Jan 31, 2013

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News30 new results for Small Business
 
4 SEO Tasks Small Businesses Must Do Every Month
Search Engine Watch
The lack of small business on-site SEO is more about discipline, time management, repetition, and know-how. Here is a simple four-step approach to building high-value traffic through on-site SEO that should be repeated twice per month (minimum) on ...
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New site helps small businesses track, comment on proposed regulations
Business Journal (blog)
Check out the new Small Biz Reg Watch web site developed by the House Small Business Committee. The site highlights proposed regulations affecting businesses and includes links that allow you to provide comments to federal agencies about these ...
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Business Journal (blog)
Do You Know What Your Business Is Worth? You Should
New York Times
"One guy I talked to about selling said the business had to be worth $1 million, because that's what he needed to retire on," Mr. Ritz said. "Another was like, 'Well, let me see, my alimony is $4,500 a month. ... ' It was ridiculous. I finally just ...
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New York Times
Spaces still available for small business boot camp
Sacramento Business Journal
The three-day training, which will be conducted by the Sacramento Small Business Development Center, costs $50 for the series and includes lunch each day and resource materials, including a business plan template. Focus topics will include preparing ...
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Hiring Flat At Texas Small Businesses
KUHF-FM
U.S. small business employment rose just over 0.1% in January compared to December. At Texas small businesses, job growth was virtually flat. "Small business employment, as a general matter, is doing sort of poorly compared to overall employment." ...
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KUHF-FM
Intuit Finds Small Business Revenue Falling, but Employment Rising
Accounting Today
The QuickBooks maker's monthly Small Business Employment and Revenue Indexes found that construction was the only sector to see an increase in revenue. The January employment increase represents 20,000 new jobs added and an annualized growth ...
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Accounting Today
Small Business Must-Reads — Wednesday, Jan. 30
Wall Street Journal
Small Business Must-Reads — Wednesday, Jan. 30. Article; Comments. more in Small Business | Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ ». smaller; Larger. Off the mark: Small-business marketing guru Seth Godin on why smaller firms should target micro markets, and ...
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Wall Street Journal
Bentivolio talks small business at roundtable
Hometownlife.com
U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, recently named to the House Small Business Committee, hosted the first of what he hopes is a series of "small business roundtables" Monday night. The first one was at the Plymouth District Library.
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5 Innovative Tech Solutions For Common Small-Business Problems
Forbes
As technology levels the playing field for small businesses, more companies are making the connection between strong IT investment and improved business performance. The 85% of small businesses planning to increase their technology investments are ...
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Bay City's Tri-City Brewing owner shares small business success story
Bay City Times
BAY CITY, MI – When Kevin Peil used to brew beer in his home, he often dreamed of opening his own brewery. "I think everybody wants to own their own business at some point," said Peil, president of Tri-City Brewing. "I don't think there's anything ...
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Bay City Times
Another slight rise in Colorado small-business hiring
Denver Business Journal
Small-business employment in Colorado grew by 0.15 percent in December 2012, following gains of 0.09 percent in November and 0.05 percent in October, according to Intuit's Small Business Employment Index. Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) -- a Mountain View, ...
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Small business fueled January job growth, ADP report shows VIDEO
Memphis Business Journal
The largest increase in payrolls came from small businesses. A total of 115,000 new jobs were added by businesses with less than 50 employees. Businesses with more than 1,000 employees were the largest drag on the jobs market, losing 9,000 positions.
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Cumberland Co. company recognized by Small Business Admin.
witf.org
(Carlisle) -- A Cumberland County company is expected to be recognized by the federal Small Business Administration later today. Carlisle-based Z-Band makes electronic boxes used in video distribution at places like Gettysburg Hospital and Hollywood ...
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Nominations for small-business awards accepted
The Independent
ASHLAND — Each year since 1998, Morehead State University's Ashland Small Business Development Center has set aside a day in May to honor small businesses and advocates in three northeastern Kentucky counties — Boyd, Carter and Greenup.
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Nozzolio receives 'Guardian of Small Business' award
Wayne Post
State Senator Mike Nozzolio was honored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses with its "Guardian of Small Business" award. The award is the highest award given by the NFIB and it recognizes Senator Nozzolio's strong commitment and ...
