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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

Competitors in the market can be a great resource for your business development plans. You should spend as much time watching them as you do your market. Competitors are like weather vanes for your market and their actions can lead you to either avoid pitfalls or take advantage of their missteps. This article lists some of the things you should be Read More

Today I want to share with you the secrets of keeping high on motivation. As a business owner I have been through the ups and downs of starting up my own business from scratch. 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

OK, so you've got your twitter account up and cooking, you're using 3rd party apps to filter and aggregate search and you've got a tweeting routing down pat, now what? Now it's time to take a much deeper look into the social web and start slicing conversation themes, discovering who's influencing what, who's saying what and how often, and what's Read More

Here's how to apply the basic principals of business planning to your social media activities. Start with a plan, then follow it up with plan review, course corrections, and, ultimately, management. Here's how to do that. Read More

BizBox's Jerry Kalish explains why state governments are increasingly cracking down on employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors, and what you can do about it. Read More

A guide to calculating how much it will costs to start a business. Read More

You surely must have heard of Twitter by now. It's all over the cable and network news, in newspapers, on TV commercials, and even on billboards. It's more than a trend, it's a movement. And it's time you got on board to put Twitter to work for your small business. Read More