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In this age of partnerships, alliances, and joint ventures, the need for skilled negotiators is more important than ever.  More...
Jodi Smith wasn't always so outgoing. In fact, she was so shy in high school that she knew "maybe three people out of a class of more than 1,000" when she graduated. Heading to college, however, Smith made the conscious decision to reinvent herself, "just to see what would happen." Well, her experiment seems to have worked. After a decade  More...
When it comes to freelancing and working on the web, few things are more important than the online applications that make it all possible. From project management, to invoicing, to contact management, and more — each of these apps play a critical role in running an online or freelance business. At FreelanceFolder, we’ve been on a sort of quest  More...
“Location, Location, Location!” It's what everyone tells you when asked “what is the most important real estate attribute?” Today’s online real estate search engines, coupled with laptop mapping software give the real estate agent fantastic new tools to employ in the search for the perfect property. See how employing this technology helps agents  More...
In a weak economy, it’s especially important to get closer to your most loyal and profitable customers. Allocating dollars to research is one of the best ways to uncover what your customers want and what they really think about your business. Too often, though, companies go about customer satisfaction research the wrong way or pooh-pooh results th  More...
While online mapping services and GPS devices are great for helping people get to where they're going - it's more important to those of us in Sales to know where we need to go in the first place! And while we're at it -it would be nice to know if we're contacting the best opportunity in the area - and shoot - since we're already there - is th  More...
Popular entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and blogger, Guy Kawasaki understands business. Guy is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, and author of eight books on innovative business. Here he shares with us a list of the five most important lessons he's learned as an entrepreneur.  More...
In Part One, we discussed the planning and strategy behind starting our hyperlocal blogs — primarily the decision to do four blogs instead of one. Though it would quadruple our workload, we believe it was the right road to take. With our decision made, it was time to get to work — time to set up each blog. Before you can think about writing conten  More...
Peer advisory boards are an important resource for business leaders, entrepreneurs and startup founders. This article tells you what makes them work.  More...
NFIB began promoting "The Faces of the Healthcare Crisis: Small Business in America," a collection of stories that profiles small business owners on the frontlines of the healthcare crisis, to Congress before recess. NFIB is taking these stories to Congress and the next Administration to ensure the needs of this important constituency are fully  More...
It is important to break down complex information into simple, easily understood bits. Specific example of forecasting, includes a simple forecast template.  More...
Presumptive presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have both put forth sweeping tax proposals that will shape the American economy for the next decade. It's only one of a number of areas where Republican McCain and Democrat Obama bring distinctively different philosophies to bear. But for small businesses, it may be one of the most  More...
Many companies still don't take advantage of SEO. There are many, however, that issue press releases on a regular basis. What they don't understand is that press releases can be part of your SEO efforts, and can be used to gain presence in the editorial results of the search engines, even if it's not a direct presence for your actual domain.  More...
Cybercriminals aren’t so much worried about the size of their targets as they are the security they are forced to navigate. To that end they are increasingly targeting SMBs due to a lack of security measures implemented by that sector.  More...
The most important thing a small business can do to protect its customers’ data is to use only payment processing systems from PCI compliant companies.  More...