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President Obama is encouraging Congress to pass the Small Business Lending Fund Act. What will this mean to your small business? Find out now Read More

So you’ve decided to take the leap and get your small business online. The first thing you need to ask yourself when planning your website is why you have decided to created a website in the first place. This is the first installment in a series focused on building a professional and dynamic WordPress site that will help you achieve your business objectives. Topics will include everything you need to know about selecting a host, choosing themes, how to get started with e-commerce, SEO, and more. Today we’ll start with the basics for refining your reasons for creating a small business website Read More

If you aren’t already familiar with internet marketing for small business, it is important to know just the influence it can have for your business in generating a larger consumer base. Read More

Community banks and credit unions have been around since the mid 1800s. Unlike most commercial banks which exist as publicly listed companies, credit unions and community banks are normally not-for-profit structures built to serve the community or groups where they are established. Read More

Is expecting honest ethical behavior glossed over when developing important business relationships or is it the important issue that all else revolves around Read More

Small business owners ask a similar question, how do I promote my social media sites? The answer is, get creative. Create Connect with Us cards and hand them out to customers Read More

Starting a new site, taking on an existing project or performing a new role, search engine optimization can be a daunting task if you don’t have a lot of experience. Everyone has to start somewhere and with the use of automated tools and web based services, you can learn SEO fairly quickly and start to yield pretty amazing results with hard work and dedication. Read More

Discover 3 simple yet highly effective ways a small business can build an email subscriber list without a website Read More

1974: A family trip to Florida. A bad batch of milk lands us in the hospital and ruins the vacation. The hotel offers us $1.50 for three glasses of milk!!! A lesson in PR and damage control in this, the Internet Age Read More

When raising capital for your next business venture, think about the shorter term early exit strategy as a possible approach. Ben Yoskovitz explains this strategy involving a lower initial capital investment and an exit by the founder in 3 to 5 as opposed to 7 to 10 years owning a considerably bigger piece of the company. Ben says early exits are more popular with angels and founders than with VCs, who prefer to invest larger amounts over a longer period. Still, Ben adds, the early exit venture offers the opportunity for a founding entrepreneur to get out early with what he calls "life changing money" and the chance for an angel investor to see a rapid and excellent return Read More