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When you first start out marketing your products or services you are grateful for those early customers. You may be in constant contact, reply quickly to emails and never forget to reply to their comments on your posts. As you build your business, get more customers it can be easy to forget the ones who supported you in the beginning. This is a mistake Read More

The battle lines are drawn. While Washington says it understands the importance of small businesses and their role in creating jobs and aiding an economi Read More

Equipment loans are used for financing a wide variety of equipment such as agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and even equipment working in a factory. This post will discuss equipment loans that fall outside of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (CALA) Read More

Following is a list of links to government contacts, assembled from Business.gov which provides information and resources that help small businesses comply with federal, state and local busines Read More

It's been really difficult to find time to blog for the last few weeks, and I have a feeling it's going to get worse before it gets better. I'm taking a couple of evening classes that have turned out to be more time consuming than I expected, plus I've taken on a slightly larger role at work. Add in a little time for exercise (including the mountain bike I bought recently), and a very little time for relaxation, and I'm spent! I definitely enjoy blogging, especially when inspiration strikes, but lately it seems like I've been rushing through it so I can move on to the many other things I need to accomplish.. Read More

We're seeing from sources that the massive financial reform package passed recently by the U.S. Senate will not negatively impact investment in the small business and entrepreneurship community. Time will tell. Tighter regulation might certainly tend to further tighten bank lending but perhaps this isn't the best source of business financing anyway ... Read More

Success with Internet leads has much to do with how you manage those leads. Maybe even mostly to do with how you manage them. However, that lead management process can very effectively be adjusted to smooth and leverage the diversity of there generation methods.

This brief guide will introduce you to several of the Internet marketing methods lead providers use to generate leads Read More

Have you heard about Wibiya toolbar? I think I first saw it on Amanda's site, My Recipe Finds. I have then found it on other sites, e.g., John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing and Robert Scoble's Scobleizer. Please spread the good word by sharing the posts via Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Buzz, BizSugar or by email. This feature is powered by AddThi Read More

There's still time, just barely, to win a scholarship worth $200 allowing you to attend the Small Biz Social Media Summit June 5-6 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Decisions on the scholarship will be made May 21. (That's this Friday.) For details read the full post on the upcoming event in this post at Small Business Trends. There is also a link to information on how to simply make arrangements to attend the event. BizSugar.com is a media sponsor for the event, by the way. Hope you can take part Read More

Public speaking is a great way to establish your authority and generate leads. It's also a time-consuming effort. Delivering a compelling presentation is only half the work. Read this post to discover 7 ways you can keep continue to gain influence once you've left the stage Read More