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3 Obvious Sales Strategies You May Be Neglecting

Whether you run a hair salon or high tech startup, these tips should help you improve your sales.

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.

Ask the Readers: How Do You Relax After a Long Day?

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High-Value Employee Benefits at a Reasonable Cost

Employee benefits can add 35% and more to payroll costs. Cutting benefits might be one way to trim expenses. But, there is more than one path to cost savings.

Improving Sales Forecast Accuracy with a PERTy Formula

Borrow an estimating tool from the US Navy to help bring your sales forecasts in line with your sales reality.

Why Offline Marketing Still Matters

Internet and social media marketing have been a boon for small business. But that doesn't mean old fashioned people to people marketing can become an after thought.

6 Steps to Licensing Your Product

If you have a great product, but you don't have the funding or the infrastructure to bring it to market, license it to someone who does.

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5 Things to Know About the ADA

For the smallest of small businesses, the Americans with Disabilities Act is not a concern. For the rest, ADA compliance is good business.

Ask @WiseBread a Question for Chance to Win a iPhone 5s or GS4

Ask our finance expert Jeff Rose (CFP) a personal finance question over Twitter. Contest ends tomorrow!

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.

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.

Ask the Readers: What Do You Splurge On?

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Sun Protection Through Your Food

Diet may play a role in protecting our skin from the sun's harmful rays.

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.

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 Does Little for Small Business

The Small Business Jobs Act is a misnomer and not the right legislation to accomplish any of the stated goals

4 Smooth Moves for Graduates

If you're a recent college graduate, you must do everything possible to polish up your personal life and beef up your financial profile to stay near the front of the employment