How will small and midsize business fund their IT spending next year? Don't be surprised if many turn to online peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders. P2P lending will continue to surge in 2008, even as the economy teeters on recession. According to the Wall Street Journal,"Roughly $100 million in new person-to-person loans will be issued this year [2007],
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Smaller Business Will Increasingly Bypass Traditional Funding Methods
Posted by dobbie under Raising CapitalFrom http://bmighty.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 30, 2007 11:32 pm
A P2P Lending Alternative
Posted by dobbie under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.smallbizresource.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 2, 2008 10:37 pm
There are banks and credit unions and loan sharks. Now you can add a new funding option to the list and it's one that small businesses, with good solid credit, may find extremely beneficial. Simply, the Lending Club uses social networking to hook lenders and borrowers together. It's like the Match.com of credit. Those with good credit reports ca
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When You Might Not Need a Startup Lawyer
Posted by dobbie under StartupsFrom http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com 5972 days ago
These tips are written from the basis of an early-stage startup with just one or two founders. It's based on startups in the U.S. (I've never started a company anywhere else). It's not meant to be exhaustive or detailed, butto just provide some of the core elements that startups usually consider when contemplating whether or not they need to hi
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Word of Mouth Versus Key Influencers
Posted by Becky under MarketingFrom http://blog.guykawasaki.com 5973 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 4, 2008 9:04 pm
An article from the December issue of the Journal of Advertising Research says that common word-of-mouth advertising by regular folks is more powerful than “key influencers.”
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Watch out for the 'evil twin' when using public Wi-Fi
Posted by Becky under TechnologyFrom http://www.usatoday.com 5973 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 30, 2007 11:32 pm
Few things expose your work to greater security risks than latching onto a public Wi-Fi service. Most people don't realize the risks, and even fewer have the ability to perform the geeky tasks that would fix it.
Computer criminals can "sniff" the traffic in a cafe, or set up a fake hot spot that you might innocently log into. When that happe Read More
Computer criminals can "sniff" the traffic in a cafe, or set up a fake hot spot that you might innocently log into. When that happe Read More
Make opting-out a positive learning process
Posted by JohnH under Online MarketingFrom http://www.bizreport.com 5975 days ago
While many email marketers adhere to opt-out laws, many aren't taking the opportunity to garner feedback and potentially retain a customer by engaging them in an exit conversation, found a recent survey by Lyris.
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25 Percent Of Small Business Owners Are Out Of Their Minds
Posted by suzyQ under TechnologyFrom http://www.informationweek.com 5976 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on December 18, 2007 4:49 am
According to a study conducted by AT&T, fully one-fourth of small business owners don't bother to concern themselves with the security of their business's data. Chances are you and your organization do business with SMBs. Which means that it's your information that is being left unprotected. That should make you angry. The results are really st
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Why business relationships are deeper than friendships
Posted by ArmadaIG under SalesFrom http://blogs.bnet.com 5976 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 20, 2007 11:06 pm
It's often been said that B2B selling largely consists of developing a relationship with the customer. Most sales pros think that a customer relationship should like a friendship. Wrong. You can be friends with plenty of people and never get any business from them. So here's a secret that Jerry Acuff, author of The Relationship Edge in Business re
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Price Reductions Can Backfire
Posted by Becky under MarketingFrom http://www.marketingprofs.com 5981 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 17, 2007 11:49 pm
The goal of marketing promotions is to stimulate short-term sales. This dictum leads many marketers and small-business owners to reduce prices. However, as Michael Goodman explains, cost cutting is not always the best or most effective way to achieve this goal.
Sound counterintuitive? After all, if the goal is to increase sales, wouldn't cutt Read More
Sound counterintuitive? After all, if the goal is to increase sales, wouldn't cutt Read More
Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights
Posted by JohnH under MarketingFrom http://www.youtube.com 5982 days ago
Made Hot by: Ideas2Deals on December 16, 2007 10:32 pm
This isn't a new video, but it's one of my favorites by Seth Godin, so I thought I'd share it for those of you who haven't seen it yet. It's about how the best ideas can fail if you don't know how to spread the word -- how to make the idea appeal to early adopters -- how to create an idea that's truly remarkable.
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