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The 2009 business world is competitive, and consumer expectations are high. As costs rise and marketing budgets shrink, small businesses are looking for ways to improve their ROI with every dollar spent. The good news? A variety of tools are available to help you boost your online marketing results. Here is a breakdown of five of the best to help Read More

If you're a small business owner you can still use social media to find new customers without letting it take over your life. And below you'll find what I think are the top social media sites to help you do that. The trick is navigate through the clutter and find the ones that will work best for you. Read More

There are few opportunities in the world of franchise ownership that have the impact on children like these do... Read More

Video tutorials are usually long, drawn out and boring. Guy Kawasaki offers some examples of great tutorials that are around 60 seconds and would be a great way to explain what your company does on your website. Read More

It's great to be trusting. However, your responsibility to your company, your staff, your clients, and yourself is to be sure you've done what you can to protect what you've worked so hard to achieve. Being a business owner means being realistic and responsible. You don't want to have that responsibility thrust upon you as the result of the la Read More

Cleveland, Ohio's top Weed man franchisee is helping Arlington National Cemetery look great. Again!! Great story, folks... Read More

One of the growing trends I've noticed is retailers such as Amazon, and manufacturers such HP, jumping on the green and blue bandwagon. They are making it easy for you to shop for Energy Star products. For instance, they are setting up dedicated websites just for green products. And since an educated consumer is more likely to buy green, they'r Read More

I recently interviewed Edible Arrangements CEO, Tariq Farid. VERY Inspiriational! Read More

undreds of Twitter applications can be found on numerous sites that offer cool tools to help you manage the way you use Twitter. If you use Twitter for marketing your small business, I sorted thru tons of apps to bring you the most helpful. Read More

One lesson that all of us seem to be learning lately, is that nothing stays the same. Entire industries are changing. Here's another news flash: the Internet has changed the franchise industry — big time. Read More