Dec 1, 2012

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News29 new results for Small Business
 
New small businesses add style to retail
Staunton News Leader
Taking the theme of buy local, support small business, I introduce you to three new comers to the downtown business offerings that I think are worth the time it takes to seek them out. Opening this coming Saturday as "store-mates," just in time for the ...
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Small Business Saturday gets mixed reviews among local retailers.
LubbockOnline.com
Small Business Saturday kicked off the holiday shopping season for many locally owned retailers. These stores aren't typically involved in the Black Friday frenzy the way box stores and larger retailers are. Most Lubbock small businesses reported ...
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Credit unions want to be your small business lender
The Union Leader
The nation's first credit union has been lending to small businesses since its founding more than a century ago, so increasing the amount of money it's allowed to earmark for commercial loans is within its mission, says the president of St. Mary's Bank.
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There's Been A Staggering Collapse In Small Business Optimism Since The ...
Business Insider
PRINCETON, NJ -- U.S. small-business owners are pessimistic post-election, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index plunging to -11 in November from 17 in July. This is the most pessimistic that owners have been about their operating ...
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Small Berkshire businesses strive to compete this holiday season
Berkshire Eagle
Employee Lauren McInerney steams a shirt at the Purple Plume in Lenox. Judie Culver, who has owned the women’s clothing and jewelry store for 31 years, says small businesses ‘definitely have to hustle’ to stay competitive in the ...
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Small Business Saturday boosts Elmhurst retailers
Suburban Life Publications
The day after Black Friday was coined Small Business Saturday by American Express as a marketing campaign in 2010 to encourage local spending, and has begun to grow in popularity along with "Cyber Monday" and other shopping days following ...
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Workshop helps small business owners join the local-food movement
The Evening Sun
Wendy Allen, left, of Gettysburg, who owns the gallery Lincoln Into Art, takes a sample of Pepperelly, a pepper glaze made by small business owner Maryann Chiavetta, on Wednesday at the Food for Profit workshop at the Adams County Agricultural and ...
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Architec Housewares president reviews successful growth patterns
Examiner.com
Their success story is ongoing and worth taking a look at how the best laid plans can twist and turn your company into creating a new (di)vision. Ms. Sellers was happy to offer detailed insights that will help all small business owners willing to learn ...
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Receive a free 'practical and tactical' business education
Houma Courier
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program is a practical business management education that helps you develop the skills you need to grow your company. Participants in the program at the Delgado Community College will benefit from a highly ...
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Alexandria small-business owners upbeat after Black Friday
Alexandria Town Talk
Deborah Randolph, Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce president, announces Friday a continuation of the small business promotions that began last year. Tia Owens-Powers/towens@thetowntalk.com ...
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SEO Tips For Small Business - Winter SEO Course Announced by JM Internet ...
Equities.com
The JM Internet Group (web: jm-seo.org), a leader in providing SEO Tips for Small Business has announced its final 2012 winter session, beginning December 4th. The 7 course, in-depth trainings are designed with the small business person in mind ...
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Small Business Owners Rally To End Tax Breaks For Rich
FOX 40 News WICZ TV
"We the people, and that includes 97% of all small businesses like the one we are in today, who are not in the 2% need to reclaim our democracy," said Eileen Hamilin, Chair of Citizen Action. The groups do not want see any cuts made to Medicare ...
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"This is Small Business America"
Tucson Citizen
President Obama will be "employing campaign-style tactics" in Pennsylvania today at a small business whose taxes would increase under his unserious fiscal cliff proposal. But just 15 miles down the road from the rally is a small business that can't ...
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Big names step up in support of small business customers
PRWeek
President Barack Obama called US small businesses the "engines of growth" during the presidential debates. According to the US Small Business Administration, 65% of new jobs during the past 17 years were created by small businesses. But small firms ...
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Postal Annex offers a one-stop shop for customers, small businesses
Your Houston News
