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A lot of small businesses consider Elance as the gold standard of freelancing. When you don't want to turn to Elance, where do you go to find great freelance projects? There are other general and niche alternatives that may suit your business needs. Dan Kenitz explores the best Elance alternatives Read More

Recently a colleague of mine who provides virtual CIO services sent me some intriguing questions about how he handles SEO partners, along with my answers. Read More

Building a business is always a huge risk. The unknowns are never-ending while the money… it’s just never there. You work long hours, forget about your friends, and lose your temper. You try and ignore the downside and push ahead in order to achieve your goals and push a product to market.
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Small Business Trends, headed by Anita Campbell and SmallBizTechnology, lead by Ramon Ray have teamed up once again to produce the Small Business Influencer Awards for 2012. The Awards are brought to you by Blackberry and this is the second year they will select the Top 100 Small Business Influence Read More

Some think affiliate marketing sounds sleazy, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. If you do it the right way it’s a great avenue to help solve your readers’ problems. And it’s a legitimate advertising tactic for many mainstream businesses. Read More

The alternative minimum tax, or the AMT, was instituted as a way to ensure that those with high incomes, and who might take advantage of excessive deductions, pay at minimum, what they should owe. Read More

Sick of the expense and hassle of GoToMeeting? Dan Kenitz digs in deep to find four alternative services that stack up and even exceed the online meeting giant.

Many of us are aware of GoToMeeting. We’ve heard the radio pitches, seen the TV commercials, and might have even checked out their webs Read More

One of the biggest areas of interest was about the webinars (or “scrapinars” as I call them) and how I use them to generate qualified traffic and subscribers. People wanted to know specifics like:
What’s the best webinar platform?
How do you choose a topic?
How do you promote your webinars?
How Read More

If you’ve decided to become an ecommerce retailer, you’ll definitely have some opportunities to make money, if you play your cards right. Read More

Have you ever attended a networking event, excited at the prospect of meeting new and interesting people……and left the event with a headache and a hand full of brochures for exotic Acai Berry drinks and other useless marketing junk? Did you feel like you just wasted your time? Read More