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Small businesses talk; NJ Senate president listens
phillyBurbs.com
BURLINGTON CITY — The New Jersey Senate wants to hear what entrepreneurs have to say, and it's finding out. Since launching his Small Business Listening Tour last week, Senate President Stephen Sweeney has gleaned input from the salon, paint, ...
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Small businesses keep hope alive in 2013
Upstart (blog)
Rocket Lawyer also found that more than half of small businesses faced a legal problem in 2012, that's up 3 percent from the previous year. The most common legal problems were contract negotiations, failure to collect payments and real estate transactions.
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US Small Business Administration official to tour Carlisle television ...
Patriot-News
A U.S. Small Business Administration official will tour Z-Band Inc., a veteran-owned business in Carlisle that manufactures hi-tech television distribution systems, at 11 a.m. Thursday. Business administration regional administrator Natalia Olson ...
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What We Can Learn From Super Bowl Sunday Ads
Fox Business
Well, it's that time of year again. It is the time when companies spend nearly $4 million (and yes, the price has gone up since last year) to market their brand. Now most people, including small business owners, may think this is lunacy. However, there ...
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LCC lecture series continues with focus on small business
Longview Daily News
Jerry Petrick, director of the Washington State University Small Business Development Center in Cowlitz County, will examine that question at today's Community Conversations lecture from noon to 1 p.m., in the Wollenberg Auditorium at Lower Columbia ...
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Stepping Up on HIV/AIDS
Metro Weekly
One main benefit of a small business is that it is personal, which extends to the causes and charitable giving in which many business owners engage. In fact, one perk of being a business owner is the increased clout and financial impact you can bring ...
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Business Buying Tips Inspired By Sale of Twinkies
Small Business Trends
Business buying tips arise from the sale of Twinkies. Hostess Brands, the company responsible for the famous treat, shut down in November after a baker's strike. Now the Hostess is looking to sell brands like Twinkies and Wonder to other companies ...
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Small Business Watch
Spokane Journal of Business
Small Business Watch | Proposition 2 makes sense for city | Glyph Language Services grows here | Riverfront Park aquarium idea floated | Coeur d'Alene Mines to increase production in Nevada mine | Single-stream recycling in Spokane lures many new ...
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Small Business, Big Ideas
knopnews2
A small business in a little town is making a big name for itself for their ideas and innovation. Welcome to Benkelman, Nebraska. A town of a little more than 1000 people, but it's from this little town that a big idea has sprung up. "Well we do dog ...
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Arizona small businesses continue to increase hiring
Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona small businesses continued steady, modest hiring in January, marking five consecutive months of growth, according to the latest Small Business Index from Intuit Payroll. In January, employment at Arizona's small companies inched up 0.03 percent ...
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Social Media Marketing Edges Closer to a Lion's Share of Small Business Ad ...
Technorati
Facebook investors: still smarting over your loss of stock valuation since the social network's Initial Public Offering earlier this year? You might want to hang on to that stock, if predictions by business media consulting and analysis firm BIA/Kelsey ...
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Starting a business in Suffolk?
The Guardian
As chief executive of Menta, the Suffolk enterprise agency, I am in the privileged position of seeing new and emerging businesses, and determined, enthusiastic entrepreneurs forge ahead into the world of trade and commerce. And since the closing of ...
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The Guardian
BlackBerry 10: Small Business Productivity
Small Business Trends
BlackBerry 10 launch small business productivity BlackBerry today officially launched its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone platform in a 6-city simultaneous launch – complete with a celebrity (Alicia Keys, who has been named Global Creative Director) in ...
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Small Business Trends
Small Businesses Favor Tougher Financial Enforcement
Accounting Today
Eighty percent of small business owners believe Wall Street and financial companies should be held accountable for the practices that caused the financial crisis through tougher rules and enforcement, and two-thirds believe the level of government ...
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Chambers Of Commerce Join Forces To Push Sandy Small Business Recovery
NY1
"This has never been done before," said Robert Walsh, commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services. "We have five chambers from five different boroughs coming together to share best practices and how to serve the more than ...
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Blogs14 new results for Small Business
 
