In the wake of a challenging economic climate, many small business owners are bucking the trend of hunkering down and instead are embarking on ambitious growth plans.
As the backbone of the economy, small businesses continue to be a source of dynamism, growth and innovations. Small to medium-sized businesses constitute 90 percent of total enterprises in [...]

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1. “Our businesses will probably fail.”
Americans are creating more new businesses now than they have in the past 15 years. But half of those start-ups will fail within their first five years, according to the Small Business Administration. Of those that make it that far, only a third will see their tenth anniversary. In 2009, [...]

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As a small business owner, there are hundreds of tasks to deal with, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to the two most important things: your customers and your product. So how can you build a product that will be embraced by customers? Here are ten cost effective ways to [...]

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There are two types of entrepreneurs: those that jump into a new business headfirst, and those that dip their toes in the water. One’s not better than the other, though the second one is probably more prepared for what lies ahead. In Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership (@MakingtheJump), authors David Nilssen (@DavidNilssen) and [...]

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The beleaguered state of the UK economy has been underlined by three separate reports revealing that Britain’s one million small and medium-sized businesses were facing their most difficult year since the recession of 2009.
Sharp declines in bank lending to smaller firms, and a collapse in confidence across the sector outlined in the reports will add [...]

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Why pay to advertise on Facebook when you can create a page for your small business at no cost?
That’s the question that a small business owner and avid BizBytes 101 reader asked recently. To find the answer, BizBytes turned to Jennifer Batchelor, social media strategist at Miami-based Zubi Advertising. The firm creates social media campaigns [...]

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We’ve all heard the arguments: Regulations are strangling U.S. businesses. It’s been a staple in the Republican playbook for years.
But a funny thing happened last week. The American Sustainable Business Council, the Main Street Alliance and the Small Business Majority released a survey blaming the stagnant economy not on onerous regulations but on weak consumer [...]

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Whether operating a small retail shop on main street or running an Internet business from home, every owner of a small business faces the same challenges when it comes to paying taxes and staying abreast of the latest federal tax information.
Several websites offer a variety of information about small business taxes. Here are a few [...]

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If communication strategies can be created based on personality type, why can’t there be marketing strategies based on the same thing? This idea dawned on me as I was making excuses for adding video to my website. No matter how great video is as a strategy, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it consistently.

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A new year; a new business. If that goal is on your list of 2012 resolutions, then listen up. Whether your next business venture is a cupcake shop, mobile app, or IT consulting firm, you won’t be very successful without a name for yourself. Sometimes deciding on a name is as simple as using your [...]

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