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It's always nice when you can figure out a way to infiltrate your competitors' operations and actually use them to sell your own product. Google recently added a couple of mobile features that small businesses (particularly online businesses should pay attention to). First, they released Product Search for mobile. What this means, is that users Read More

Yahoo wants to buy some startups, especially social media and smartphone application companies. But would that be the beginning of the end for the startup? Nicholas Carson at Silicon Alley Insider looks at Yahoo's "entire sorry acquisition history" ... Read More

In tough economic times, small businesses can thrive by reducing their dependence on a few big clients, and by tapping into secondary sources of income that complement their business. Read More

Here are some really great tips to help restaurants - and small businesses - use social media in their marketing. Read More

Sometimes we are so preoccupied with trying to get or have it all together that we forget to ask for support. When you find yourself obsessing over your limitations, ask yourself where you could get support so that your limitations are not a problem. Read More

Employees of larger businesses have a relatively easy life, in regards to their technology. They just call their help desk and a technician appears and resolves the problem. When upgrading their computer, ideally, the upgrade is done for them and all their data is moved from one computer to the other. When they come back from lunch the process is Read More

According to new research from Smith-Harmon, navigation bars in email communications are a key driver of clicks, sometimes more so than the email content itself. Read More

Are you on Twitter yet? Or should I ask, "Do you Tweet?" Twitter seems to be sweeping the world as the latest and greatest social networking tool. It's totally free (so far), has its own cool lingo and its membership is growing by leaps and bounds. I'm not on Twitter yet, but I'm giving it careful consideration. Frankly, I don't need anothe Read More

According to The NFIB Research Foundation, a small business assocation that collects Small Business Economic Trends data, the latest Small Business Optimism Index (May 2009) shows that the majority of survey participants state that “six months from now general business conditions will be better than they are now.” Read More

It is important to understand when to walk away. There has been times in my short career (3 years) where I have needed to walk away from my desk, from Twitter, from Facebook, from website design and graphic design— to just step away and re-evaluate where I was headed and where I wanted to go. We all work as hard as we can to get ahead in life and Read More