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This small business guide to online tools from Gerry Blackwell at Small Business Computing covers a variety of collaboration tools small entrepreneurs can take advantage of almost immediately. they run the gamut of high tech functions from video and audio to e-mail collaboration and all points in between. So make a New Year's resolution to test drive some of these new tools if you haven't done so Read More

Here are a list of best posts, including some pretty hilarious and attention grabbing content I think we all wish we had on our small business Website as Brian Clark of Copyblogger serves up an oeuvre of the year's best from the sometimes irreverent but usually insightful blog dedicated to nothing but marketing copy. It's great reading for the New Year and a good opportunity to take stock and det Read More

Attorney Amyli McDaniel looks at some of the biggest blunders made by entrepreneurs when operating a small business in this article from the Small Business Legal Advisor. But probably more appropriately, this article also looks at how to avoid them. Hopefully, if you've already made these mistakes this article will help you to do what it takes to make things right again. If you're just starting i Read More

Here are six steps to protect your small business trade secrets starting with identifying the data critical to protect for your business's success and ending with the process of litigation if this information is compromised. The list of steps comes from the Barbara Weltman Website. A tax and business attorney since 1977, Barbara has made a name as a great source for small business advise. Her sit Read More

Jeff Wuorio of the Microsoft Small Business Center lays out seven reasons your small business might need to call a lawyer and interestingly not one of them deals directly with your business being sued. Be aware that while some business experts might insist that retaining a lawyer is a necessary step at any point in the creation of your small business, remember to use common sense. If you are just Read More

Working from home (or from anywhere else for that matter) can be a dream come true if, like many small business owners, you've opted for a mobile office to save overhead on bricks and mortar. Just make sure that dream doesn't become a nightmare with these simple tips from Entrepreneur.com. The post looks at some of the big mistakes workers in a mobile office can make and how you can sidestep or a Read More

Tax expert Tom Choisnet talks about deducting your small business home office and discusses some of the considerations in this video from eHow. The deduction requires adequate record keeping and should allow small business owners to deduct a portion of the cost for upkeep of their home so long as the home office remains the primary place of business. Depreciation is also possible for the home off Read More

Right now, hiring an attorney for your small business startup may be the furthest thing from your mind. After all, why hire an attorney when you haven't made any money yet and you're just starting out? But according to this video on LawInfo, hiring an attorney at the outset when starting your company can cost less than you might think and save you from costly mistakes early on. It's quite amazing Read More

In a previous post, we mentioned how a great free tool called Hootsuite can help you manage social media, specifically Twitter with a variety of features including scheduling your tweets. Now we look at a simple overview that will have to scheduling tweets and increasing productivity for your social marketing campaign in minutes...literally! Take a look at the article (with step by step instructi Read More

I recently had the opportunity to start using Hootsuite for small business and was amazed by the speed and functionality of this marvelous tool. Hootsuite allows you to schedule tweets ahead of time and monitor what others are tweeting about you. Check out this comprehensive post at The Central Desktop Blog for more details on how this tool works and how you can use it to improve the productivity Read More