Eight years after the recession, as many as 93 percent of U.S. counties are still feeling the effects. Only 1 in 5 small businesses have completely recovered. To meet your goals in 2016 and the expectations of a bullish small business market, here are some helpful tips.
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Still Climbing Out of the Recession? 8 Tips to Consider
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Made Hot by: justretweet on February 1, 2016 12:02 pm
7 Ways to Improve Your Website Homepage
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Made Hot by: logistico on January 27, 2016 3:56 pm
Your website is your virtual place of business. Just like your regular place of business, you want it to be neat, clean, attractive, inviting and professional looking. Here are 7 low cost ways to improve a homepage to meet today's standards.
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Jim Fowler of Owler: Even as Tech and Data Grows in Importance, Crowdsourcing Is Still About People
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Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on January 25, 2016 12:25 pm
Jim Fowler of Owler discusses how changing technology has impacted crowd sourcing business models over the years, and how these models will only succeed if humans and the way they communicate are not automated out of the equation, but freed up to think and share more efficiently, improving their ab
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USPS Shipping Rates (Priority Mail) To Shoot Up by Over 8 Percent
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Made Hot by: logistico on January 21, 2016 11:28 am
The U.S. Postal Service has revised prices for its Shipping Services. The rate changes come into effect on Jan. 17, 2016 and will be the first price increase in more than three years for commercial Priority Mail.
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Twitter Introduces Hashtag Ads
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Made Hot by: steefen on January 13, 2016 5:21 am
Twitter played a big role in making hashtag usage so widespread, and now the company is introducing an exclusive new ad format that utilizes the hashtag even further.
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Church Attendance Surges, Food Trucks Decline, Says Foursquare
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Made Hot by: marketingvalue on December 30, 2015 9:42 pm
For the past year, the tastes of Americans have been changing. Trends in everything from food preferences to religious practice are in flux. Some of the most interesting changes are reflected in a recent infographic from Foursquare.
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Periscope Named Apple App of the Year: A Look Back On 2015
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Made Hot by: sundaydriver on December 24, 2015 12:01 am
Ryan Bell will be speaking at CES in January about the live streaming movement. Cited numerous times by other interviewees in this column, he was a natural to contact for an interview on mobile live streaming’s breakthrough year.
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How Small Businesses Are Using YouTube to Find Customers
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Made Hot by: fusionswim on December 22, 2015 6:32 pm
It’s no surprise that customers are doing more of their shopping on mobile devices. After all, the move toward mobile has been increasing for a few years now. What may be a bit of a surprise is where customers are starting their purchase journeys. One of the places they start is … YouTube.
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What Can a Promoted Trend on Twitter Do for Your Business?
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Made Hot by: mikehartman1 on December 20, 2015 9:26 pm
Twitter Promoted Trends allows you to purchase an ad unit that will appear within users’ timelines for a specific period of time on Twitter, as well as on its platforms for Android and iPhone and on TweetDeck (which allows users to access several accounts at once).
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31 Places to Publish Your Business eBook
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Made Hot by: LoopLooper on November 19, 2015 12:21 am
eBooks have opened up a whole new world of publishing possibilities for independent authors. Gone are the days where you need to have an agent and a connection to a major publishing company. Now, there are plenty of online platforms that can help you release your eBooks to the world without a huge
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