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If you are looking for financing there is a 'trick of the trade' that can potentially save your business time, money and frustration. Don't sign the application! Sounds like a crazy idea doesn't it? Let me explain. Like any industries there are the good guys and not so good guys. Once you sign an application there are several things that migh Read More

Could you use a 40% increase in your productivity? What if you could achieve that with taking one step? That step is engage your employees. Read More

The other day I was conducting an educational workshop for folks interested in becoming Duct Tape Marketing Coaches. At one point I talked about presenting workshops as the primary way that coaches acquired customers and that it was an essential success factor for prospective coaches to consider. Read More

Small businesses increasingly are tapping a new talent pool: the world. A new generation of online service marketplaces is giving small companies more opportunities than ever to find specialized expertise and affordable labor. Main Street businesses can shop a virtual international bazaar of freelancers to recruit computer programmers in Russia Read More

There's no way to absolutely, positively prevent someone from suing you. What you can do, though, is prevent anyone from succeeding . . . and from having the litigation take its toll on your company's cash flow. Read More

The Small Business Administration plans to begin dispersing funds in mid-June for a new, highly anticipated emergency lending program, but don't race off to the bank to fill out an application just yet. Many lenders are still sitting on the sidelines, waiting for more details from the SBA before they decide whether or not to participate. "Wha Read More

If you lose a lot of weight, you're more likely to also gain in wealth. Thus finds an Ohio State University study from a few years ago. The basic idea, as I understand it, is probably that (1) those motivated to lose that much weight will also be motivated to improve their finances and (2) once you start losing that much weight, there's a positi Read More

Does the new credit-card law affect you and your business? Find out here; and if it doesn't, find out why it ought to. Read More

An interview with Don Gabor, author of the new How To Turn Small Talk into Big Deals. Read More

We've been misled as to the benefits of social networking sites. Many of us are finding that these tools do not live up to the hype, especially for small business. Once we start digging deeper, we're finding a lot of challenges. Are you thinking of using Facebook, Twitter, or the like in your business? Before you go any further, consider the fol Read More