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If you operate a small business as a sole trader, partnership, company or trust, you can use this guide to find out more about. Read this article for more information. Read More

Most cities and/or counties require you to have a business license and/or permit. Check with your local government municipalities to find out what the requirements are for where you live. Depending on where you live, you should be able to get this information from your local courthouse or townhall. Read More

In the broadest sense, anything that promotes your business
might be considered advertising, whether it's a radio spot, a brochure, or a booth at a trade show. But the term advertising usually refers to paid commercial messages in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, the Yellow Pages, or outdoor advertising.

Here's a rundown of the key media: Read More

Business plans range from 20 to 50 pages in length, but, typically, they all contain the same sections. You'll find detailed overviews of what to include within each section by looking at sample business plans and going to online sources. Read More

Your objective is to hire qualified applicants. A job description will help you accomplish this objective. Read More

There’s not a whole lot of point speaking to people who don’t want to speak to you. If you are involved in advertising in daily newspapers, general interest publications, direct mail to diverse mailing lists or even billboards, you are probably wasting a good percentage of your advertising dollar. Unless you’re overall goal is awareness, then this is a luxury best avoided. Read More

If you’ve ever seen a minimum sale price for credit card purchases posted near a cash register, you know that accepting credit cards is expensive. With an ecommerce Web site, your business will suffer if you don’t accept credit card payments. Credit card companies know that you’ll gain more in sales by accepting their cards than you’ll lose in fees, so you can’t avoid them completely. But with so Read More

It's time to stop playing defense. To survive a brutal economy like this one, you need to spend at least as much time building your business as you do cutting costs. That means going on the offensive. Read More

Years of managing household expenses may have paid off for women in this severe recession. The below survey findings indicate women have been more successful at cutting expenses across categories recently. Women are more likely to pinch pennies in a down economy. Read More

Do you think this green thing will take a back seat now that money is tight?” I now hear this question more than any other. Times are uncertain, so who really knows what corporate priorities will be over the next year or two? But at the risk of being dead wrong very soon, I’ll venture some opinions. First, if there’s a deep, prolonged recession, the green movement slows down because everything sl Read More