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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

Learn more about what Google trying to buy Yelp is important for your small business, and what else you need to know about the changing world of search. 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

Knowledge of the cultural baggage you carry around with you helps you to improve the cross-cultural communication skills you need for international business. Your international business success depends on how well you know yourself. Read More

Every time we interact with Irish SMEs we realise the limited knowledge that business owners have on the value of Internet Marketing for their companies. We believe that the best way to transmit the real meaning of marketing a business online and the benefit comes down to how we tell the story. Here's a quick/sweet video, explaining the WHAT, WHY and HOW of online marketing. Read More

Jeff Wuorio of the Microsoft Small Business Center lays out seven reasons your small business might need to call a lawyer and interestingly not one of them deals directly with your business being sued. Be aware that while some business experts might insist that retaining a lawyer is a necessary step at any point in the creation of your small business, remember to use common sense. If you are just Read More

The numbers show that companies will invest more resources into social media in 2010 as a way to market themselves and find new customers. And that trend Read More

Here are six great small business marketing ideas that are easy to implement for any entrepreneur. If a client sees an article that answers some of their key questions, written by an expert (YOU), they are more likely to trust your company. Here are a few suggestions on becoming an expert: Read More

Do's and Don'ts for Your Marketing Dollars
The economy is down. Budgets are even tighter than normal. But you know you still have to spend something to market your company, right?. After all, what good is it having the “best” product or service if you don’t have customers to take advantage of it.

So with a tight budget, where should you — and where should you not — be putting your marketing d Read More

South Dakota lags behind much of the nation in small business performance. According to the Lake Herman Institute's Small Business Success Index, South Dakota ranks 39th on concrete measures of small business success.

While the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's Small Business Survival Index ranks states by an ideological wish list, LHI's Small Business Success Index ranks states by t Read More