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The energetic Ramon Ray of Smallbiztechnology.com talks about how to get free publicity for your small business. Besides advertising, Ray says in this presentation, gaining media coverage may be the best method of gaining not only publicity but also credibility for your product or service. Ray suggests an approach that looks at the news process an Read More

Melania Attia shares 10 tips for better small business e-mail marketing at the 2009 Small Business Summit. Among her suggestions are to avoid buying mailing lists, establish personal relationships with customers and be sure to keep e-mails brief and to the point. Attia also stresses the importance of complying with customer wishes when asked to ce Read More

Using social media allows small business to grow at an incredible rate never before possible. But how can you use this powerful tool to grow your small business? Some of the most perceptive experts on the subject discuss how small businesses can leverage the power of social media for their advantage in this series of video interviews by Network So Read More

Virtual assistance including everything from accounting to phone service Web design and marketing leaving your small business to concentrate on what you do best, providing your products and services. In this interview with Network Solutions, Gourab Nanda of Maryland-based My Business Assistant talks about how he built his small business by helping Read More

There are many reasons your small business needs to use social marketing and they go far beyond driving traffic to your Website. In the following video, David Skul of Relativity Business Technology Solutions discusses five including the need to engage customers and to collect information about how people in the marketplace are reacting to your pro Read More

USA Today small business expert Steve Strauss gives some tips for small business PR when seeking to gain media exposure. Steve argues that getting traditional media coverage (newspaper, TV)can gain extra credibility for your business because it is third party validation, not the same as an add or other publicity the business itself puts out. One o Read More

A new program aims at boosting minority owned small businesses in the United States. The U.S. Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency is the organization heading up the effort. There are many features, tools available from the organization's Website including a database making businesses easier to find and there is even more. Read More

Certainly, many small business owners have experienced what it is like to run a small business with a skeleton staff. Those who started their business likely founded it with perhaps only one employee, themselves. But now the tough economy is bringing back those hard times for many small businesses. This CNN Money.com small business article looks a Read More

Michael Gerber, best-selling author of 'The E-Myth' talks about the secret ingredients to small business success. He says there are two important questions to ask when starting out, is the business... Read More

Sometimes small business owners have difficulty taking time to smell the roses. Don't allow stress to complicate your business or your life, just read this article on how to manage the stress of owning or starting up your small business... Read More