We’ll review five simple, yet effective email management tips. All of these suggestions are pretty straightforward, but adapting these guidelines will almost certainly make your life easier and more productive.

Source: Small Business Computing

Social Media Trends for Small Businesses
Anita shares how social media impacts small businesses. You’ll discover which small businesses are slow to adopt social media and where social media brings the best results.
Social Media Examiner (video)

Hiring for attitude, not experience
Studies show experience alone is not the best criteria in hiring. Herb Greenberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss tapping into non-traditional talent – hire for who the person is, not just what they’ve done.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

Small business owners turning to the Square to accept credit card payments
The small business owners are using a device called the Square to accept credit card payments from customers. The wireless device attaches to iPads…iPhones…and Droids…and works with a free app.
KFDM-TV News

Small Business Software Review: Fishbowl Inventory 2012
To be clear, Fishbowl Inventory 2012 is a small business asset management system — that is to say an inventory management system — that automates inventory functions and processes.
Small Business Computing

How to Get Facebook Fans
But how do you find, keep, and engage these fans? Manger has some advice about this perennial Facebook dilemma.
American Express OPEN Forum

Small Business Exporting Advice on Foreign Operations
For small business exporters, it is therefore crucial to receive advice and support from business partners. Two of the most important relationships they will likely form are with a freight forwarder and a foreign distributer…
International Business Times

Small Business Strategic Planning: a Process for Success and Survival
The small business strategic planning process has two essential elements: devising a strategy and changing it when necessary.
International Business Times

‘Small’ IT Market Attracts Big Companies
The small-business help desk is going corporate, with initiatives from companies like Apple Inc. bringing new competition to independent consultants who typically handle the IT needs of US start-ups and small companies.
Wall Street Journal

Small Business Efficiency Expert Now Offering Free Resource to Help Business Owners Find Those Longed-for Extra Hours in Their Day

So many business ideas falter and business owners fatigue due to inefficient processes eating up valuable time. That’s why director of small business efficiency company The Heart Of, Nikki White, has created a comprehensive Effective Business Mindmap to guide business owners through re-thinking where they spend their limited hours.
PRWeb (press release)

Cloud Computing is Far More Than Just Technology
Cloud computing may be cutting edge technology, but the majority of people using it in the future won’t be tech junkies. So don’t treat them as such.
GetApp.com

A Guide to Small Business Survival

Small business blogger survival guide. A big part of surviving as a small business blogger involves being a social animal. Here David Leonhardt gives every small business blogger some great resources to keep you, your business and your blog alive.
Business Insider

Why Online Reputation Matters to Small Business
You’re a small business owner. Most of your customers are the people who live within 25 miles of your storefront. Why does it even matter what the Internet has to say about your brand? That has no impact on your bottom line.
Small Business Trends

5 Ways to Use Other People’s Content in Your Marketing
You need lots of content, you know that, but you also know that content creation is one of the more time intensive marketing activities you have to tackle.
Duct Tape Marketing

With the technology shift to cloud and mobile computing, small businesses have never had so many affordable, feature-rich and scalable business applications at their disposal. We’ve picked ten of the best, apps ranging from sophisticated billing/accounting systems to lightweight web publishing. And of the ten apps presented here, six are strictly web-based, two are mobile apps and only two are locally-installed software. Even a decade ago, most small businesses were shackled to locally installed software for their business needs.

Source/Read More: PCMag.com

Business management software specialist Sage raised the curtain on its Sage Peachtree 2012 line of small business accounting software today, promising small businesses instant, customizable access to the critical information that drives them.

“Small businesses contend with a host of issues, from increased compliance requirements and rising costs to staying competitive, in many cases with reduced staff,” said Connie Certusi, executive vice president and general manager, small business accounting solutions, Sage North America.

Source/Read More: Small Business Computing

When running a small construction business, every dollar counts. In honor of National Small Business Week, consider doing something advantageous for your business by checking out some of the latest tech features for accounting—including software updates and the ability to make payments without a credit card using simply your mobile phone. These features are specifically designed to maximum dollars and cents for your construction business.

Source/Read More: Constructech.com

Much of the media is touting Microsoft’s purchase of Skype as a consumer play, and I’m sure it is – to an extent. However, the other side of the story which I’m excited about is what Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype means for growing businesses.

Already so many of Skype’s free and fee customers are business. Sure, many people sign on to Skype to speak to their relatives across the country or the world, but many entrepreneurs use Skype as an easy way to video conference (or just audio) with other businesses, instead of (or as complimentary) to a telephone.

Source/Read More: Smallbiztechnology

Halfpricesoft.com released a new version which added flexibility to its popular payroll software ezPaycheck so it meets the needs of more customers and helps those small businesses streamline their payroll. The update is available online at http://www.halfpricesoft.com/index.asp.

The update is the software developer’s response to customers’ requests for increased reporting options. ezPaycheck users can now run reports categorized by employee, pay period starting date, or pay period end date, depending on their needs. Users can also choose the length of reporting period included in each report: weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly.

Source/Read More: SBWire

Recent studies indicate that the majority of enterprises are adopting video conferencing solutions worldwide. To enable small businesses leverage the benefits of the technology, Rapid Software is offering Web conferencing and video e-mail services to small businesses.

Rapid Software sells and supports independence and enterprise tools that facilitate fast application development and integration for companies in sectors like commercial airlines, high-tech, human resources, and e-commerce among others.

Source/Read More: TMCNet

Damaged or lost data files have cost many small- or home-based businesses weeks, months or even years of work. It can happen in an instant, for many reasons. Suddenly your hard drive starts making loud grinding noises and stops working. Your laptop might be stolen or maybe you simply push a wrong button. Computer viruses also can make files vanish.

Technological dangers are common and you must be prepared to avoid them. Having backup files available in the event of trouble could be the difference between staying open or having to shut down.

Source/Read More: Ohio.com

Cost is rising, overseas competition is encroaching, and margin is being cut. In this challenging environment, how to increase business efficiency is critical for any company. The new edition of ezPaycheck payroll software from www.halfpricesoft.com can help small businesses deal with the payroll taxes processing in a stress-free way and enables companies to focus on core activities.

The latest edition is with the new Form 941. Other new features of ezPaycheck 2011 payroll software include Customizable Payroll Reporting Feature, Auto-fill Paycheck Data Feature, Customizable Tax and Deduction Features, Employee List Export Feature, Income tax rate updates and Tax form updates, which make the 2011 edition more powerful and flexible than ever.

Halfpricesoft.com is a leading payroll tax software solution provider for small businesses, non-profits and accountants. ezPaycheck software is designed to help keep small companies payroll operations running smoothly and efficiently. The user-friendly design make is ideal for use by non-accountants with minimal computer skills. However, even accountants like it because it is so flexible and supports unlimited accounts with one flat rate.

Source/Read More: The Open Press