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In continuing with my series of quick social media tips (check out 5 tips for LinkedIn) I'm covering some tips for business use of Facebook here. I've actually written about some of these tips in great detail before, but this can act as a quick primer for folks who like their info snack sized like this. Read More

An in-depth discussion on the timely topic of health care. If you're self-employed or own a small business and are "in the market" for health insurance - here's some great advice for you. Read More

There are three possible answers as to whether you got a return on the time and/or money you have spent on your marketing activities:(a) Yes,(b) No,(c) Don't know. If you answered (c) then you may never know what is working and producing results for your brand. Read More

It's been an unusual week in social media, most notable because many of us had to learn to live without it. A DDoS attack targeting Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook), LiveJournal and many other sites knocked the leading micro-messaging service offline and caused numerous problems with the leading social network, too. Read More

Twitter ruffled a few more journalistic feathers this week when American Idol judge Paula Abdul became the latest household name to usurp the breaking news power of traditional media by making a big announcement on the social networking site. Read More

Here are some small business tips for social media from BizCentral USA. Many small business remain confused about precisely how to use social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn top develop relationships with customers and business partners. The post gives a simple overview of the top few of what may be well over a hundred big sites with more s Read More

WordPress is a user-friendly, non-techie platform that enables the new business owner or site developer to download and install a website and have it fully operational within a matter of hours. Read More

Take Denise O'Berry's Facebook small business 101 and learn how to promote your business on the rapidly growing social network. Sure you have a Facebook identity for your business or service but have you used your Facebook account to create fans for your yourself or your company? Denise shows you step by step how to use Facebook fan pages for yo Read More

In this interview on the She Takes on the World blog, Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, shares her five business lessons for entrepreneurs. At least one of these lessons refers to her own experiences I'm sure in career/life balance, specifically her insistence that "There is more to life than business". You can find out what that is b Read More

Seth Godin has this GREAT post about the small business death spiral especially during periods of recession. It's a sort of "don't let this happen to you" post and is something to really think about when business is down. I want to thank Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software who drew my attention to this great post with a link from her Mo Read More