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By many accounts, the franchise "industry" is one of the privileged that is poised to react favorably to the down economy. Coupled with the recent boom in the popularity and understanding of the franchise model, this is perhaps one of many reasons that more and more businesses in a wide array of in Read More

he Business Intelligence (BI) industry developed at a frenetic take-your-breath-away pace during 2010. In 2011 the tempo will be dialed up a few beats per minute, with a continuation of trends centered around the ease-of-use, access to, and speed of reporting and analytics. Read More

We are surrounded by technology that allows us to read content on-line. From Kindle to the iPad, the laptop to the iPhone, we can pretty much read what we want, when we want. But should we throw out the old to bring in the new? Or is there room for both? Read More

Typically, a business is allowed deductions for depreciable, tangible, property. However, § 179 allows a business to treat the entire cost of any § 179 property as an expense which is not chargeable to their capital account. The full purchase price is allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in Read More

Social media is being touted as the holy grail of business marketing and communications. While these platforms may bring your business some measure of ROI (if used properly), there's still nothing like traditional business networking via email, personal phone calls, and face-to-face meetings. Read More

After hours of slaving away at your keyboard, you’ve finally done it – you’ve completed what could possibly be the world’s most perfect blog post. Your arguments are solid, your sources make complete sense. You were clever, but concise; articulate but understandable. As you click the publish button Read More

Your business has several silent partners: Uncle Sam and his state and local cousins. Many of the decisions you make on a daily basis will impact their take, so it’s wise to be at least somewhat familiar with the tax laws when you run your own business.
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Yeah, OK, I’ll admit to exaggeration in the title of my recent “Death of All Sales Reps” post. Anthony Iannarino called me on it. More accurately it should have been “The Imminent Death Of All Current Sales Reps Who Fail To Recognize And Aggressively Exploit The Coming Explosive Growth Of Interne Read More

My experience has mostly been that how a site looks has little to do with how well it does its job. But you want to make sure that your pages aren't giving negative impressions. Here is an example of where overuse of Google ads and poor presentation will harm conversion rates, links and SEO results. Read More