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The day sales become stagnant for small business, or even worse, start declining it’s time to start getting worried. it is very difficult to pinpoint exactly what mistakes you are making that contribute to declining sales because many times you don’t even realize you are making them. How do you spo Read More

By Karen Mills, SBA Administrator. It’s February—that time of year filled with candy hearts, boxes of chocolate, and the chance to let the people you love know exactly how you feel. While Cupid may be busy this Valentine’s day, we at the U.S. Small Business Administration are just as busy making s Read More

Everything changes when you switch to a niche business model. My decision to, and experience with, making the switch from a "Do Everything" to a niche business model. Read More

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. Even if you are looking in all the right pl Read More

Your competitors who are dominating the local search results and crushing your business? They have amazing tools that help them get those top rankings...and so do you! You just have to know what they are and how to use them for local SEO. And yes, that includes Google+. Read More

Japanese are often mystified as to why many Americans seem to not be interested in learning from past problems to prevent future ones…quite a contrast from the way many Japanese firms get all employees actively involved in improving quality. Read More

Why do people buy and what types of buyers are there? I try to touch upon this topic a bit. Hope you will learn some new stuff. Read More

Whoever you are and whatever you do, we have some suggestions for you. We looked at Valentine’s emails from some larger businesses to help spark ideas for all businesses. Read More

Is Quora a pretty darn good source of intriguing questions and valuable answers? Yes, it most certainly is. Read More

Late last year, I hosted a web chat with the SBA offering holiday marketing tips and ideas to small business owners. And while many business owners submitted questions relating specifically to the holidays, a large percentage of the questions centered on that age-old question: “How do I get more fo Read More