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Need help coming up with ideas to start a business? Here's our list of 100 low-cost business startup ideas. Enjoy! Read More

Small business owners with fewer than 50 employees are now eligible for a tax break if they continue to pay employees called to active duty in the U.S. military. The tax credit was included in the recently passed H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008. The legislation, which was passed by the House and Senate in M Read More

For some companies a recession is a time to weather the storm; cut expenses, trim the staff, wait for better times ... and slash the marketing budget. But other companies see a recession as strategic time to take the offensive. When competition focuses more on internal cost cutting they focus less on customers. Read More

Three qualities that effective book promotion requires, include: An open mind Curiosity Creativity These traits will help you search for ways to improve your approach, your promotion, your website and more. Read More

As business owners, we have two choices in how we deal with the sluggish economy. We can watch the news and complain and worry about it OR we can choose to Reject the Recession and look for new ways to generate business. Here are a few ideas to help you Reject the Recession. Read More

The use of “ad networks” surged from 5% of total ad impressions sold in 2006 to 30% in 2007. As online publishers experience growth rates of 20-30% in ad revenue, the race to create advertising opportunities has left publishers with excess inventory that they are selling via ad networks at up to 90% discounts versus direct sales rates. That Read More

Is your business really ready to franchise??? Read More

Rush Nigut, an Iowa franchise attorney, disagrees with a popular franchise industry blogger on whether one should WORK in a franchise before buying it... Read More

Small business is becoming big business for credit-card issuers. With the consumer market saturated, card issuers and banks are expanding their credit-card offerings for small businesses in a bid to get in on what they see as an untapped market. Estimates vary, but American Express says only about 14% of the more than $2 trillion small business Read More

I stumbled upon this site for the first time last week and came back to it again today out of curiosity. It so happens something slightly changed- luckily, it still works to prove my point. Last week, the Natural Confectionery Company was offering a bag of free sweets!:-) which at the end engaged the viewer into putting in their contact details Read More