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Learn how financial executives of small and midsize businesses are using receivables financing to improve working capital while credit remains tight. Read More

KnowEm.com allows a brand owner to protect their online brand and its identity across, well, seemingly the entire universe of social media sites and resources. Check it out. Very impressive. Read More

American Express OPEN Forum has begun to develop tools that will allow small business owners to bridge the gap between building relationships and connecting through social media. Read More

“Social media marketing” is a hot new buzzword in the Internet marketing industry, which generally refers to using popular social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg (as well as niche interest forums and blogs) to market your business. It's “hot” because it works—from the smallest Internet forum to the front page of Digg, the marketing op Read More

How safe is it to start up a business in today's economy? That is dependent on many factors. What is the idea, is it unique? Will it fill a niche that is not being filled in your area? Does it require real estate location? How much money do you have for start up costs? Advertising? When making a decision to to start a business, these are but a fe Read More

Partner marketing is really another way of saying, proactively teaming up or partnering with other small businesses to increase sales.Whilst it is not a new concept, it is generally conducted by many small businesses by accident. They use it as short term promotional offer versus it being proactively planned and implemented. Read More

Ann Howard is a general business counselor at SBTDC, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, takes a pass at this oft discussed aspect of starting a business. To be honest, business plans come in all shapes and sizes and the type of plan often depends on whether you plan to pitch to investors, seek financing or just go out and start looking for Read More

Buying an existing business has certain advantages over starting a new one. For example, says certified public accountant Amber Hill, buying an existing business allows you to get a good picture of how much you'll be able to make off the venture based on past sales. An important tip is to ask around to determine the business's reputation in the Read More

Small business bookkeeping is important for the health of any small business. If you don't have a good set of books, you don't have very well business, says Daniel Diener, co-owner of the Business Success Center in Central Texas, in this informative video. Though Diener says keeping books is probably a business owner's least favorite task, it' Read More

Any salesperson would be foolish to ignore the potential of this amazing sales tool. Read More