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With 2009 shaping up to be a difficult year financially for nearly all businesses, this might be the first year you will need to consider hiring a commercial collection agency. Though there are about 4,000 firms that collect delinquent business debt, picking the right one for your business may mean recovering significant cash that can be injected Read More

WITH the economy in terrible shape, owners of small businesses could use a break. The tax code offers many to choose from, including some recent additions, and others may be on the way. Businesses received a batch of concessions late last year, when several measures that expired in 2007 were extended to cover 2008. These include a 20% credit on Read More

Entrepreneurs should be prepared to go after a piece of the gigantic stimulus plan pie. There will be all sorts of small businesses that might be able to take advantage — not just manufacturers and construction firms. It does take some homework to make sure you have proper registration and know where to look for contract opportunities. It's a g Read More

I am consistently floored by the ease of use, customization, and expandability of Wordpress not only as a blog, but as a viable business website.  With the ability to quickly change themes and styles, add pages, and manage content from an administrative console, I am finding it harder and harder to come across reason not to leverage this technolog Read More

Nell Merlino, founder of Count Me In and host of the Make Mine a Million $ Business Race (M3 RACE), believes the creation and growth of women owned small businesses is a key part of how we are going to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. The M3 RACE aims to help tens of thousands of women business owners grow their businesses to the mil Read More

Data centers are routinely and unknowingly missing a great portion of their entitlement from virtualization. In particular, row-based cooling, correctly sized power and cooling, and real-time capacity management are essential elements in realizing virtualization's full potential in cost reduction, efficiency, and reliability. Read More

The author encourages readers to download a free e-book from www.salesbloggers.com. The book - entitled "How to Sell More by Reducing Risk" is the product of nine well known blog authors. Each author brings his own unique perspective to the same topic. A must read! Read More

A misguided attempt by the author to compare the need to qualify leads to the noble effort by Republicans in the Senate to keep pork out of the stimulus package. Read More

Recessions drive us to self-centered fear, but they are simply the down cycle in a long-term relationship. Client focus shows dramatically that you are in business relationships for the duration. Please share your own suggestions. (Part 2 in a 5-part series on recession-proofing your business.) Read More