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Good news about small business financing is rare these days, but a new report on angel investing offers a bright spot in the clouds: Angel investment in small businesses is on the upswing, according to Q1 Q2 2011 Angel Market Trends. While angel investment slumped in the depths of the recession, th Read More

If your small business still doesn’t have a mobile marketing strategy, the results of a new study by Ipsos OTX MediaCT should spur you to get in gear. People who own both smartphones and tablet computers are twice as likely to make mobile purchases as those who only own smartphones, the study found Read More

Employees are using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Employees are using their own personal devices to access company information, and vice-versa. Companies are increasingly moving data storage to the cloud. All of these technological developments can benefit your business in Read More

While I hate to put a negative spin on such a positive time of year, the holidays can be a time when employees need extra money and might be driven to extremes—including embezzlement. You probably don’t believe embezzlement can happen to your small business, but it can, and the results can be devas Read More

It’s Veterans Day and what more appropriate day to spotlight some websites and organizations that help military veterans succeed as entrepreneurs? Here are four places to go for help and support.
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How much personal information do you ask your customers to provide before they can buy from you, download information from your website or receive a newsletter or other information from you? For many consumers, it’s too much, according to a recent survey by LoyaltyOne reported in HubSpot.
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I posted on this site on Monday about some holiday shopping trends that small retailers should know about–among them the increasing popularity of online shopping, social shopping and mobile shopping. Today, I’ve got more to say on all of these trends—because when it comes to holiday retail help, yo Read More

Did you participate in National Small Business Week this past year? The Small Business Administration hosts Small Business Week every spring; this past year’s was one of the most successful ever. But the SBA is already getting ready for the 2012 National Small Business Week, which will be held May Read More

Does your small business sell products online? If you don’t have an ecommerce site, you might need to rethink that, because Internet Retailer reports that more than one-third (36 percent) of all holiday shopping tasks, including checking prices, researching products and making purchases, will take Read More

Is your business marketing to young adults? If not, maybe it’s time to start. Why? Because the Millennials (sometimes called Generation Y or Echo Boomers) is bigger than the Baby Boom generation was. For anyone who knows what kind of spending power the Baby Boomers had (and continue to have), the r Read More