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8 Ways Rising Interest Rates Can Help Your Wallet

Interest rates may be on the rise. Here's how you can take advantage.

4 Reasons to Cut Hours, Not Wages

In the midst of the economic downturn earlier this year, I spoke with an operations manager who had received a mandate from his boss to trim payroll costs. He considered reducin

Is Dollar Cost Averaging the Right Strategy for You?

Want to invest a lump sum while cutting down risk? Dollar cost averaging may be your move.

Money-Saving Strategies for Workers’ Compensation

The owner of an asbestos-removal company in New York was sentenced to prison for failing to pay workers’ compensation premiums, according to a July 2009 article in the New York

Cash-Strapped Businesses Turn to Purchase-Order Financing

Many business owners are turning to alternative lenders who offer to finance their purchase order.

How to Design Credit Policies

Design credit policies to support your company’s goals.

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How to Package and Sell Services Online

How can you package and sell services online in a way that leverages the precious resource of time but offers tremendous value to customers and doesn’t compromise service qualit

14 Cool Things You Can Make With an Ice Cube Tray

From candles to coffee cubes, your ice cube tray can do a lot more for you besides conveniently make ice.

31 Exceptional Strategies for Marketing to Today's Woman

By capitalizing on the real needs of today's woman, small businesses have a unique opportunity to grow and thrive amidst uncertainty. Read how others have made it work!

Best Money Tips: Start Doing These Things for Your Happiness

Today we found some great articles on simple things to start doing for your happiness, ways to save money in the kitchen, and financial moves to make every year.

7 Ways to Ace Your Next Phone Interview

You applied for the job. Your interview is next week — and it's over the phone. Don't treat this like a piece of cake. It's time to brush up.

Growing Smart: Best Bet Strategies to Expand Your Business

Business growth strategies range from the cheap, easy and safe to the expensive, hard and risky — with plenty of room in between. Here's a summary of growth strategies fro

Best Money Tips: Raising Money-Smart Kids

Today we found some awesome articles on ways to raise money-smart kids, running a profitable garage sale, and making your care more money efficient.

20 Important Lessons I Learned From My Marketing Mentor

We recently interviewed 20 successful small business men and women to get some insight into the teachers that mattered most to them over the years, as well as the truths that he

Factors to Consider in Your Pricing Strategy

The price of your product is an essential part of your marketing strategy. Here are some of the strategic factors you need to consider regarding your pricing.

Best Money Tips: Side Business Ideas You Can Start Today

Today we found some awesome articles on side business ideas you can start today, money lessons every college grad needs to know, and tips to haggling your ideal mortgage.

How Much Pro Bono Work Is Too Much?

How much pro bono work should you accept? How should you choose the customers? And how do you ensure these friendly freebies don't land you in the scope creep sinkhole?

Spending Wisely: What to Do When Profits Soar

As the economy rebounds, more and more businesses are going to start seeing profits. When you're in that position, how can you best put that money to good use?

Resolving Tax Issues with the IRS: 5 Outcomes You Can Expect

If you move quickly on a tax dispute, you can typically reach one of these five outcomes.