While the news is full of big companies crying foul about health care reform now that President Obama has been reelected, how are small businesses reacting? The primary sentiment among small business owners is mass confusion, reports eHealth’s Fall 2012 Small Employer Benefits Survey.
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Health Care Reform: Myths and Realities
Posted by NetworkSolutions under Employee BenefitsFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4377 days ago
How You Can Use Social Media to Spur Holiday Shopping
Posted by NetworkSolutions under Social MediaFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4378 days ago
If you had any doubts that social media is playing a growing role in consumers’ shopping habits, a new study from Research Now should help dispel them. The survey, conducted by ConsumerSearch.com, looked at what influences consumers to buy when they’re shopping for holiday gifts.
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How Can Your Business Become a Breakout Brand?
Posted by NetworkSolutions under MarketingFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4380 days ago
Want to make your business a “breakout brand”? Then you’ve got to make consumers “fall in love” with you, according to a new survey commissioned by rbb Public Relations and conducted by IBOPE/Zogby International.
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Message to Marketers: Don’t Ignore Gen X
Posted by NetworkSolutions under MarketingFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4383 days ago
There’s a lot of hullabaloo about marketing to Millennials these days, but in all the frenzy, you might be forgetting about a very important demographic: Generation X. Aged 35 to 44, this often-ignored generation is important for marketers to target—but it’s important to target them correctly.
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Small Businesses’ Credit Profiles Are Improving. Is Yours?
Posted by NetworkSolutions under FinanceFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4384 days ago
You probably know that blogging can raise your company’s profile, attract customers, improve lead generation and boost sales. But did you know just how easy it can be? HubSpot, an Internet marketing firm, conducted a poll of 7,000 companies in its “Marketing Benchmarks” study. The results showed th
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Why Online Marketing Matters to Small Business Owners
Posted by NetworkSolutions under Online MarketingFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4385 days ago
How is the economy affecting small business owners’ thoughts and plans about their companies’ finances? In a recent Small Business Sentiment Survey conducted for Local Corporation, 92 percent of small business owners said the economy influences their financial decisions. Here are some of the change
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Hot Trend: Gluten-Free Foods and Beverages
Posted by NetworkSolutions under MarketingFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4388 days ago
If you’re a food or restaurant entrepreneur looking for a growth market, look no further than gluten-free foods and beverages. This relatively new category is projected to top $4.2 billion in sales by the end of this year, and since 2008, has grown by an astonishing 28 percent annually, according t
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Bad News for Small Business: VC Investments Decline
Posted by NetworkSolutions under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4389 days ago
Recently, we posted here about the growth in angel capital investments. Now, there’s some not-so-good news for small businesses about venture capital. The most recent MoneyTree survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association reports that in the third quarter of 2012,
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Web.com Partners With American Express to Support Small Business Saturday
Posted by NetworkSolutions under MarketingFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4390 days ago
Web.com has joined forces with American Express to promote this year’s Small Business Saturday, November 24, 2012. Now in its third year, Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to strengthening local communities by supporting local, independently owned small businesses.
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Start Your Own Small Business Support Group
Posted by NetworkSolutions under ManagementFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4391 days ago
Do you think of other entrepreneurs as your competition? Well, some of them are, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them. In today’s economy, with big companies creating an ever-tougher environment for small business success, small businesses have to stick together—and sometimes, that might
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