Postal Annex is a franchise but it was definitely needed on Northpark because there is not a shipping, mailing or small business service like this in the area for residents on this side of Kingwood," Dan DiGregorio said. Plus, DiGregorio added the ...
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Business Calendar for Sunday, Dec. 2
Fayetteville Observer
Cost estimating basics: 3-5 p.m., FTCC's Small Business Center. An introduction for business developers, and those new to the contractual process, to the basic principles and elements of cost estimating, including a generic process one might use to ...
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Arkansas in Top 5 Best States for Small Businesses
KNWA
According to a survey conducted throughout the country, more than 6,000 small business owners were asked to grade how well their local stores were surviving. Arkansas scored an A+. "Arkansas is an awesome place to have a small business. The local ...
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Seven big trends for small businesses in 2013
Catoosatimes
(BPT) - Today, if you tell someone you'll be in touch, he or she may not only ask when, but how. Modern technology has dramatically changed the way we communicate, providing multiple ways to stay connected at any time. For small and medium-sized ...
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LETTER: Bethlehem trash plan will kill small businesses, jobs
Lehighvalleylive.com
One of the niceties of living in Bethlehem is the freedom to choose one of the many independent small businesses to collect our trash. The competition enables us to negotiate cost, specific items and the amount to be collected. This is particularly ...
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Beverly Loan Provides Collateral Loans In Time for the Holidays
San Francisco Chronicle
"Small businesses face unique challenges in this economy. Traditional forms of credit may be saturated or unavailable, so the added expenses for providing holiday bonuses, as an example, can be difficult," said Jordan Tabach-Bank, CEO of Beverly Loan ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Consider shopping locally this holiday season
Rapid City Journal
South Dakota is home to more than 78,000 small businesses that account for almost 62 percent of the private-sector jobs in the state, according to data from the Small Business Administration. While the national economy has struggled over the past few ...
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Some small retailers skip Groupon to lure holiday shoppers
The Desert Sun
A sales strategy that didn't work during the rest of the year is out of the question for the holidays, said Pamela Springer, CEO of online small business network Manta. This doesn't bode well for Groupon and other daily deals sites. Only 3 percent of ...
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Open for business In wake of Sandy, local stores seek customers
The Hudson Reporter
Small Business Saturday came and went. Signs in various Washington Street storefronts urge residents to "shop local." Even U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez echoed the message during a trip last week to Big Fun Toys on that street. Still, many Hoboken ...
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Small business owners reflect on the issues they face
Royal Gazette
As many a politician the world over has said, small business is the lifeblood of any economy. While Bermuda is not immune from the effects of the global recession, being that the Island, is in fact, an island, it has its own set of very different ...
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Entrepreneur boot camp pushes business owners to goals
Topeka Capital Journal
You won't have to climb a wall or run long distances, but entrepreneur "boot camp" still forces small business owners to confront a host of obstacles, Cyndi Hermocillo-Legg said. Hermocillo-Legg, who is vice president of entrepreneurial and minority ...
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Strictly Business: Will strong holiday shopping trend continue?
Elmira Star-Gazette
Now that the spending floodgates were blown open on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday by record crowds spending lots of money, the challenge now facing retailers is simple — finding ways to make sure consumers keep spending.
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Business Buzz: Holiday season brings deals on cars
Fayetteville Observer
You can go online and make nominations for the U.S. Small Business Administration's annual awards, including Small Business Person of the Year, who is chosen from state award winners. The SBA site, nationalsmallbusinessweek.sba.gov, makes it easier ...
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SHNIDER: Why does a balanced score card matter?
Naples Daily News
Most small businesses focus on the traditional financial reporting systems such as increases in revenues, costs, sales volume for new products/services, profitability of assets, revenue per employee, cash flow, return on assets, return on equity and ...
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Tax cuts to spur business
Arizona Republic
If the purchasers of their goods and services are only the top 2 percent of the citizens, who are the only folks who have money to spend, their sales will be small. Small business need to have the lower and middle classes with resources for purchasing.
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Blogs13 new results for Small Business
 
