results, can be phenomenal. Read More
This interesting story from the BBC about how small business loans remain a challenge examines how the recession has been hard even for small businesses that are fairing well especially when it comes to credit. According to the story, banks have increasingly shut out small businesses even in cases where credit had earlier been extended and busines Read More
There are reasons why people worry about selling on price... Shame and Embarrassment - Client Retention - Margins, Quotas, Commissions - But there is another point of view... Read More
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