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News on banks easing up on their standards for giving out loans to small business is definitely a good sign that we are on the way to recovering from financial slump. Read More

A great marketing strategy would enable small businesses to compete with big firms. You need to find a way to break off from traditional ways and implement the latest trends in marketing for your business to stand out Read More

Much is written about using social media and content marketing to increase revenue and generate a larger customer base. What if you had all the customers you need? Would you still need a digital marketing plan? You bet Read More

Geoffrey James wrote an interesting article at BNET, Sales Goals vs. Sales Process: Which Is Most Important? Frankly, the question confuses me, it assumes that sales goals and sales process are mutually exclusive. Geoffrey seems conflicted, as well. Later, using the example of an Olympic athlete, he states, “For the Olympic athlete, the process leads naturally and progressively towards the goal. Read More

There is always a danger in focusing on the tools used to get a job done. (We all know the cliché about the six-year old with a chain saw…) That said however, a robust CRM system just might be the most powerful tool a sales team can have Read More

Many times when I speak with business owners about analytics, the first statement that comes to mind is that analytics is for Search Engine Optimization: SEO Read More

How to engage with social media and actually get results requires real online marketing planning. JC Hewitt explains how in this Part III of the series "Attention is Expensive" Read More

A Sweet business blogging competition! This time our theme is “Making your business amazing”. It's free to enter and you can win some great HP prizes. Read More

Online small business is about bringing together community. And what better way to do so than by bringing together two of the Web’s quickest growing an Read More

Entrepreneurs may take advantage of bootstrapping strategies to start their own business, this is the norm nowadays especially because of the economic downturn. However, it cannot be expected that entrepreneurs can shoulder the finances of upgrading their businesses to sustain growth Read More