Small Business Strategies: Year of the Dragon offers lessons
It’s the Year of the Dragon, considered the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac, and it should be a great year for entrepreneurs and small business owners, according to what’s predicted to affect you and your small business in the coming year.
USA TODAY

Getting started on your small business tax return
Do not look at the calendar and think, “I don’t need to start on my small business tax return yet. I have more than three months to do it.” That attitude is begging for last-minute panic and mistakes…
MiamiHerald.com


What to Know About Google’s New Update
Last week Google announced another algorithm update, called the “page layout algorithm update”, which will target sites that have too many ads above the fold.
Brick Marketing Blog

Why campaign spending rules hurt small business
A recent poll conducted by Lake Research found that 66% of a random sample of 500 small-business owners believe the Citizens United decision was “mostly bad” or “somewhat bad” for small business.
CNN

Small Business Owners, Nonprofit Execs: Don’t Make These Retirement Mistakes
13 mistakes small business owners and nonprofit execs make in retirement planning revealed in Ventureneer webinar.
PR.com (press release)

Effective Sales Techniques Regardless of Your Industry
If you want your business to excel in the market, you have to implement some great sales ideas that will ensure that you are at the top of your industry.
Expert Business Advice

Small business administrator on cabinet is good first step
President Barack Obama may finally have it right – about small business, that is, and its importance to our economy. Two weeks ago, he appointed the administrator of the Small Business Administration to his cabinet.
Biddeford Journal Tribune

HP updates small-business color printer line
New laser printers and multifunction devices are targeted at SMBs that produce their own marketing collateral or that require professional-quality color output.
ZDNet (blog)

Small Business Plan: A Template for Making Sales
“Nothing happens until something gets sold.” This statement, posted on the Web site of Sales Engine, is something any small business plan should adhere to.
International Business Times


The pricing formula (S&S)
Pricing your product is actually simple, as long as you consider it from the buyer’s point of view.
Seth’s Blog

Office of Advocacy Releases Small Business Profiles for All 50 States
Today the Office of Advocacy released the annual Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This is the 16th year Advocacy has published a state-by-state profile of American small business for the United States.
PR Newswire (press release)

Grow your business with resources in the “Cloud”
Could the “cloud” help you grow your business? Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal innovative ways to use web-based tools – the “cloud” – to help you grow your business more efficiently.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)