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most online viewers would navigate away from a retail website if it took more than 8 seconds to load. The following tips will ensure that your website keeps a shopper's attention and helps make the sale. Read More

Google considers monitoring online comments about you/your business so important that it just added a new tool (in addition to Google Alerts) to help you do it. Read this article to learn about the new feature, and how to monitor your company's reputation with it or the traditional Google Alerts. Read More

Hackers target websites especially those that use popular software programs such as WordPress. Here are 3 steps to make your blog more secure. Read More

If you're passing your business on to a relative, now is the time to meet with an estate planner while tax rules are favorable. Read More

If you’ve been following the news at all you should have heard about New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s “sexting” scandal. The details of the scandal can be found easily on other sites so we won’t get into them, but Weiner has admitted (after initial hesitation) to engaging in inappropriate cont Read More

Small business hiring is frequently cited as the engine that will lead the U.S. to economic recovery. Well, that engine may finally be revving. According to a study by Manta, an online community for small businesses, 57 percent of small business owners surveyed plan to hire this year. The majority Read More

Regardless of age, it seems the majority of people these days are on some sort of social networking site, be it Twitter, Facebook, Tmblr or something else I’ve possibly never heard of.The general point of all these websites is to connect with friends, old and new, share funny links, music and pictu Read More

Investors are people too. They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. What are your credentials? What have you done that would convince me that my money is safe in your hands? Only after they see you as fundable, do they want to assess your plan for fundability Read More

The road of the entrepreneur can be rough, full of good days and bad. On the less than lustrous days, we all need something extra to push us onward and upward, even when we don’t feel like it. That one thing, for those of us who are here to serve in a big way, is often what drove us into business Read More

Unless you have zero employees and are very small, chances are you will get the most benefit by keeping track of your books on an accrual basis. Why? Because accrual is about managing and improving performance, profit, and cash. Cash-basis accounting cannot help you do that. Read More