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If you're running a small business, you may have often wondered how to read your customer's mind. Now you can, thanks to this handy podcast from Inc.com. Rod Kurtz interviews Inc. Magazine senior editor Bobbie Gossage about online tools you can use to find out what people are saying about your business. The conversation ranges over a collection Read More

How can you take your small business global? In my interview with international marketer Cindy King we discuss the tools, approaches and core concepts that can make your cross-cultural marketing strategy a success. Cindy King is a Cross-Cultural Marketer & International Sales Strategist based in France. She uses her dual background in sales & mar Read More

In this guest post on the Small Business CEO, Laura Pettit Rusick, of http://www.optsolutionsinc.com/ gives four challenges and their attendant solutions for helping small to medium-sized businesses to tackle the kinds of projects that can help them grow. If you are in charge of an SMB seeking to take on the larger projects needed to take your com Read More

If you don't live in one of these top cities for entrepreneurs MOVE! Just kidding. Actually, with Internet technology it seems likely just about any place could be a good place for starting your small business venture. Still, this slide show with commentary from Inc.com is an interesting overview of cities that rate highest for successful startup Read More

This small biz tips video from CNN Money looks at credit crunch solutions for small to medium sized businesses impacted by the tightening of lending from conventional banks. The solution dealt with in this video is factor lending, a process by which a third party company advances part of the money on an invoice after services or products are deliv Read More

Deciding when to change your business strategy can be tough. In tough economic times, you can quickly see old sources of revenue melting away giving you a clear indication that it's time to change course. But, of course, change is scary and you can risk alienating loyal customers (and employees and partners) along the way. This article from Busin Read More

Wiggly Wigglers, a natural gardening business in England marketing techniques like worm composting, has used the Web since the 1990's to promote global sales. This all natural company recently won the Dell Small Business Excellence Award for its use of pod casts, blogs and social networks to not only market to customers but gather input, ideas an Read More

Heather Gorringe, founder and co-owner of Wiggly Wiggler, a natural gardening business promoting ideas like worm composting, is interviewed about how her company has used sicial media to go high tech global. The company recently won the Dell Small Business Excellence Award for its use of technology to market, engage in conversations and gain ideas Read More

In this article from KMIR Channel 6 in Palm Springs, you'll find small business tips for hiring independent contractors. Using independent contractors or partnering with other solo entrepreneurs is one eway to expand your business while keeping overhead low. However, it is important to know the difference between subcontractors and employees espe Read More

Here are seven tips to minimize small business risk. From Yahoo! Finance, these tips can help you to reduce risk in a field fraught with uncertainty. Though entrepreneurs are used to taking chances, the article says, it's important to do what's necessary to protect yourself in the event that some gambles don't end up paying off. Though the arti Read More