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Though the video below and in the link is from 2008, it gives a great overview of the kinds of tax deductions you should be thinking about for your small business. Be sure to have your tax preparer review current tax law and keep up with changes. Read More

Think long term when it comes to handing out employee benefits in your small business. The temptation may be to give very generous benefits from the beginning but if these benefits later need to be cut back, employees will be bitter. Watch the video from William N. Topaz below. Read More

Attorney Mark Rosenberg speaks with Reel SEO about small business video marketing and some legal tips to keep you out of trouble when using people or trademarks in your video marketing. In addition to the video below, the link leads to a full post on the issues. Read More

Here are seven tips for small business sales referrals from About.com. One or more, or perhaps all, may be helpful in building up sales and clients for your small business, an important idea right from the beginning when it comes to building your small business's client or customer base. Getting referrals also reduces your sales expenses and will definitely be the preferred tactic for a very smal Read More

With tight credit from many banks some small business entrepreneurs are turning increasingly to family financing to get their startups off the ground. Here First Business News interviews several entrepreneurs in a quest for financing to launch their small business ventures. Read More

Hiring great employees for your small to medium sized business just isn't as easy as it used to be. Recession or not, experts say the work force is shrinking and those left behind will be more choosy about what they're looking for in a job. Here's more from BizWise TV. Read More

Small business tax breaks plus cheaper loans from federal and local leaders are aiming to create more jobs in Santa Cruz Cal. Check out the link to this local news broadcast including interviews and further details. It's astounding how long it seems to take government to learn that taxes are rarely helpful to small business development. Read More

Why are employee benefits important to small business owners? Business consultant and adjunct professor of business Joe Dunlop explains the increasing trend toward employee benefits as a powerful motivation when recruiting employees. Can you offer employees a better benefits package, more flexibility in their work schedule, more opportunity to balance work and family. If so, you may have a winnin Read More

Here are consultant Shawn Atkins' top three investment suggestions for all businesses in 2010 and they just may surprise you. I watched this video trying to guess ahead of time what Shawn's recommendations might be but must admit I probably wouldn't have made the same calls. Still I can see the value of each one of his choices. Naturally, it also depends on the size of your business and so this w Read More

How important is small business technology innovation to the economic recovery? It is crucial, says U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee in these opening remarks for a hearing in early 2009 on funding for the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR). At the beginning of 2010 nothing has changed and small business innovation remains key to the Read More