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How to Save Money on Christmas This Year

The earlier you start thinking about how you’ll pay for Christmas gifts, the more you’ll enjoy the season.

Best Money Tips: Help Your Marriage Survive a Startup

Today, we share what it takes to hold a marriage together when one spouse is starting a new business, easy ways to save money at airports, and tips for using Google Analytics.

4 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before Every Major Purchase

Before you break out the checkbook, ask yourself a few probing questions. Your future self will thank you, whether you decide to buy or not.

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The Advocate's Approach Versus The Creative Approach: Negotiation Techniques For Creative Solutions

If you start with the goal of a mutually beneficial solution in mind, it is possible for a negotiation to end with both parties happy.

8 Ways to Shield Your Business from Hackers

Business owners need to secure online banking and data stringently. Secure your workplace by putting these 8 protocols in place for you and your employees.

18 Must Haves for the Business Traveler

This selection of items and services that are often considered must haves for the business traveler, along with some guidelines as to what to look for. They’ll help you save tim

10 Free (or Almost!) Tools and Resources for Creating a New 2015 Budget

Holiday spending knocked your budget all out of whack? Use these tools to start budgeting smartly in 2015.

Investing in Web Security

What would happen if you lost the data on your business's computer system or if it was hacked? Small businesses need to recognize the cost of not properly addressing web securit

What to Do About Health Care Insurance Now

Under the health care reform, policies will have to provide certain types of coverage and meet other standards that will substantially raise costs unless they are grandfathered.

Vested Capital: What It Is, Why You Want It, and How to Get It

It's what some aspiring entrepreneurs would die to have in their possession. Vested capital gives you the utmost in negotiating power.

What’s Tax Deductible for Your Next Business Trip?

The IRS have set out some pretty specific guidelines as to what's tax deductible for your next business trip.

New Tax Breaks for the Swift

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 created new opportunities for businesses to save on their taxes in 2010 and beyond. Here are some actions that can prove beneficial to you.

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How Much to Pay New Hires in 2011

You're ready to bring in new employees — great! But calculating salaries can be difficult. Learn what to pay in a still-unsteady economy.

Ways to Make Better Use of Your CRM Tools

If you spend a little more time properly maintaining your customer relationship management tools, you can generate a lot more business.

Best Money Tips: 31 Ways Real People Make Extra Income

Today we found some great articles on the many ways that real people make extra income, the best freelance careers out there, and sites that let you rent out almost anything.

How to Leverage an Economy of Giving and Profit

Digital distribution of gifts offers small businesses an almost free way to reach new customers. Go ahead, give it away.

Build Your Local Economy To Build Your Business

Taking the long view on community outreach and involvement.

The Top 5 Group Buying Sites: Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em?

Group buy sites such as Groupon can be a boon for small businesses eager to get noticed. But they are not without risk. Here's a look at five of the most popular.