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How to Avoid Moving Scams

What sucks worse than moving? Getting scammed by your movers. Here's how to avoid getting taken to the cleaners by unscrupulous moving companies.

Costs of Adding Ecommerce to Brick-and-Mortar Retailing

As your business grows, you’ll find that expanding via the web will be less expensive for certain P&L line items but require extra spending in other categories.

Doing Due Diligence on Contractors: Where to Start

A good contractor can make all the difference in the world. Unfortunately, so can a bad one. You need to choose your contractor with due diligence.

Love Accessories? Surprise Yourself With a Wantable Box

Wantable tailors their subscription boxes to your style preferences, but is the personalization worth $40? Open an accessories box with this Wise Bread writer and find out!

Cyber Security on the Road

We'll look at how to protect your identity and electronic data while traveling, so you — and your business — return home safely every time.

5 Site Metrics Every Small Business Should Track

If you're not paying attention to your site analytics, your business is leaving money on the table. Here are the most important metrics that you'll want to track.

31 Small Business Tax Deductions

Not deducting all of the expenses that you are allowed leaves money on table. Use the following checklist of rules to reduce your taxable income as much as legally possible.

Make More, Save More With Project-Based Accounting

Get a handle on what constitutes a project and the resources required to develop, sustain, execute, and complete project-oriented assignments.

Why Germans Have Longer Vacation Times and More Productivity

Self-sacrifice has almost always gone hand-in-hand with American entrepreneurship and small businesses. Yet Europeans have always seemed to have taken a different route when it com

The Lifetime Value of a Customer

The lifetime value of a customer is a valuable tool for measuring the contribution a customer makes to the bottom line and a useful basis for developing marketing strategies.

8 Invitations to an IRS Tax Audit

Don't let your tax return send up a red flag to the IRS; avoid these common reasons for an audit.

6 Ways to Stay Motivated on the Job

It's easy to let the daily grind sap your motivation. Buck up, superstar, and dig deep. You already have everything you need to stay positive.

9 Real Estate Clauses to Watch Out For

If you're planning to lease space for your business, make sure you're aware of all the associated fees — otherwise, you could be in for serious sticker shock.

Best Money Tips: How to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Today we found some great articles on how to prepare for natural disasters, how flexible you should be in your job hunt, and things you must do this September.

How to Get Exercise During the Day

Exercise can help you wake up, calm down, and get focused; but it can be hard to schedule. Learn how to fit your workout into your work day.

6 Things Your Business Needs More Than Cash

You need cash to meet payroll, cover overhead, pay suppliers, but if you're frequently short, maybe your business needs more of something other than cash.

27 Real-Life Small Business Mistakes...and What They Learned

Do as these entrepreneurs say and not as they did to learn 27 common, and hard-earned, lessons the easy way.

How To Put An End To Cash Flow Surprises

You can't predict the future. Or can you?

5 Cost Drivers To Help You Make Accurate Expense Projections

Employ cost drivers to prevent faulty overhead cost predictions from undermining your profit projection and planning efforts.

Can You Survive a Double Dip Recession?

Five questions you should be asking before the double dip arrives.