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The popular belief may be that most inexpensive manufacturing is now in China, but this BusinessWeek article looks at the options for using U.S. manufacturers for your product idea. The U.S. manufacturing base remains strong and something to consider before planning to ship your business overseas. You may be surprised at the manufacturing services Read More

I have been struggling with creating a trusted workflow system since 2004, when I started to read David Allen's book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. As a small business owner with plenty of entrepreneurial ideas, juggling many projects at the same, it's hard not feel stressed now and then. The main goal is to develop Read More

One of the best uses of social media for business is being able to monitor your brand. But what if you want to proactively get feedback about your business, new product ideas, marketing campaigns, or other issues relating to your company? Read More

If e-mail and social media are so far apart, how can we bring them together within our overall marketing philosophy and make each other complementary to our overall goal? Read More

What is it about your use of Twitter, or blogging, or Facebook, or video, or any other combination of social media tools and tactics ,that you believe makes them actually work for your small business? What does not work? How do you manage your time around all this? Here are some answers to these questions. Read More

This creative slideshow offers 10 useful Twitter tips to help you and your small business gain visibility and followers on the popular social media site. Read More

There was as much grumbling about the Twitter-style format of the 140 Character Conference in New York this week as there often is about 140-character limit in Twitter itself. Anything new or different can drive some people up the wall. Others, however, embrace the newness and the challenge of doing something completely different, and that is where Read More

In college, and grad school, I mostly hung with a crowd in which everybody shared the same interests, hobbies and field of study. I know that a lot of college faculties are beginning to move towards a more interdisciplinary approach, because it more accurately reflects what students can expect their post-school life to be like. College professors t Read More

Overview of MarketingSherpa report. Specific details from the important chapter on forms, subject lines, etc. Read More

Small businesses doing their own PPC can use these tips to write better PPC ads and save time. Read More