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The Dilemma of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

Are you the type who takes candy now or who holds out for cake? Learn why both decisions can be valuable, and how to figure out whether it's better to act now or wait.

Working with a Spouse: What Small Business Owners Need to Know

Starting a business with your significant other can be immensely rewarding...and incredibly trying. Here's what to know before combining your career with your better half.

Lessons from Sociology: 5 Tips to Help You Sell More

There are hundreds of business books, but one of the best isn't about business at all — it's called "Diffusion of Innovations," and it can improve your sales.

What Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Should You Measure?

With so many analytic tools available to business owners, it's easy to get lost in the data. Here's how to separate the analytic wheat from the chaff.

5 Ways to Earn More Every Week

Pursue a few modest sales and marketing efforts each week and by year's end you'll enjoy a healthier bottom line.

10 Reasons Results Based Management Matters to Small Business

Results-based management is a must for firms with lots of offsite employees. It offers plenty for the rest of us, too.

Unconventional Measures of Customer Service Excellence

Your customer service surveys and questionnaires may not be telling you what you need to know.

Can You Survive a Double Dip Recession?

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

Fundamentals of Online Advertising

Online advertising is much cheaper than print advertising. But to get results, you've got to find your audience and test your pitch.

4 Social Media Strategies that Actually Work

You're tweeting, your're updating your status, you're sharing, but is any of that the right way to make social media pay?

56,000 Money Saving Ideas from Uncle Sam

Take a page from the White House and reward employees who come up with clever ways to save money.

Why Showing Your Customers The Love Is More Important Than The Sale

If you give your customers reasons to love you, they will. Here are six.

4 Steps To Perfecting Your Social Media Strategy

If you've added a social media component to your marketing, be sure to actively measure and track your efforts.

Putting Pinterest to Work for You

Pinterest, the interactive pinboard, is another social media platform gaining popularity. It's also another opportunity to get noticed and gain customers.

3 Simple Ways Small Business Can Maximize Twitter

Twitter isn't for pitching. It's for networking.

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Ask the Readers: Would You Donate to the Government?

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Ask the Readers: What Is Your Favorite Frugality Tip?

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Ask the Readers: Do You Regift?

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