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These 10 tips for using Google Alerts in your small business come from Small Business Informer and are a great resource for any small business. Bloggers have long known the value of using Google Alerts to keep up with breaking news in their niche and to get topic ideas based on the latest buzz. No matter what your product or service, you'll find Read More

Every franchise company needs to have a clear understanding of the type of person with the best chance of success in their franchise system. Although a blank statement such as 'veterans make great franchisees' is not correct 100% of the time, it holds a lot of truth. Check these five reasons why veterans make great franchisees. Read More

I just thought I'd share this past blog post. If anyone is having trouble embedding BizSugar voting buttons into Blogger, check out this post. It addresses an irrational little quirk .... If you use Blogger (Blogspot) Read More

Increase and exceed your expectations in business with John Jantsch's personal experience story of this concept in action. Read More

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

...Content! A "BtoB Magazine" study shows that 66 percent of marketers use social media; that's up from just 20 percent in 2007. The adoption is exciting, but it's scary to think about all the "marketing" that is coming out of it. Having just completed Search Engine Strategies and the ClickZ/Online Marketing Summit track, I realize more tha 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