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What’s the most effective way to generate leads for your small business? A new survey of lead generation professionals by search and display advertising platform Advertise.com found that pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns were rated the most valuable lead generation tool. Cold calling, not surprisingly, Read More

For years, the conventional wisdom in the small business world has held that it’s risky to rely on one key customer. As soon as possible, the thinking goes, your company needs to diversify into multiple customer accounts so that if one customer goes under, is slow to pay or otherwise “flakes out” o Read More

Are you looking for a way to put several thousand dollars a year in your business’s bank account—without doing any additional work? A recent survey of small business owners by NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association showed that the average business could save from $2,000 to $7,000 annually by u Read More

Are you a military veteran whose business does work for the government? Then you need to be aware of a new crackdown that’s occurring due to recently discovered fraud. The federal Veterans Affairs Department recently discovered during an internal audit that more than 30 businesses to which it had a Read More

American Express OPEN recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its semi-annual Small Business Monitor surveys by releasing a retrospective report that analyzed the results of the surveys over the past 10 years. The results have some sobering data for small businesses.
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Hispanic business owners are starting companies at twice the rate of the general population—but they also face some crucial financial challenges, reports Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company’s (MassMutual) new “Business Owner Financial Wellness Study.”
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Do you remember when “home-based business” was a term you had to define? When the idea of working from home was foreign to most people and entrepreneurs who did so were viewed with suspicion?
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With the economy seemingly back on a roller coaster of uncertainty amid talk that a double-dip recession may be in our future, it’s time to take a closer look at the controls you have in place to protect your company from financial losses. One area you should be concerned about is the contracts you Read More

These days, the economy is on a wild ride, and pundits and news outlets are all watching economic indicators with bated breath. But what economic indicators really matter to your small business, and how can you keep track of them yourself to make sure you don’t miss a trick? Here are 5 resources yo Read More

Are you considering moving your business to a new location, or just want to see how your state stacks up in comparison to others? The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Bureau of Business Research and Department of Economics recently released its State Entrepreneurship Index (SEI). This nationwide an Read More