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Questions to Answer Before You Get a New Vehicle for Your Business

If you're in the market for a new vehicle that you plan to use at least in part for business, you'll want to make certain decisions before you shop.

Subscription Software: A Good Financial Choice

Subscription software offers some cost-saving opportunities for the typical small business, not to mention convenient access to the tools you and your business need.

Financial Risks and More in Global Sourcing

Global sourcing holds the promise of higher profits through cost savings on nearly any product imaginable. But risks lie in nearly every stage of the sourcing process.

6 Tips to Firewall Your Attention and Boost Productivity

It can be a sobering experience to look back on our day and see how little time we actually spent working on things that mattered. Here are ways to firewall our attention.

What Your Employees' Personal Branding Means to Your Company

Anyone employed by your business, down to the receptionist, may be promoting himself through blogging, social media, and other tactics.

Business Continuity Planning: Are You Leaving a Legacy or a Liability?

In order to truly be successful, you need to think beyond the current generation and consider what will happen when you are no longer at the helm.

How to Deliver Bad News to Your Banker

Nobody likes to hear bad news...especially when it's your bank hearing about problems with your loan. Learn how to best handle the situation and avoid financial disaster.

Why Your Business Owes Taxes When It Didn’t Generate Cash Profits

Unfortunately for small business owners, cash income and taxable income are not necessarily the same. Read this to avoid nasty surprises come tax time.

The Power of Retargeting

Only a small fraction of visitors who click an online ad make a purchase, but retargeting can help businesses dramatically boost that number.

10 Massive Companies That Crashed in 2010

Every massive organization that sank in 2010 started as a small business. Pay attention to avoid making the same mistakes with your company.

5 Ways to Make Your Customers Feel Warm and Fuzzy

Retaining customers is easy when you treat them well. Use these easy, low-cost ideas to make your customers feel extra special.

How to Get Free Publicity

It's not enough to provide a great product or service people want or need. For a business to succeed, it has to be noticed. Here are six free ways to get the word out.

Planning an Entrepreneur's Retirement

Retirement planning may not be high on every entrepreneur's to-do list, but it should be.

How 15 Companies Went Above and Beyond to Help Japan

The outpouring of generosity from corporations has been incredible, with many finding unique ways to donated resources of all kinds. Here's how fifteen of them did it.

6 Ways to Boost Your Mobile Email Marketing

Make the most of your customers' tight mobile phone screen space and their tight mobile phone attention spans.

4 Hiring Mistakes and How to Prevent Them

Hiring a new employee is costly. Hiring the wrong employee costs even more.

5 Types of Employees You Can’t Afford to Keep

In good times or bad, it's never smart to hang onto these five poor performers.

Finding Community Leadership Opportunities

You've learned valuable leadership skills as a small business owner. Why not share those skills with your community?

3 Costs Even the Lean Can Cut

You cut costs and weathered the recession. With the threat of a double-dip recession looming, you may have to find more to cut. Here are three places to look.

5 Ways To Grow Your Business Despite The Economic Crisis

An economy stalled and political leadership in gridlock? When the going gets tough, small business gets going.