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If you're in need of furniture, computers, printers, telephones, or office supplies for your business, don't assume you can get the best deal from a Circuit City or Office Depot store that is closing. The reason: "Closing our doors" prices may be higher than the sale prices of the same or better merchandise at other chain stores. This is pa Read More

Times like these call for creativity in your business. Small Business Trends asked a panel of prominent business people, authors and business bloggers a simple question to gather ideas for how to be creative in your business. The question they asked? This: “What is the most outrageously creative thing you've done to save money or take you Read More

Let's look at a few useful resources designed for how-to content that can help you gain links and awareness. Read More

If you run an independent company and are looking for ways to raise capital, consider selling shares to your customers via a private placement. A private placement is a streamlined way to raise capital from a group of investors, whether individuals or companies. There is no need to get approval for a private placement from the Securities & Exch Read More

By now you've heard the news—your paid marketing and advertising efforts are suffering from a loss of credibility with your target market. Marketing authorities Al Ries and daughter Laura have even declared the "Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR" when it comes to building brands and perceptions in the minds of consumers. In effect, mar Read More

Slate's BizBox takes issue with the NFIB's position on the auto bailout, instead saying that small business owners should support it, but should use it as a jumping-off point to score concessions for themselves. Read More

Shannon Paul wrote a really clever post the other day about Cultural Immersion for the Social Media tourist. She's hitting on something that's been nagging at me. We keep saying that listening is the first step to participating in social media. But companies who are seeking to better understand social media (and it's application for their busines Read More

Achieving exponential growth in your business is probably easier than you think, in fact if you can make a snowball, you can do this— Read More

Lay-a-way? Doesn't that involve some kind of a system where you pay for the merchandise BEFORE you take it home? A reasonable lay-a-way program would be a great option, allowing the customer to pay a little each week and walk out of the store with the item full paid for in 8 weeks. And yes, it usually closed the sale. It looks like some modern- Read More

Small businesses finally are getting their own little piece of the federal government's ballooning bailout package. U.S. officials announced the federal government as part of a broader package will lend up to $200 billion to institutions that originate consumer loans and business loans backed by the Small Business Administration. The rationale Read More