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This column from small business expert Steve Strauss examines tips for small business automation using computer technology to do things like generating response e-mails, sending out invoices and even automating your basic sales through eCommerce. Strauss's argument? Automating some functions you and your staff are spending time on now will allow Read More

Here's a video from Ann Howard, general business counselor at Small Business & Technology Development Center, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, with tips for small business operation. Howard suggests ideas like a good business plan (one aimed at keeping you focused on where you are going with your business not one to show to investors.) T Read More

This video on how to apply for small business awards from SBTV features Andrew Field, owner of PrintingForLess.com. I interviewed Andrew some years ago for another Website and the story of his revolutionary online printing company is inspiring to any fledgling entrepreneur. Andrew says the benefit of applying for business awards is that winning ca Read More

This video from businessbuffet.com looks at how to manage small business cash flow to be sure you always have sufficient money to meet your expenses. The video also explains the importance of a cash flow forecast to identify poorly performing and costly assets and to be sure that you have sufficient money on hand to meet bills and afford equipment Read More

Author and marketer Seth Godin and entrepreneur Richard Branson talk about recession marketing strategies. Though both of these guys certainly market and help operate much bigger companies now, both started small and the advice Branson gives is no different for a small business than it would be for an aerospace empire. Even during tough times, Bra Read More

A new SBA small business loan program, part of the White House's economic stimulus package, has had less than stellar success in its first month, BusinessWeek reports. While the government guarantees the loan, lenders remain nervous, perhaps due to high projected defaults. The article also reports that since not all lenders seem to have decided w Read More

This article from the Get Rich Slowly blog looks at some interesting tips for starting a small business. Some, including the suggestion that the fledgling entrepreneur keep his/her day job and grow the business slowly, you may have heard before. Others, however, like recommendation that you create boundaries and the admonishment against going into Read More

Is a buy American clause inserted into the latest government stimulus package really hurting some US small business selling products outside the country? Yes, according to some small business owners including this head of a pipe fitting company selling heavily in Canadian markets who explains that many countries are beginning to retaliate against Read More

For small businesses, earning customers has never been easy so small business quality remains key to help keep those customers they do have. In the made-for-PBS series Small Business School, we look at examples of businesses that are taking no chances when it comes to maintaining quality and keeping customers happy. What are you doing to maintain Read More

Meredith Poulton Eisenberg, of Yellow Highlighter Virtual Assistance, suggests six tips for controlling business costs. Recommendations include everything from evaluating subscription costs and online payment processing fees to affiliate income and occasionally raising prices. By following some of these tips, Eisenberg insists business owners can Read More