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This is part 1 of a series by Jonathan I. Ezor, a guest blogger at The New Entrepreneur at Business Week designed to unravel the secret language of attorneys for perspective entrepreneurs and business owners. The premise, of course, is that whether or not a small business owner has hired an attorney to deal with these things he/she ought to at least understand this stuff. While there is no shorta Read More

January is usually a month filled with hope. For some, it's also filled with fantasies of unshackling themselves from their corporate desks, and becoming their own bosses. Although only a small percentage of people actually have the courage to take... Read More

A panel of attorney's discuss a wide range of small business legal issues from power of attorney to contracts at a meeting of the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners. This video from Small Business Television claims to include 25 small business legal tips within 25 minutes and honestly I didn't count that carefully. Also there is some exchange with the audience including qu Read More

Ashton Kutcher, Mr. big time TV star and still one of the most famous Twitter users on Earth because of the huge number of followers he's amassed not to mention friends on Facebook, is building a social media business of a very different kind. While waiting around to see 'Avatar' over the New Years holiday, I happened to pick up a copy of Fast Company with the following article. What's amazing fo Read More

Once you’ve decided to take your small business into the social media world it’s a good idea to brand yourself with a consistent web identity. Namechk is a free online service that will: "Check to see if your desired username or vanity url is still available at dozens of popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites." Read More

Channelship recently presented "Effective social media networking" how to improve your offline networking efforts with social networking tools such as Twitter and Linkedin 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

For the average small business owner, the changes to the search engine landscape mean that a few tweaks and extra steps are recommended to direct customers to your business. Here are a few SEO items to keep your eye on in 2010. Read More

Real-time search is a hot topic right now and many claim that this is proof that social media is for real and here to stay. I agree with it adding additional validation that social media is going mainstream, but I have my doubts that real-time search will last, or at least become modified. Read More

Every interaction your business has with a customer is marketing. Well, Customer Service is a huge marketing component. Do it right or die. Read More