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If you don't live in one of these top cities for entrepreneurs MOVE! Just kidding. Actually, with Internet technology it seems likely just about any place could be a good place for starting your small business venture. Still, this slide show with commentary from Inc.com is an interesting overview of cities that rate highest for successful startup Read More

Interview with Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, candidly sharing the top 5 mistakes she made when starting a business, and how you can avoid the same errors. Read More

Increase and exceed your expectations in business with John Jantsch's personal experience story of this concept in action. Read More

KnowEm.com allows a brand owner to protect their online brand and its identity across, well, seemingly the entire universe of social media sites and resources. Check it out. Very impressive. Read More

2 years have passed since Dell Hell dwelt in the social media world. Back then, Dell's customer service was heavily criticized via Social Media. Be that as it was, with an open mind and willingness to change for the better, it has raised from the dead to become #2 in web engagement and a true social media winner. Read More

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

This article under Small Business on CNNMoney.com explains why small businesses fail. But if you were expecting writer and entrepreneur Jay Goltz to tell you just one or a couple of reasons, forget it. Instead Jay suggests that entrepreneurs MUST be their CFO's without handing the money managing tasks completely to a bookkeeper because only the e Read More

Tips for small business advertising include an understanding that not all advertising can be expected to increase sales directly. Check out the following article from Entrepreneur.com appearing in thestreetadvertising.com. Other objectives for an advertising campaign might include raising awareness, product recognition and brand loyalty. Remember Read More

One of the most important keys to getting good placement in search engines is to get other websites to link to your site. Some of the techniques being used by online marketers and unscrupulous link-building "businesses" will build nothing but animosity for your business. Whether you do your own link-building, have one of your employees do it, or Read More

Let's face it, as a business tool twitter gets a lot more interesting when you are following people who have conversations and point to content that you find relevant for your business or industry. But, on the surface, finding people related to your business can prove a little challenging using the built in twitter search tools. You can easily use Read More