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Over time, small business websites start to show their age. To stay on top of your game, you need to take an active role in reviewing your site's graphics, content and technology on a regular basis. So, is it time for a website redesign? The following seven clues are strong indicators your small business website is in need of a serious website red Read More

In a fit of collaboration goodness I would like to gift one set of seven awesome books to the person that most creatively answers the following: I get the biggest return for my business using social media when I [fill in the blank] I'm the only judge and I'm going to pick the answer I like the best. But, here's what you'll get if you win. Read More

Interesting question posed about the impracticality and impossibilty of a software business qualifying as a "lifestyle" business. Read More

The energetic Ramon Ray of Smallbiztechnology.com talks about how to get free publicity for your small business. Besides advertising, Ray says in this presentation, gaining media coverage may be the best method of gaining not only publicity but also credibility for your product or service. Ray suggests an approach that looks at the news process an Read More

Blog marketing has obviously been used to the max these past years as the new age of marketing and it is not hard to depict why it has come into being. People seeking outside impromptu information surrounding various current events, issues and topics today in practically any area of interest has been something that has made corporations and indivi Read More

Lots of people complain about Twitter - but that's usually because they don't "get it". Watch this short video from best-selling online marketing author, Scott Fox, for the strategy approach that can make Twitter an important promotional tool for your business to make more money online. Twitter is a great marketing tool, and it's free! Read More

Every small business owner at some point has to realize he/she is competing against a larger corporation that owns a significant share of the marketplace. You can either continue to carve out your own niche and be David vs. Goliath— —or David can partner up with Goliath. Read More

There are so many possibilities if you think about it. However it is an important piece when building strong relationships with your customers to gain these insights from both a business and personal aspect. Read More

Using social media allows small business to grow at an incredible rate never before possible. But how can you use this powerful tool to grow your small business? Some of the most perceptive experts on the subject discuss how small businesses can leverage the power of social media for their advantage in this series of video interviews by Network So Read More

The role of a press release (also referred to as a news release) is to make an announcement of something that's happened to or within your company. Companies that try to develop their own press are often tempted to use press releases as a promotional sales tool. Be careful as this can anger many of the media contacts you've worked hard to cultivat Read More