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Restaurant owners have had a challenging few years. Are things looking up for 2011? Foodservice research and consulting firm Technomic recently released its 11 top trends for the coming year.
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By Karen Axelton With the holiday shopping season well underway, there’s plenty of positive news about Black Friday, Cyber Monday and this year’s new entry into the shopping game, Small Business Saturday (an event developed by American Express OPEN and Facebook). Read More

By Rieva Lesonsky It’s that time of year when your loved ones are making their holiday gift lists and hinting (or outright asking) to find out what you’d like to receive. Is it OK if your answer is “Financing”? Read More

Tomorrow at 1 pm EST, Terry Starbucker @starbucker will give tips for how you can become a more effective leader for your small biz. Here are 3 reasons this chat shouldn't be missed. Read More

By Maria Valdez Haubrich Despite the recession, government contracting has continued to be a lucrative business for small companies that are capable of providing products and services the government needs. But becoming a prime contractor to the government can be complex and confusing, with lots of Read More

By Rieva Lesonsky As a small business owner, you may not think of yourself as a trend-watcher. Truth be told, spotting trends is a key ability small business owners must possess. Whether you’re starting a new business or growing your existing one, you need to know what products and services are hot Read More

As a small business owner, you often find yourself stuck in the daily grind. It is so important to get out from under your bevy of emails and stacks of paperwork to grow and learn! Every week, we will be compiling a list of events for small business owners. From tweet chats, to webinars and livestr Read More

If you became tired of hearing about how you have to use social media and decided to start using Facebook and Twitter and maybe writing a blog without a strategy in place, stop, cease, desist, halt! As you know, a strategy is basically a roadmap. You can’t get to where you’d like to go with social Read More

We go to networking events and learn from our peers and establish connections. This was an event in the DC area and you will find this recap interesting for the content.
At a conference a speaker told me 90% of conference attendees do not take any action with what they learnt at the conference? Wh Read More

It’s almost that time, when merchants are anxious, buyers are stressed out, kids are ecstatic and everyone is running out of time. If you’re a merchant, it may be too late to re-do your website, rethink your advertising strategy or stock more inventory. But there are some simpler things that you Read More