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Jill Konrath, Dave Stein, Charles Green, and Skip Anderson contributed to this unique FREE eBook "Selling Through a Slump: An Industry-by-Industry Playbook." Read More

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation launched the Johnny Money Online Game, a FREE Internet-based small business simulation game that engages students as they explore the risks and rewards of business ownership. The game is designed to enable educators to talk about entrepreneurship. Read More

Here's an outdoor campaign that broke all the rules in all of the right ways. Read More

The National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism rose 2.9 points to 91.1 in August, but continued one of the longest strings of recession-level readings in the history of the survey — dating back to 1973. Two-thirds of the gain was due to a new confidence among small business owners who expect business conditions to Read More

Jill Lublin, author of Get Noticed...Get Referrals, tells you how you should go about deciding which groups to join in order to receive the best networking opportunities. Read More

When retention rates started sinking, this organization sent a postcard to members saying "Please Come Back. What can we do to get your back?" It worked. Read More

Seven in ten consumers (72%) use more coupons now than six months ago, some three-quarters of them (equating to about half of all consumers) ascribe the increased use to the troubled economy. About 8 in 10 (81%) of the 1,386 consumers surveyed say they use coupons for grocery items. About half (51%) of those polled said their main coupon source Read More

Brands that fail to embrace and engage in online consumer dialog are set be among those most severely affected by an economic downturn, according to research conducted in the UK by E-consultancy, Logan Tod and immediate future. Some 64% of UK respondents surveyed said they would reduce their spending generally in view of the deteriorating econ Read More

When most professionals think about getting new business, hey think about brand new markets to penetrate and focus on, or launching new initiatives to appeal to a new crowd. They attempt to identify potential customers they have ignored or those who have not been apparent to them in the past. They look for the new and different-for the proverbial Read More

Buying a franchise and starting business is a serious undertaking that requires careful planning to assure that one's due diligence is not compromised by emotional short cuts. The journey begins with understanding that you are investing in yourself and maybe a concept to help achieve your goals faster than you can on your own but you need a g Read More