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If someone says B2B sites can’t be compelling and absorbing, show them MillerWelds. It could shame the best consumer site. This site keeps prospects clicking and reading these ways:  More...
If you're like most small businesses, you are marketing to all your customer types in the same exact way. But what if I told you doing this is a very ineffective way of obtaining new customers? The fact is that everyone comes to your business at a particular stage. Some people are just hearing about your company for the first time, others kno  More...
A great article on why you should outsource some of your work and a little info on how to do it.  More...
As a small business owner, you may think your company's valuable data is safe by following common wisdom. However, you may be seriously wrong.  More...
For most people on the Web, if Google or Yahoo cannot find something, it doesn’t exist. That has been one of the biggest drawbacks to creating a Website or application that displays itself as a Flash (SWF) file. Search engines could see the file, but they could not see what was in it. Until now. Adobe has come up with a way for the search engin  More...
What performance metrics do you want to monitor for your business unit on a continuous basis that are the most important and are very volatile for the achievement of operational and sales success? Also ask yourself what kind of precise micromanagement report you want, to whom should this report go to, and when and how often should this report be v  More...
When you have 100 great ways to improve your business, what do you do with all of them?  More...
Smart Business spoke with David Houri about why motivation is nothing without ambition and how failing to communicate your philosophy is like being married for two days and having a change of heart.  More...
Whether you sell products in a store or a catalog, or on a Web site, marketing the experience of ownership is critical in making the sale. Studies show that even with high-ticket items like cars, consumers are driven more by desires than product features. The fantasy of experience offers rich opportunities for creative exploration on Web sites – a  More...
Who’s not a Family Guy fan? Even I am. Think about having a similarly cool animation, only this time, online. In September, Google together with Family Guy creator, Seth MacFarlane, will be launching a new cartoon called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” to be streamed online through AdSense.  More...
There's no sure way for would-be franchisees to gauge their likely success with a potential franchise. But like bettors at a racetrack, they do have a tip sheet they can use for guidance. It's the Small Business Administration's annual compilation of performance data on thousands of franchisee loans it has guaranteed.  More...
What everyone needs to learn to manage in order to cope – is the way we use our time.  More...
Accountability IS important. This post, from Steve MacGill CEO of Peersight Online, explains why.  More...
The importance of creativity in the growth of a business is discussed by Becky McCray of SmallBiz Survival (www.smallbizsurvival.com)  More...