The mortgage credit crunch has spilled over into business lending as local banks are less risk-inclined than they used to be and credit is harder to come by for businesses, U.S. Small Business Administration officials said. The number of SBA-backed loans from banks has trended down as banks toughen their standards and small businesses are more cau
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Banks tighten lending standards for business loans
Posted by ArmadaIG under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.msnbc.msn.com 5917 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2008 1:37 am
How I Dominated the Marketing Niche with a Dumb Quiz
Posted by digitalsmash under MarketingFrom http://deanhunt.com 5918 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2008 1:14 am
How can this be? How can A-list bloggers be churning out huge resources and intellectual debate, and here I am, outranking them all on one of the biggest social media sites on the Internet— with a bloody quiz!?!
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Goal Setting For the Procrasintating Go-Getter
Posted by digitalsmash under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.betterforbusiness.com 5918 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2008 11:08 pm
No one ever said owning a business would be easy. The title of being an entrepreneur isn't something that you should take lightly. It takes a special kind of person to achieve entrepreneur-status, and an even better one to maintain it. I believe one of the biggest factors in my own success has been my ability to set goals.
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Small Businesses Protest Backdoor State "Activity" Taxes
Posted by Fenessy under TaxesFrom http://www.allbusiness.com 5918 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2008 6:56 am
A House Small Business Committee hearing was called this week to examine a trend that is alarming small businesses across the country. A growing number of states are imposing so-called "business activity" taxes on companies that have a connection, or "nexus," with the state. A nexus can exist, even though a business has no employees or physica
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Boosting teamwork with wikis
Posted by mssux under TechnologyFrom http://money.cnn.com 5919 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2008 3:55 pm
At its simplest, a wiki is software that lets users work together to create and edit a collection of linked web pages. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is the best-known example - its 85,000 contributors have written, edited, and policed the content of more than nine million entries. Like Wikipedia, all wikis benefit from the network effect: The m
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8 Best Ways to Get Power: Master Them to Negotiate Everything You Want
Posted by jensthang under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.thenegotiationguru.com 5920 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 17, 2008 11:48 pm
Powerful tips on how to get the power you have always wanted. Useful and practical strategies to help improve your negotiation.
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From Porter's Five Forces to the Permeable Corporation: A New Business Model
Posted by ArmadaIG under StrategyFrom http://www.bmighty.com 5920 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 17, 2008 5:52 pm
Web 2.0 efficiencies disrupt old business models by reducing manufacturing and investment costs and decentralizing information. It's time for the permeable corporation, where success depends upon cooperation and interaction.
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Design Inspiration: the Anatomy of a Great Blog Ad at Randa Clay Design
Posted by JohnH under AdvertisingFrom http://randaclay.com 5920 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 16, 2008 6:49 pm
It's hard enough creating effective banner ads of any size, but it's especially difficult to create an ad that's only 125px X 125px (a popular size for blog ads). Randa Clay offers some great examples of these tiny ads. If you can create an effective version of one of these, you create an effect ad at any size.
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Trade Shows: 10 Tips for Tabletop Displays
Posted by Becky under MarketingFrom http://www.exhibitoronline.com 5920 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 17, 2008 5:52 pm
Overlooked and undervalued by the big boys of the exhibit industry, tabletop exhibits get little respect. This pint-sized workhorse, however, can deliver just as much ROI as a booth 10 times its size -- if you know how to handle the reins. Here are 10 tips to help you make the most of you small but mighty tabletop exhibit.
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Study: Banner Ad Clickers Not Like Other Web Users
Posted by Becky under Online MarketingFrom http://chiefmarketer.com 5920 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 17, 2008 5:13 am
That lead generated through your banner ad was probably from a consumer between the ages of 25-44, with a household income under $40,000. This demographic accounted for 50% of all banner-ad clicks, despite comprising only 6% of the population, according to a new study.
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