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In a previous post, we mentioned how a great free tool called Hootsuite can help you manage social media, specifically Twitter with a variety of features including scheduling your tweets. Now we look at a simple overview that will have to scheduling tweets and increasing productivity for your social marketing campaign in minutes...literally! Take a look at the article (with step by step instructi Read More

I recently had the opportunity to start using Hootsuite for small business and was amazed by the speed and functionality of this marvelous tool. Hootsuite allows you to schedule tweets ahead of time and monitor what others are tweeting about you. Check out this comprehensive post at The Central Desktop Blog for more details on how this tool works and how you can use it to improve the productivity Read More

The National Federation of Business has created a great resource of legal tips for small business on their Website and this is just a sampling. These legal problems are things that every small business, to a greater or lesser degree, may someday face. But some also involve problems that can be fairly easily avoided. At list of these potential legal problems and precautions to avoid them can be a Read More

Choosing between an S Corp and LLC for your small business can be an important early business decision. Karen J. Lange of The Company Corporation helps simplify the issue in this helpful article posted at the National Federation of Independent Business Website, a great source for numerous legal tips small business owners may find helpful. Membership is necessary to view some but not all content o Read More

Web video will increase your business and with cheaper hosting and production options, it must now be a necessity, says smallbiztechnology.com. Products like Brightcove are making hosting your own video even easier but I think the cost is still a bit steep compared to other available online options. We'll have to see where online video goes in the future but my instinct is that it will become mor Read More

The difference between success and failure has nothing to do with what we can do and everything to do with what we will do. This is nowhere more true than in sales... Read More

Small business will spend big on technology in 2010 says a report by a major mobile network according to the V3.co.uk Website. The company says small business has become convinced of the benefit of technology and is likely to keep up spending and investing in technology despite recession economics. It will be interesting to see what form this spending takes, whether in software packages, gadgets Read More

If you're a small to medium sized business using Microsoft Word, it might be a good idea to stock up on the word processing program before a federal deadline that could see the software disappearing from shelves and no longer available loaded on new computers. It seems Microsoft is embroiled in a patent case which, unless resolved before a Jan. 11 deadline, could see the software no longer availa Read More

As the end of 2009 approaches, it's important to think about strategies for tax preparation in the coming year. SmartMoney has some ideas for you, though not all of them are applicable to every small business. Here, in a nutshell, are the big ones but feel free to add any you think we missed in the comment section. A growing resource on how to make last minute tax adjustments as the year closes c Read More

This podcast from the law firm of Chorey, Taylor & Feil looks at your business's options, obligations and possible reaction in the unhappy event of being sued. The podcast goes over how to choose an attorney to represent you, how to deal with your insurance company when sued, how to collect and record the necessary documentation for your defense and how to monitor the case to be it is being handl Read More