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Credit Card Options Limited For Small Business Financing

Avatar Posted by stillwagon428 under Finance
From http://www.smbceo.com 5760 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2009 4:29 pm
Until recently, credit cards had always been a reliable source of financing for entrepreneurs as well. Ease of credit card access gave small business owners an important, cost effective, and highly flexible means for managing cash flow, purchasing inventory, and expanding operations. The cards did not require personal guarantees, and came bundled Read More

100 Best Small Business Podcasts 2009

Avatar Posted by stillwagon428 under Resources
From http://www.smbtrendwire.com 5760 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2009 5:33 am
So much audio . . . so little time. But alas! We have taken the guesswork out of it for you. We have chosen 100 of the most informative podcasts for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Most of the following podcasts specifically target small businesses while others have a broader business focus. All, however, are relevant to business ow Read More

Top 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail

Avatar Posted by ashlyrevi under Online Marketing
From http://www.p2w2.com 5761 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2009 5:34 am
Starting a small business is way to living your American Dream. But the market place is often unforgiving. Read More
How can we bridge the gap between the need for realistic, accurate sales forecasts - and the inherent characteristic of successful salespeople to be highly optimistic. Read More

How to tell the search engines about duplicate content

Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Online Marketing
From http://www.pandia.com 5761 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 9:35 pm
If you have several versions of the same page or many pages with the same content, tell the search engines about it with the new canonical tag! The search engines really don't like to find the same content on several web pages. The main problem is for them to determine what is the “primary” page, the most important version, the one people shoul Read More

8 Best Practices for Reducing Shopping Cart Abandonment

Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Online Marketing
From http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com 5761 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 5:43 pm
Why do shoppers leave the checkout before making a purchase? More importantly, what can you do about it? People abandon shopping carts for many reasons. Some simply change their minds or are just “window shopping.” You don't have much control over those instances. Some, however, find the checkout process confusing or aren't sure what you're g Read More
Here is my plan to help our down economy. I have never claimed to be politically correct.... Read More

Love Your Customer Award #4

Avatar Posted by SkipAnderson under Customer Service
From http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com 5763 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 16, 2009 11:22 am
How can you be more like Lenscrafters and less like Macy's Optical Department? Read on... Read More

The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding

Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Raising Capital
From http://blogmaverick.com 5764 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 10:36 pm
Mark Cuban is giving away money! Well, sort of. Here's a snippet from his blog post: "You must post your business plan here on my blog where I expect other people can and will comment on it. I also expect that other people will steal the idea and use it elsewhere. That is the idea. Call this an open source funding environment. If its a go Read More

Hamster Burial Kits & 998 Other Business Ideas

Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Startups
From http://www.sixmonthmba.com 5764 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 12:31 am
Ideas are a dime a dozen. The money is in the execution. Need proof? For Seth Godin's Alternative MBA program, nine attendees came up with 111 business ideas each. But ideas are only valuable when someone makes something happen. What follows are our 999 business ideas, free for the taking. Read More
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