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These 20 "nutty" business startups made millions even though they're not the kind of business you think of every day. No Apple, Google or other necessarily high-tech startups here. Our favorites include: a service that saves subscribers time shopping for black socks by shipping out pairs for a fee, Read More

One of the realities of being self-employed is that sometimes you have to act in a way that is somewhat mercenary. Sometimes, as a freelancer, you have to ask for higher rates. Read More

7 Lessons I learned about how to convince customers to buy online by putting yourself into a shoe of a novice buyer who doesn’t know a lot about online shopping Read More

Some amazing free tools exist that can help small business owners and PR pros make their PR efforts more effective. Here are some that we use, what are your favorites? Read More

Read how Ginger Bay Salon works backward from workers' desire for job security to develop its business development practices. Read More

Doesn’t it seem like every week, a new social coupon website pops up?Some deal sites are being added to existing retail sites to help eliminate inventory (such BackCountry.com’s SteepandCheap site). Others are new, stand-alone sites, many with very specific niches.

There are social deal sites th Read More

People don’t like surprise fees, don’t like being nickle and dimed, and don’t like to pay for shipping.

Simple pricing, bags fly free, give me a set of easy to understand options – that’s the world smart marketers live in today.

free shippingPricing your goods and services has actually become Read More

No matter how good someone might be at engaging individuals we can all learn some new tricks to help us be the person that everyone wants to talk to at a get-together. Read More

We all make mistakes – we’re human, after all. The unfortunate thing is that we often tend to make the same mistake over and over again – especially when it comes to marketing our ideas. It doesn’t matter whether you’re marketing a B2B product or a B2C product, the following mistakes could put a ma Read More

By Maria Valdez Haubrich What’s going on with angel financing these days? GigaOm.com recently reported on some key trends that might give entrepreneurs reason for optimism about this sector of small business financing. Read More