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This time of year zooms by, and before you know it, it will be January. Waiting until then to get your business tax affairs in order can put you in a time crunch at the start of the year, so get started now to ensure you’re ready for 2015. Read More

Many brands and businesses advertise on Facebook as a way to promote their content and attract new leads. But what about the conversions after someone has clicked on the ad? This can be a challenge for most campaigns, but there is a solution. Read More

Have you ever thought about owning your own business and thought maybe a franchise would be a way to do just that? One possibility is opening a UPS Store franchise. But you may be wondering exactly what owning such a franchise might mean. We sat down with Brett Robertson recently to learn what it’s Read More

Vine presents a unique opportunity to visually promote your brand. It’s a great way to connect with your customer base as well as branch out to extend your business’s reach. However when talking about such a short span of time, the challenge is clear. When you only have six seconds, how can you mak Read More

It is far easier now to jump into ecommerce and start selling products from home, even when you don’t have much technical or business experience. However, full-fledged startups are serious business. They take a lot of effort to get off the ground and that execution won’t be possible without some cr Read More

December is National Write a Business Plan Month! If you’re like most, planning is a burden and a chore that’s hard to prioritize. Here are seven tips to kick-start the process. Read More

In recent years there’s been a lot of talk about the difficulties small retailers face when it comes to competing. But we business owners are nothing if not resilient. So instead of fixating on the problems, for many of us our focus goes immediately to solutions. Read More

For many people, the idea of packaging is limited to boxes and bows. In service businesses, packaging is all about how you package concepts and principles in ways that define your core difference, methodology and brand. Read More

When there’s no opportunity to touch, feel, taste, or smell something, sight quickly becomes the most valuable sense. Are you effectively using imagery as a part of your company’s overall strategy? Read More

Grace Choi, a Harvard business graduate, is hoping to revolutionize the makeup industry with her new product: a 3D printer that can turn any photo into wearable makeup. Read More