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The Supreme Court on Tuesday adopted a broad reading of two federal civil rights laws to protect employees from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace. Retaliation complaints are a growing subset of workplace discrimination cases, because it is often easier for employees to demonstrate that they were retaliated aga Read More

Learn one of the best kept sales secrets: the power of humor to close the deal. Read More

Dell and the National Federation of Independent Business announced the 10 U.S. finalists for the Fifth Annual Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence Award. Finalists include Escape Technology, Glance Networks, MedApps, Inc., RNs On-Call, Rugroden Drafting & Design, ServusXchange, TecAccess, TechMD, Transport Designs and Your Beauty Network. Read More

Bulbstorm.com enables its clients to air their ideas and get precious feedback not only from other inventors, but also from marketers, designers and even manufacturers. Posting your project to the Bulbstorm site is like leaving the isolation of the outside for a lively community inside. Bulbstorm documents your idea the moment you enter the sit Read More

share your commercials, products and innovative ideas on the free video sharing site that geared to small business. Expose your company to new audiences. Read More

If you'd like to multiply the chances of your email pitch being opened, read and acted on—then this tip will show you how. Read More

Most corporate training methods build on outdated animal behavior research, but new studies are showing there's a better way to teach and motivate birds, chimps, and even...employees! Read More

Look around your business unit and ask yourself, “Does this or that belong here or there?” “The mountain must always come to the customer, not vice versa.” If you do not position your product line in a convenient location for the consumers and their dollars to spend on your business unit, your competitors will. Read More

Sen. John McCain will be a keynote speaker at the NFIB's 2008 National Small Business Summit. The Summit will be held Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 10 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., Sen. McCain is scheduled to address attendees at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obabama have been asked to speak as wel Read More

Much of the valuable online-ad real estate is sold the old-fashioned way: through a salesperson. But now start-ups and major Internet players such as Facebook Inc. are giving advertisers the option of planning, buying and tracking online-ad campaigns all on their own. Just as the ability to buy plane tickets online steered business away from tr Read More