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Does the economy get worse from here or do the government programs recently signed into law increase confidence and start to put capital to work to create jobs and build businesses? In March, a number of actions will occur that will be critical to demonstrating whether the economic disaster will get much worse. Read More

Large corporations do typically have departments that handle many different roles with regard to websites development and promotion. These roles may include employees from the IT department, development team, and the marketing department. However, while this seems like a robust, expensive, and potentially complex setup— these roles can be distil Read More

How understanding a leader can help one survive difficult circumstances and actually thive as competition increases. Comparison of modern leadership theory with Sun Tzu's model from 2500 years ago. Was it a precursor to situational leadership or transformational? Read More

Back when I was in school, which wasn't that long ago, in order to get this kind of information you had to spend hours in a classroom and thousands of dollars. Now you can get a big time business education, on your own time, for free. The following courses range in complexity and length, and should offer a good primer for those of you just Read More

If you have several versions of the same page or many pages with the same content, tell the search engines about it with the new canonical tag! The search engines really don't like to find the same content on several web pages. The main problem is for them to determine what is the “primary” page, the most important version, the one people shoul Read More

Comparing and evaluating small business merchant account providers who will handle your credit card processing for your small business can be a daunting and confusing task. Aside from understanding all of the common fees such as the "discount rate" and transaction costs, you also need to understand how your money is handled and which processors Read More

Mark Cuban is giving away money! Well, sort of. Here's a snippet from his blog post: "You must post your business plan here on my blog where I expect other people can and will comment on it. I also expect that other people will steal the idea and use it elsewhere. That is the idea. Call this an open source funding environment. If its a go Read More

How to nurture a relationship with a potential referral partner so that you are the one they recommend when asked. Read More

Recessions drive us to self-centered fear, but they are simply the down cycle in a long-term relationship. Client focus shows dramatically that you are in business relationships for the duration. Please share your own suggestions. (Part 2 in a 5-part series on recession-proofing your business.) Read More

Carry back, no SBA fees...BizBox runs down what the proposed stimulus will do for small businesses, and whether it will be enough. Read More