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No matter what you do for a living, there's always an incentive to make more money. Maybe you're trying to pay off credit card bills, save up for something special, or have a little cushion should something unexpected happen in your life. It used to be that if you needed to make a bit of extra cash, you needed to pick up a second job, like bussing Read More

I'm not a politician or economist, and I'm not commenting on the current crisis, but I found this article helpful to figuring out how to navigate the future. It isn't all rosy and pretty, but there were ideas and cautions in here that made me think deeper about my little company. Read More

I often get questions about creating, maintaining, and optimizing an online presence from small businesses and non profits; how to get into search engine results, how to redesign an old site, what tools are available that are useful, inexpensive or free. Read More

To many of us here in the U.S. and in many reaches of the globe, just when we think the recession is about to let up the skies darken again. There's no telling how long we're going to be in this period of lost jobs and slow business, so if you haven't done so already, you might want to start thinking about making the best of it. How can you get Read More

A few years ago I stumbled onto a website called “Escape from Cubicle Nation.” At the time I remember thinking, 'this is the BEST name' for a target audience of corporate employees longing to start (or who had recently started) businesses of their own. I could identify with it. After all, I once had been in cubicle nation and left to start my o Read More

You can promote your business, yourself, your Website or your product with a free ebook costing nothing to create. Check out this post from Skelliewag.org on how to start creating and distributing your own ebooks with no startup investment. Read More

Whether with Twitter, blogs, Facebook, YouTube or other options, social media remains an important option for promoting your business. In the following article, smSmallBiz.com gives a closer look at the different platforms and how they work. Read More

Tax breaks for small business are available under the new U.S. stimulus package and "smartmoney TV" can help your business find the best breaks to suit you. Read More

My Dad was one of the first franchise consultants around, and he taught me a few things.... Read More

I've added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won't involve much analysis and may range widely in topic. (Flickr image included here is also fav image of the week) Read More