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Dunn & Bradstreet has compiled an incredible list of the 68 most influential small business leaders on Twitter using their own proprietary algorithm. BizSugar CEO Anita Campbell is on the list as are many other folks whose names you no doubt run across quite frequently. They include Chris Brogan, G Read More

Midyear can be a great time for a small business checkup. This article includes some things to consider when going to see your accountant. Forecasting for the future will definitely be important especially in this difficult economy as will making critical staffing and investment decisions based on Read More

You no longer need the budget of a massive corporation to reap the benefits of business intelligence. BI is available both as part of SaaS solutions and in more affordable software versions than ever before putting the tremendous power of business analytics within the reach of many small companies. Read More

Niall Devitt is part of the driving force behind Bloggertone, a fascinating business blogging community based in Ireland, and is no stranger to social media marketing either. Last week Bloggertone published a tongue-in-cheek post on blogging‘s demise by community member Anne Perez. Below, Niall tal Read More

Women Impacting Public Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan group advocating for women-owned small businesses. The WIPP regularly shares news alerts on issues of importance to small businesses owned by women and to small business owners in general. Here is a Small Business Trends roundup featuring Read More

There are many simple mistakes you can make when starting a small business, but this post gives a pretty broad overview of the big missteps and perhaps clues for how to avoid them. Don't let the dangers or concerns connected to startups discourage you. Simply consider this a road map to your small Read More

Tom Pick shares this awesome list of women to follow on Twitter from a small business and marketing perspective. We hope you find them as inspirational as we do. Among them is Anita Campbell, CEO at BizSugar.com and founder of Small Business Trends, but also lots of other excellent women like Jill Read More

By way of explaining why he's not a huge fan of a proposed angel investor tax credit, Belmont University professor of entrepreneurship Jeff Cornwall of "The Entrepreneurial Mind" reiterates why a "broad-based tax cut," the kind that leaves more money in the bank accounts of consumers and potential Read More

Starting your business with your 401(k) is becoming an increasingly popular option for tax strapped entrepreneurs, according to this article from SmartMoney, part of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network. But the controversial practice, which often involves a "Rollover as Business Startup" to avo Read More

Search Engine Optimization is the means by which Websites are improved to gain increased traffic from search engines like Google and Bing. Here's the Small Business Trend review of some very cool SEO tools, some free some paid subscription services, that can really help you improve the SEO of your Read More