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TrueToLifeTracey is an entrepreneur and nurse who has created a lens on how to improve your business image over on Squidoo. Among her topics are: How to make your small company look like a big business, Location, how important is it? and Small Business Marketing. There's far too much in this informative Website to pack into this little summary. T Read More

Lara Galloway, The Mom Biz Coach gives mompreneurs, and really all of us, 7 tips on how to land that first client. Obviously these could also be tips on how to enlarge your client base. Let's face it. Some of us may have literally happrened upon our exisiting clients and be at a loss about how to get more work. One important tip Lara suggests is Read More

Join Matthew Ringer in this interview with Jennifer Grassman, a Houston-based singer, on the topic of independent music as small business. Matthew is the operator of SmallBizBee, a small business Website often featured here on bizSugar. Look for an upcoming interview with Matthew on the bizSugar blog. The topic of independent music as a small busi Read More

Tom Pick of the WebMarketCentral Blog has a post (a followup really) on developing a creative email signature for your small business. So what is an email signature? Just read Tom's post and find out. Actually, it can work as a guide to where you are all over the Internet. From social media buttons, to blog url's, Twitter, Websites, contact phon Read More

Anita Campbell, executive editor of Small Business Trends brings us a story of how the state of New Jersey abandoned not one but about 17 small local vendors when it gave an office supplies contract to a larger out of state supplier with out ever giving the local companies a chance to bid. Worst of all, Anita reports the small office supply compan Read More

Check out Tim Berry's business plan and presentation tips in this video recommended by a couple of bizSugar members via Twitter. Via @CindyKing @bplans @lyceum Thanks everyone. It is a really great post with plenty of in depth information about what info to include (and what to let out) when putting together a business plan or presentation to inv Read More

Abby Prince of SmallBusinessNewz interviews Jennifer Laycock, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Guide, about search engine marketing for small business. Among the most important takeaways: using social media is amongst the best ways to promote your small business but use these tools to listen to customers' needs not just to promote, don't worry i Read More

This hour-long presentation on small business blogs with Anil Dash of Six Apart is a great overview for any small business people who are not already convinced of the benefits of a business blog. I will confess that as a professional blogger explaining to clients the importance of blogging and what it can do for your business that I am somewhat bi Read More

You read it right. Carmine Gallo's post at BusinessWeek.com is a fairly thorough explanation of how NOT to give a business presentation. From obvious disinterest to calling attention to your own mistakes and amateurish use of presentation tools. Carmine's post is a laugh riot because it's a very vivid description of the presentation from hell. Read More

Wall Street Journal small business columnist Colleen DeBaise explains how to open a restaurant with no money...well, none of your own anyway. DeBaise suggests gaining some experience working the restaurant business and then developing a detailed business plan demonstrating your big idea and the qualities you posses that will enable you to turn it Read More