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Karen Rodriguez is a Jacksonville wife and mother who started her own business called "Saving the Family Money." She was inspired to start the business based on her own passion for saving money, which she decided to share with others. Learn more about her success story. Read More

Halloween is a fun time of year . . . and the onset of the official fall/winter holiday season. A lot of small businesses do market for the Halloween season . . . gift shops, flower shops, and bakeries are a great example of businesses that typically do well on this holiday . . . but there are many Read More

A recent study by professors at Brown University and the University of Colorado-Boulder found that consumers widely differ when it comes to how they approach buying a product. Some people require a lot of information, and prefer details — and others make more of an intuitive decision. The interesti Read More

Remember layaway programs? If you’re a Baby Boomer like me, you probably remember your parents paying for purchases like the family’s winter coats, a new dining room set or other major purchase “on layaway.” Here’s how it works: The customer essentially puts a product “on hold” with a retailer, the Read More

The nation’s small business owners are feeling increasingly optimistic, but are still struggling with cash flow concerns, according to the most recent Western Union Small Business Barometer. More than three-fourths (79 percent) of small business owners in the nationwide poll were optimistic that th Read More

What do users want from your small business’s mobile website? Speed is of the essence, according to a new Google study reported by MediaPost. Google found that taking too long to load was a big factor in whether consumers converted to buyers or not. Mobile sites that load in 5 seconds or less have Read More

The Independent Workforce Index announced that “independent work continues to be a sustainable, financially rewarding and personally fulfilling career choice for a growing number of Americans.” The study by MBO Partners, whose services make it easy for independent consultants, revealed that indepen Read More

Many small business owners know that protecting their intellectual/creative property is important, but they don’t know how to do it. Fortunately — in this day and age, there is Google . . . which enables the possibility of real-time, bottomless research . . . and LegalZoom — a company that makes it Read More

“I can’t get no satisfaction,” Mick Jagger wailed in one of The Rolling Stones’ biggest hits. Maybe Jagger should try owning a small business. The results of a recent Gallup poll found that despite economic challenges, U.S. small business owners are thoroughly satisfied with their businesses.
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Despite their best efforts to manage their companies’ cash flow, half of small business owners have suffered a sudden cash crunch in the past 12 months, according to a new survey from Citibank.
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