Intuit index: Small business employment grew in Texas and ...
By Sheryl Jean
Small businesses across the country created 20,000 jobs this month, up 0.11 percent from a year earlier, according to data released today from the latest Intuit Payroll's Small Business Index. Texas small business employment grew 0.02 ...
Biz Beat Blog
Baroness Kramer: Focus on small businesses to get the economy ...
By Nick Thornsby
I recognise that this Government have taken steps to strengthen small businesses, from tax breaks to investors through the EIS, regulatory preferences, new support through UKTI and Funding for Lending. However, let me suggest that it is not ...
Liberal Democrat Voice
Small business optimism up in January: CFIB | Metro
By Staff
TORONTO – Small business owners began the new year with a healthy boost of optimism, according to the latest business barometer index from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Its monthly index gained three points in ...
Metro News
Business Buying Tips Inspired By Sale Of Twinkies - Small Business ...
By Small Business Editor
Business buying tips arise from the sale of Twinkies. Hostess, the company that makes the snack treats, shut down in November after a baker's strike.
Small Business Trends
Joe Biden, Done Killing That Dog, Now Murdering Small Businesses ...
By Rebecca Schoenkopf
WELL WELL WELL, Mean Ugly Joe Biden! Not only have you murdered a Secret Service dog just to watch it die — do you really want to be Hillary Clinton that bad?? — but now you are SCANDALOUSLY ruining small.
Wonkette
Small biz jobs up, but not in CA | CalWatchDog
By CalWatchdog
"Overall small business revenue dropped 0.4 percent in December – down for 10th straight month according to the Intuit's Small Business Revenue Index, which lags the employment index by one month," the Dallas Morning News reported.
CalWatchDog
Small Firms Say LinkedIn Works, Twitter Doesn't - Emily Maltby and ...
By Emily Maltby and Shira Ovide
Six out of 10 small-business owners say they believe social-media tools are valuable to their company's growth -- but most aren't impressed by Twitter Inc.
AllThingsD
ASBDC Biz Blog: Who's Making Small Business Loans?
By ASBDC
Small companies seeking business loans during August found mixed results from different types of lenders. In a month where the overall volume of loan applications increased by 4.3 percent, my company's Biz2Credit Small Business Lending ...
ASBDC Biz Blog
Tips To Make A Good Budget | Intuit Small Business India
By admin
It is that time of the year again when you have short-listed a handful of strategic plans for the year ahead. It is now time to put these plans into action. But before you jump into their implementation, there is just one more 'very important exercise' ...
Intuit Small Business India
Will departing Echo Park businesses be replaced with an apartment ...
By The Eastsider
I would never move my business to a location slated for development with a one year lease. That will never work out. Reply. eric January 30, 2013 at 2:23 pm. Exactly – these small businesses are great, but they need to be smarter about ...
The Eastsider LA
The Global Small Business Blog: How to Find Out Who Operates ...
By Laurel Delaney
The Global Small Business Blog (GSBB) was founded on July 20, 2004 by Laurel Delaney (pictured) for the purpose of helping entrepreneurs and small businesses expand their businesses internationally. Learn more about Laurel and visit ...
The Global Small Business Blog
LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Glanville Feud: Singer Braces for Release of ...
LeAnn Rimes is nervous about the release of Brandi Glanville's tell-all book.
The Price of Bad Bookkeeping - NYTimes.com
By By AMI KASSAR
I recently had to place a small-business owner in a 27-percent annual-percentage rate cash-advance loan. The sad thing about his situation is that he might well have been eligible for a six-percent bank loan. What stood in his way was that he ...
You're the Boss
Banks face new mis-selling payouts « This Is Jersey
By PA
Britain's scandal-hit banking industry is facing another hefty compensation bill after a review of complex products sold to small businesses found more than 90% had been mis-sold.
This Is Jersey » This Is Jersey

Web1 new result for Small Business
 
3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: Jan. 30 - TheStreet
BlackBerry 10 launches; SBA disaster loans top $1 billion; Angie's List partners with Square.
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