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Small businesses are feeling better about the economy and are looking to grow in 2011, according to a new survey released this week by online marketing firm Constant Contact. Read More

Doesn’t it seem like every week, a new social coupon website pops up?Some deal sites are being added to existing retail sites to help eliminate inventory (such BackCountry.com’s SteepandCheap site). Others are new, stand-alone sites, many with very specific niches.

There are social deal sites th Read More

Of all the innovation occurring with mobile technology, two areas are of particular significance to small business merchants (a) tools that let small businesses market themselves or their products/services to mobile users such as GoMobi or AppMakr and (b) tools for small businesses to better organ Read More

Last Friday, we were excited to be honored with a 2010 Society for New Communications Research Award (SNCR). We received the award in the Corporate OnlineLast Friday, we were excited to be honored with a 2010 Society for New Communications Research Award (SNCR). We received the award in the Corpora Read More

Even though Green Technology had a website in 2009, it had not been updated for several years. Dr. Bartek applied the concepts discussed at the 2009 GrowSmartBiz conference in Green Technology’s marketing strategy and website re-design. Today, Green Technology has a new website that is more modern, Read More

As you look for ways to keep your business competitive in a challenging economy, don’t overlook the importance of a professional, well-designed website. While the importance of having a business website has become a given, too many businesses assume that simply having a presence on the Web is enoug Read More

Marketers get together to discuss current hot marketing topics: Your office as a networking tool, Online Content Organization, Social Media Contests and Consumer Loyalty, The Coupon and Discount Craze Read More

The Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers for the third quarter of 2010 has recently been released. Compared to the responses in the second-quarter 2010 Outlook–which was not all that rosy--the viewpoint this time around has become far more pessimistic.

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As small business owners, we’re often told to get out there and engage–that we should use social media to “even the playing field” (an expression I hate) and “meet” our customers and potential customers at the watering holes where they hang out. But…where should we go? What types of social site are Read More

The Sept. 1 editorial "On better terms" conceded that overall interest rates have risen on credit cards after the passage of the Credit CARD Act and that the limits on credit that have resulted may be slowing economic growth. It concluded, however, that these drawbacks are tolerable because "the co Read More