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Why did anyone ever think that "auto following" people on Twitter was a good idea? Today we may have finally seen the death of the auto-follow as Robert Scoble and Pete Cashmore of Mashable chime in with the realization that NOT auto-following improves the quality of your Twitter experience and marketing. Finally! Read More

Need help growing your business? Outsourcing administrative tasks and small projects can be a huge time saver, and it's often cheaper than you'd think. Here are my recommendations for online resources where you can find great contractors and virtual assistant help for your business. Read More

Using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter is important for many small companies. It doesn't work for everyone. American Express OPEN Forum's VP of Branding posted about Online Marketing and links to a good PDF download. Read More

These are the 12 social media tactics that work well for my business today. I usually spend a couple of hours a day on social media. But these tactics work well for me, because I can adapt the time spent to the time I have available. Although they work well for me these tactics may not work for your business in the same way they work for mine. Read More

The Federal Government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world and, perhaps as part of the economic recovery, getting bigger. Many people associate government contracts with things like vehicles and missiles, but the U.S. Government buys every imaginable product and service and tries very hard to make a substantial portion of t Read More

With so many blogs popping up every day, it's hard to determine which ones you should read and which ones you should pass by. Lucky for you, there is one list of valuable business blogs that you should take a moment to look through. Whether you are just starting out or already have an established business, you should be able to find any informat Read More

These days a lot of our communication is via other means than face to face or even the telephone. When communicating by email to a customer's question or request, you may think you are communicating clearly but are you really? Have you ever faced the situation where a customer keeps emailing back asking the same question in different ways? There a Read More

This video from MetaCafe looks at small business video marketing and its benefits. Can you think of any not covered in the video? Among those mentioned are: 1. brand recognition 2. increased sales 3. increased traffic 4. status as an expert Please watch the fun and short clip and if you can think of any other benefits, leave a comment below. Read More

Ron Corning of SBTV.com gives some interesting tips for small business recession survival in this videotaped interview. Some of the suggestions are just common sense others may surprise you. The high points: --Repackage your products and services to increase sales --Don't lower prices because of the impact it may have on future business and lon Read More

This interesting story from the BBC about how small business loans remain a challenge examines how the recession has been hard even for small businesses that are fairing well especially when it comes to credit. According to the story, banks have increasingly shut out small businesses even in cases where credit had earlier been extended and busines Read More