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In an interview with social marketing expert Ben Wills on ECommerce Rocks from GSINC, presenter Gareth Davies discusses the use of MySpace, Facebook, Digg and even YouTube to promote your small business. Social media marketing for small business is nothing new, but you'll be inspired by Wills' take on this topic and some helpful examples of how Read More

In this episode of The Small Business Podcast, online small business owners David Michaels and Daniel Miller discuss managing information for small business. Among their suggestions are use of Gmail, Google Analytics and other readily available tools to track information. A more unusual suggestion is to limit availability using mostly e-mail thus Read More

Read this post at the Small Biz Blog about free small business seminars held across Canada. A last batch of these is being held next week on the topics of "How to find money for your business" and "How to get more sales" before an upcoming August break. Those interested in the seminar can choose from a schedule of regional events by simply pic Read More

Small business advisor, entrepreneur and blogger Tim Berry talks to SBTV on the topic of starting a small business. Tim offers up some interesting advice on whether wanting to be your own boss is a sufficient reason to go into business for yourself and whether he thinks the business idea or the desire to be involved in entrepreneurship should com Read More

Search engine giant Yahoo! may be selling its Yahoo! Small Business division as part of a move to divest itself of all services and products not related to its core operations. Yahoo! Small Business provides domain names, Web hosting, E-Commerce, E-mail and online marketing for small business. Reuters has the full story, but as an aside, this is a Read More

The U.S. Treasury Department is preparing to buy up small business loans from the Small Business Administration in an effort to get small business lending back on line. The Washington Post reported the federal government is preparing a $15 billion initiative to stimulate small business financing since private lending has been slow to rebound. For Read More

Whether it's a service based business like accounting or selling your own homemade jewelry, figuring out how to start a home based business can be tricky. Here's advice from AllBusiness advisor Kathy Murdock specifically tailored to working mothers. Murdock suggests considering many factors when setting up shop including determining your target Read More

Why does your small business need a blog and what is a blog anyway? How will blogging increase my business? How do search engines react to blogs? All of these questions and more are answered in this informative article. Read More

Ron Ameln, owner of the St. Louis Small Business Monthly, has a rather dire prediction for the impact of health care legislation currently being proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Ron, the current health care legislation will kill small business by forcing companies with payroll reaching a certain level to either provide h Read More

This article entitled "Entrepreneur chic" explains how to start a business in a bad economy from the perspective of a Latina entrepreneur. But the tips listed here can easily apply to just about anyone and are good food for thought. I've never been a big believer in formal business plans though it's certainly important to know where you are he Read More