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EBay's Seller's Challenge contest lets EBay entrepreneurs vie for the chance to win $25,000 in cash. Sellers have to submit business plans and one-minute videos to become eligible. The winners in four categories are chosen by public votes on their submissions. Find out how several EBay sellers are dealing with drops in sales and what they're do Read More

CIT Group, No. 1 originator of Small Business Administration-backed franchise loans, could be going bust. News is out that they've hired a bankruptcy firm and there is a possibility that CIT's situation could set the stage for further curtailing of small business lending. How does CIT affect the lending climate?... Read More

This post shares 7 tips for small business blogs giving advice on how to start one and what content you may want to include. The post suggests studying other blogs in your business niche and making decisions about the purpose of your blog. It also gives recommendations for how to seek out other similar blogs in your business niche. Read More

How do you go about creating a small business with Zazzle, one of a number of new Websites offering content upload and sale of designs for T-shirts, mugs, hats etc. at no initial cost. Bonnie at Squidoo gives some tips in this great lens and even a list of Websites where you can publicize your creations. The possibilities seem endless for a design Read More

Entrepreneur and consultant Becky McCray talks about keeping your small business simple in her latest post at the Small Biz Survival blog. Becky tells the story of Con Pekrul and his father Hart who run Plain View Winery, in Lahoma, Oklahoma. They have succeeded in keeping costs down triumphing in their business against all odds by avoiding expens Read More

John Sternal, guest author at Small Business CEO, lays out some basic ideas about how your company can get PR. Frankly, from my perspective after 18 years on the other side as a reporter, his suggestions for getting stuff into the paper seem a bit naive. One of the key things anyone with something to promote must learn is that press, both traditio Read More

In this video from Andrew Warner of http://mixergy.com/, Andrew talks about lessons learned in his interview with Jason Fried, founder of 37 Signals. Among the lessons are that money isn't necessary to start a company, but that developing a voice and becoming a teacher for your customers is. He says Fried also advocates building a subscription ba Read More

The video in this blog post not only serves as a blueprint of guerrilla marketing usable for any small business. It is an example of guerrilla marketing for a real product. Just watching it got me to check out the company's Website. When it comes to making your service or product stand out from the crowd, what are you really doing? I think this p Read More

A small business may also be a family business and, if so, trouble can ensue if care isn't taken from the start. Family rivalries and dynamics finding their way into the business environment, unclear job designations and uncertainty about each member's contributions are only some of the problems that may come up. As a result, like any other busi Read More

Tim Ferris doesn't like the word marketing. Instead he explains to an audience at a seminar how he got his book on the bestsellers list just by persuading people to talk about him (which one could argue is marketing no matter what Tim decides to call it.) Watch this video for some of Tim's techniques on selling yourself and by extension your pro Read More