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Small businesses are still struggling to obtain the financing they need, and the challenges of finding capital are restricting their opportunities to grow and to hire new employees, reports a study by Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management together with Dun & Bradstreet Read More

If your small business is trying to market to business decision-makers, especially at the C-level, you need to develop a mobile strategy. A recent survey by Doremus and the Financial Times, reported in MediaPost, found that nearly half of executives surveyed “use many apps” on their smartphones and Read More

Unassigned workspace is a rapidly growing concept in which employees don’t have permanent offices, workstations or even desks, but simply come in to work and sit wherever space is available. Also called hoteling or nonterritorial space, the concept saves you on construction, office furnishings and Read More

I love email, social media and all things online. But I also spend a lot of time on the road meeting with clients and prospects. Why? Because when it comes to building your small business, I’m still a huge believer in the power of face-to-face communication. A new study from Cisco proves that plent Read More

As consumers, the Baby Boomer generation has been a force to be reckoned with since they first hit the scene. Now that many of them are grandparents, their importance to U.S. small businesses hasn’t diminished. In fact, if you’re not marketing to grandparents, your small business is missing out on Read More

Remember when tablet computers first hit the market and experts predicted waves of consumers researching products and shopping in-store on the devices? That hasn’t quite panned out, but two recent studies offer insights into how and where consumers are using the devices.
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The end of the school year is here, and that means it’s time for many small businesses to turn to a valuable labor source: interns. Hiring college students to work in your business, learning the ropes, is a rite of passage for students and small business owners alike, and can give you access to the Read More

Small business owners are becoming more optimistic about the availability of credit, a new survey by Gallup shows. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll conducted last month shows that small business owners’ perception of the ease of obtaining credit is the most positive it has been in t Read More

The proliferation of mobile devices—and shopping or price comparison apps to use on them—has retailers worried that consumers are using their stores as “showrooms” to check out merchandise, then go online on their phones or tablets to find the same product cheaper elsewhere. But a new study from Wa Read More

Do you use daily deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial to lure customers to try your business? A new study from Edison Research, The Daily Deals Consumer 2012, offers some useful insights into who’s using these services, why and the potential impact on your brand and business. Here’s a closer lo Read More