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Business expert Dr. Susan L. Reid talks about growing as business from solo to enterprising entrepreneur. Reid suggests if you are uncomfortable with the idea of hiring employees, think instead about creating a team. She also suggests meeting regularly and transforming your financial advertisers into a strategy team and bringing other experts in a Read More

In this second post on StumbleUpon over the last two days I wanted to share this great video on how to promote your small business Website with StumbleUpon. In the video, Bob Sommers does a great job of explaining how this particular social bookmarking sites works and even some tips. (Submitting your own sites is bad form so get your friend to do Read More

Lisa Wood's blog post about how to use StumbleUpon to grow your small business is the first in a series of posts about using the social bookmarking site as a powerful marketing tool to promote online ventures. The post begins with a simple introduction to the site and an explanation of how it works. Next come posts on how StumbleUpon can help you Read More

Ron Corning of SBTV.com gives some interesting tips for small business recession survival in this videotaped interview. Some of the suggestions are just common sense others may surprise you. The high points: --Repackage your products and services to increase sales --Don't lower prices because of the impact it may have on future business and lon Read More

In this feature from Inc.com tips from 13 entrepreneurs on starting your dream business are shared. If you think businesses like aerospace companies are not really small business or take millions to start, think again. Consider companies like Paragon Space Development launched with $75,000 in savings, loans and credit card debt. Stories like these Read More

From handing out and collecting business cards to making followup calls and ongoing relationship building, this post talks about small business marketing the old fashioned way. But what is perhaps more interesting is the degree to which everything described has a counterpart in what we call social media. Much reviled by those who say this kind of Read More

This Nationwide Networking panel talks about the importance of branding for small business. More important, however, is the discussion of what brand is--not simply a name or logo but the idea behind everything that goes in to your customer's experience. In some cases this can be an extension of personal brand and how you interact with a customer. Read More

This video from MetaCafe looks at small business video marketing and its benefits. Can you think of any not covered in the video? Among those mentioned are: 1. brand recognition 2. increased sales 3. increased traffic 4. status as an expert Please watch the fun and short clip and if you can think of any other benefits, leave a comment below. Read More

Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind, a tireless defender of the free enterprise system raises the alarm on his blog about a study he says uses biased information to question the importrance of small business to the U.S. economy. If politics and its impact on the economy in general and small business and entrepreneurship specifically is a top Read More

Certified public accountant Amber Hill suggests some thoughts about how to find government small business grants. In this video, Hill suggests some of the Websites and resources for the small business person seeking grant funding as well as the information and paperwork that needs to be assembled before applying. From personal experience, hunting Read More