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If you want to change your business, your employees and your life, why not change all the situations that are keeping you where you are? It may be simpler than you think. The smallest change can make huge alterations in your business making you more competitive, more productive and more efficient than you are today. Watch the video link and take a look at how you can discover the best way to improve the situations that impact your business and how to change the Read More

Does your small business really need an SEO to manage your Web presence. This post from SEO Book running down the world's Top 10 best SEO's suggests that the best in the business probably aren't looking for work and those looking for work may not be worth the money. Apologies to any SEOs out there. Just read the article and leave your thoughts below. Read More

More than just a marketing tool, blogs and other online communities can be branded, developed, marketed and sold like a business or product in and of themselves. In this post and accompanying video Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs-Journey explains how he created, sold, then bought, developed and sold multiple online properties and how you can too Read More

Whether it's black hat SEO, techniques on the darker side designed to make your Website more visible, actively spamming prospects with totally unwanted sales information or, if you happen to be the world's most powerful...er...search engine, threatening content owners as part of a PR campaign, cynicism isn't a good idea in the big corporate world or the small business world where you live. How about creating value instead of trying to force your way into the market. You can catch more flies with honey. Read the full post at SEO Book. Please share your thoughts below Read More

Well, it may not always feel that way, concedes Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, in this interview with marketer Seth Godin. On the other hand, Anderson argues cheap labor, access to the market and many other factors have never been more favorable for entrepreneurs. Hear the rest of Anderson's thoughts in the video from Open Forum Innovation Read More

Representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discuss the realities of new health care reform and its impact on small business as well as answering some important questions from the public. As with the other video on health care, we'd like to invite some discussion from the BizSugar small business community. Please leave your comments below Read More

The National Federation of Independent Business has put together this video about concerns raised over the new healthcare reform legislation. The reform remains controversial with small business organizations who insist it will be costly and prevent both growth and creation of new jobs. However, supporters insist many small businesses will be exempt from the healthcare mandate and that it will eventually make healthcare less expensive for all business. What do you think. We'd love to hear from the community on this. Leave your comments below Read More

Every once in a while, franchise consultant Joel Libava a.k.a. The Franchise King is asked why he doesn't own a franchise of his own. Here's his answer (in video format). Franchising isn't for everyone. Want to start a small business? Figure out what it is you do best. Thanks, Joel! Inspiring message Read More

This Wall Street Journal story takes a look at a trend among franchise companies who are beginning to offer financing to franchisees when more traditional lenders decline. While the help is sometimes the only option for struggling franchise owners seeking to start or expand their business, the terms, according to WSJ, can be somewhat harsh Read More

The deadline for the Eighth Annual American Business Awards is fast approaching. Applications must be in by April 30. Have a look at the full announcement at this link to Small Business Trends with s Read More