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One of that skills is one of the very important management skill in business -- Risk Management. Read More

Older entrepreneurs are increasingly seeking second careers with franchises. This article from Reuters looks at the trend of older workers laid off or taking buyouts as a result of downsizing or mergers who, having difficulty finding work, strike out on their own as franchise owners. Many, says the article, have greater experience and resources th Read More

Some of the 18 top industries in which to start a business from Inc.com may include sectors that might not instantly come to mind. They might also be topics a perspective entrepreneur might not immediately consider when thinking of the best business to start. Follow the slide show for a closeup look at each and consider whether the talents or reso Read More

When Lisa Skriloff, president of New York—based Multicultural Marketing Resources, wanted to attract businesses interested in marketing services as part of a niche marketing effort, she launched a group on LinkedIn, the popular social network. In less than a year, 1,500 people had opted in. “Now I can reach the entire group by posting messages or Read More

How to use Twitter for business is the #1 question I receive. Luckily I found a super presentation that walks you through how to use Twitter for your business, and gives you 20 simple examples of how you can incorporate Twitter into your marketing and promotion today! Read More

A brief 10-step approach to help business understand Twitter a little more and highlight the way in which it can support and enhance a customer relationship management strategy - at very little cost. Read More

Good tips on how to stay on top of collecting from your customers. Read More

interesting dilemma partners may find themselves in. Read More

When thinking about the technology tools you need to launch, measure, and optimize your social media marketing and online customer engagement programs, it helps to organize your efforts into categories. There are hundreds of tools out there, but here are some of the more popular and effective ones that can be put to work for you. Read More

In everything we do in life or business, some activities are interesting and we enthusiastically take on the activity. Other activities we know we should do or complete but we either procrastinate or ignore them until we absolutely have to. For many small business owners developing a marketing plan falls into the second category. There are many re Read More