6 Steps to a Small Business Social Media Strategy | Social Media ...
By Stephanie Winans
One billion people actively use Facebook each month. Twitter boasts 500 million users. Seventy-two hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Sixty-two percent of adults worldwide now use social media.Because your customers ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
14 Small Business Success Tips
By FTMDaily.com
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:10 — 52.4MB). SHOW NOTES – 14 Small Business Success Tips Success Strategies for the Entrepreneur, Plus an Update of Precious Metals Sign up to receive the FTMWeekly ...
FTMdaily.com
Crafters stitch their place into Small Business Saturday -Spring-Ford ...
Across the nation Saturday, thousands of mom-and-pop shops participated in Small Business Saturday — an event created by American Express to help support small local businesses that invigorates the economy and keep communities ...
Springford Reporter Valley Item/news...
A Tale of Two Friends with an Idea: How to Protect Intellectual ...
By Nina Kaufman
A Tale of Two Friends with an Idea: How to Protect Intellectual Property in Business Silicon Valley State of Mind: What I've Learned from Spending Time in the 4 Ways Small Businesses Can Prepare for the Christmas Holiday Shopping Season ...
YFS Magazine - Startup, Small...
Events for The Rest of 2012 | Small Business Trends
By Laura Leites
The SAME Small Business Conference is designed to promote partnerships and contract opportunities between small businesses and Department of Defense (DOD) agencies as well as networking opportunities between small and large ...
Small Business Trends
SMB Startup Watch Preview: 4 Tech Tools for Small Businesses ...
By Philip Nowak
From an incentive-based job board to pre-screened delivery drivers for local small businesses, the four startups previewed below should be on your radar as they hone and bring their product to market. Barrel of Jobs Social and financial ...
Firmology | Small Business Innovation
Mandated Employer Health Insurance Is Biased Against Small
By Peter Dorman
This morning's story about the problems small business owners face in complying with the ACA doesn't surprise me. My first gig as an economist, way back in 1979, was a summer internship at the Small Business Administration, where, among ...
EconoSpeak
6 Steps to a Small Business Social Media Strategy | FF3300 – Blog
By Stephanie Winans
Because your customers or clients are using social media daily, communicating and marketing on social platforms is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity. These six steps will help small businesses create a social media strategy that gets results.
FF3300 – Blog
How Small Businesses Can Increase Sales through Social Media ...
By Narendra
Small businesses and businesses in general, can boost up their sales and increase customer retention and brand loyalty through using vast variety of social, Web Designers and Developers Daily Resource.
instantShift - Web Design Magazine
Small business blog posts we liked this week | Canadian ...
By Samantha Garner
Small business advice from around the web. ... GoForth Institute's blog, written for anyone with an interest in small business and entrepreneurship, is your source for news, important small business topics and helpful advice. Enter your email ...
Canadian Entrepreneur Training
In the Shadow of the Obama Meteor, Small Businesses Dig In | rip ...
By blog wire
Is this bad? This seems bad to me. Want more? We might as well get this stuff into our heads now. It's going to be this way for a little while and.
rip and readerrip and reader
Can I File A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy For My Small Business Only?
By Kevin Gipson, New Orleans Bankruptcy Attorney
New Orleans Bankruptcy Lawyer, Kevin Gipson discusses why it is a bad idea for a small business owner to file a business only Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy Information
U.S. small businesses fret over "fiscal cliff": Wells Fargo - NZweek
By Jane B. Hatcher
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- U.S. small businesses are increasingly worried about the looming.
NZweek

Web3 new results for Small Business
 
Obama Tries to Assuage Small Businesses' Fiscal Fears ...
When President Barack Obama met with small business owners at the White House Tuesday, he tried to reassure them that he'll reach a deal with Republicans ...
www.businessweek.com/.../obama-tries-to-assuage-small-busin...
Coming Back: Rebuilding a Small Business - Video - The New York ...
Watch Coming Back: Rebuilding a Small Business video online. News and opinion video from ...
www.nytimes.com/video/.../rebuilding-a-small-business.html
3 Small Businesses You'll Love to Shop Online
This holiday season, support small business and buy your gifts in their online shops. Here are three places to start.
mashable.com/.../small-businesses-shop-online/?...


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