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Just about every survey and data source says that trade credit is the second largest source of small business financing after banks. The question is: are you taking advantage of it? Trade credit simply means that a vendor extends you credit terms, giving you extra time to pay or giving a discount for early payment. Read More

"Anyone serious about promoting wealth-creating entrepreneurship must at some point direct attention toward how the moral, legal and political environment aligns incentives. Entrepreneurship -- like everything else -- doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's long past the time we stopped pretending it does." Read More

For many growing businesses, responding to requests for proposals (RFPs) plays a major role in a business development plan. But it's also a task that can hone a company's performance and improve its chances for getting new customers. Here are seven tips for making your proposal stand out among the competition. Read More

I like Lisa Barone's approach to creating a no-procrastination-allowed post about how important online video can be to your marketing. Read More

We're visual people and we often make purchasing decisions based on an image alone. Our vision is our primary sense and we rely on it to make quick assumptions about people and products. This means image can play a strong role in both the branding of your business as well as your profitability. Here are a few ideas on how to use great visuals to m Read More

There are a lot of practical ideas to help any start-up market their new business on a limited budget. To get you started, OnStartups.com has put together 21 Tactical Tips From The Trenches. Read More

Today at Searchology, Google has launched a search results enhancement called “rich snippets” that uses meta data from web pages (from microformats such as hCard, hCalendar, and RDF) to display additional details (both content and meaning) about pages in the results. This initial launch supports reviews (with sites such as Yelp) and people (with s Read More

What's SHOP? It's a bill in the Senate, supported by Democrats and Republicans, unions and businesses, that would make it easier for small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees. Read more about it here. Read More

Ever wondered why your customers choose not to buy from you? I'm talking about the good leads, folks who fit your target market to a tee, people for all intents and purposes should be buying. I believe there are four reasons these people don't buy, work on these and you'll go a long way in converting some of those customers who are currently going Read More

For small companies, hosted software costs can add up fast. So cloud computing is for the birds! Read More