May 8, 2013

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Small business reality TV shows at a glance
Boston.com
Small businesses are getting a lot of the reality TV spotlight — for good reason: A starring role on a reality TV show can dramatically boost a small company's sales. The shows get big national exposure, turning a tiny restaurant or hair salon into a ...
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Small Business Favors Social Media Over Location Marketing
Fox Business
Small business owners are also taking their social marketing mobile. Overall, 66 percent of business owners say they are currently using either mobile devices — smartphones and tablets— or mobile solutions— optimized websites or text-message ...
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Lights, camera, sell: Small businesses cash in as they take the spotlight on ...
Washington Post
Turning small business owners into stars has become a winning formula for television producers, but some businesses featured in them are cashing in, too. Sales explode after just a few episodes air, transforming these nearly unknown small businesses ...
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Small Business Owner on ACA: The Government Lied to Us
Fox Business
It's the ultimate David vs. Goliath—small business owners in six states are taking the federal government to court, once again over ObamaCare. The plaintiff's home states have opted not to create health-care exchanges, but resident business owners ...
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SBA shifting funding away from small business training programs, draws fire ...
Washington Post
The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to shift some funding away from basic counseling programs for new and small businesses to help finance advanced training for slightly larger companies, part of the agency's efforts to nurture the economic ...
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ADP Webcast to Help Small Businesses Better Understand the Complexities and ...
MarketWatch
ROSELAND, N.J., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ADP�, a leader in human resource and payroll outsourcing solutions, will host a free webcast on May 14, 2013, to help small business owners and employers understand the impact of new ...
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Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses
Boston.com
Mix the high stakes of running a small business with a dash of family drama and throw in a camera crew and you get hit reality television shows such as ''Pawn Stars,'' ''Welcome to Sweetie Pie's'' and ''Duck Dynasty.'' Turning small business owners ...
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How to turn your small business into a reality TV star
Washington Post
Think your small business has what it takes to be next TV reality star? Shows featuring small company owners, such as A&E's "Duck Dynasty" and History's "Pawn Stars," are hits, turning nearly unknown small businesses into household names. The shows ...
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Pouring the Small Business Foundation With GenY Interns
Fox Business
In fact, a recent report from Reuters indicates that small businesses are continuing to add new workers, with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) indicating that nearly one-fifth of these small firms have openings they cannot fill ...
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New York City Council Approves Sick-Leave Requirement for Small Businesses
Entrepreneur
The New York City Council today passed a bill requiring many small businesses to provide five days of annual paid sick leave to their employees. The legislation, which passed 45–3, is expected to go into effect next April, affecting companies with 20 ...
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Why your small business needs web hosting for its website and online presence
Toronto Star
Know your company, know your needs . If you are not technical or don't have IT resources, choose a full service web host. A web host that provides all three services (domain name registration, site build, hosting) may make the process easier for you.
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Toronto Star
Best Small Business Marketing Book Shows Entrepreneurs How to Sell More ...
Sacramento Bee
PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Small business owners and independent professionals can attract more clients if they use the stepwise strategies, tactics, templates and tools in "Do It! Marketing," a new business book published by AMACOM ...
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How Should a Small Business Handle Parental Leave?
Huffington Post
George, the CEO of a small investment company, offers mothers re-entering after a leave a reduced schedule. Three quarters of them eventually came back full time. This and many other examples suggest that employer flexibility does lead to women ...
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Northeast Ohio Small Business Confidence Trumps National Peers
Sacramento Bee
CLEVELAND, May 8, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Small business owners in Northeast Ohio are more optimistic and see more opportunity ahead for growth than their counterparts around Ohio and the nation. That's according to a recent survey of ...
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VIDEO: Small business owners oppose new law
Pueblo Chieftain
A bill signed into law this week by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a small business owner himself, isn't sitting well with other small business owners. On Monday, House Bill 13-1136 became the Job Protection and Civil Rights Enforcement Act of 2013.
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What small businesses need
StarNewsOnline.com
As the owner of a small but fast-growing science and technology business, I am constantly amazed at the misguided statements small business owners allow lobbying groups to attribute to them. I, for one, do not need my income tax reduced or the business ...
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Survey shows improving small-business optimism
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
When asked to describe the most important challenge facing them today, 21 percent of small-business owners said attracting customers and new business. Government regulation was the second most frequent mention at 10 percent, followed by the weak ...
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Small businesses across the political spectrum say raise minimum wage
Stillwater Gazette
Sixty-five percent of small business owners agree that "increasing the minimum wage will help the economy because the people with the lowest incomes are the most likely to spend any pay increases buying necessities they could not afford before, which ...
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Stillwater Gazette
Small business: Your business online - Natasha Razak
New Zealand Herald
... many women experience when selecting beauty products and I wanted to give Kiwi women the opportunity to 'try before you buy'. How do well established small businesses keep updating their offer without losing current customers? Tell us your stories.
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New Zealand Herald
Why the Internet Sales Tax Increase Is a Dream Crusher for Small Business
Huffington Post
Most small business selling online simply don't have the time or money to do the paperwork necessary to file tax returns in 45 additional states -- and keep in mind that they'd have to do so monthly. While Amazon can afford to throw entire teams of ...
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Government spending and Fair Work top concerns for small businesses: ACCI ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Small businesses have ranked government spending and industrial relations laws as more important issues than the Australian dollar, according to a new survey conducted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Despite constant complaints ...
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Tips for small-business owners making banking choices
Catoosatimes
Another key consideration for a small business owner is what to do about money – figuring out the best way to make it, how to spend it – and where to manage it. Choosing the right bank to manage your business finances can be one of those important ...
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Small Business Owners Continue to Evaluate Bitcoins - Small Business Trends
Small Business Trends
A recent study by researchers at Southern Methodist and Carnegie Mellon universities found Bitcoin exchanges pose considerable risk to users. Still, the digital currency remains popular, especially with online businesses operating across international ...
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Small Business Trends
Charlotte Small Business Week kicks off
Charlotte Post
Charlotte Small Business Week kicks off May 14 with the 2013 Small Business Week Conference hosted by the Charlotte Business Resource Consortium at Central Piedmont Community College's Harris Conference Center. "Eighty percent of the jobs in our ...
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Rhonda Abrams: More small businesses looking at mobile payment options
Shreveport Times
Trippe Fried's New York law practice often has him working with cutting-edge start-ups and technology entrepreneurs. But like virtually every small-business owner, he faces an old-fashioned issue: managing cash flow. To help him collect payments ...
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Chamber announces 2013 Small Business Award winner
Springfield News-Leader
Applications for the Small Business Award, which has been given since 1992, are scored by an independent panel of judges. The application consists of essays covering company history, business or management philosophy, response to challenges, ...
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Purk & Associates, PC, Bronze Sponsor of 2013 Small Business Week of ...
STLtoday.com
Small Business Week is a nationwide celebration and recognition of small business owners, small business champions and government contractors, hosted and sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and celebrated at the district, state, ...
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Small Business Commissioner: San Francisco Needs More Parking Garages
Streetsblog San Francisco (blog)
As has become painfully apparent on Polk Street, there is a deeply-held belief among certain merchants that car parking is indispensable to their business — even if studies indicate that very few of their customers drive, and that removing parking ...
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Herkimer Co. to support small businesses
Little Falls Evening Times
County officials are pictured as they announce events for National Small Business Week in Herkimer County, scheduled for May 19 to 25. Pictured, from left, are Herkimer County Administrator James Wallace, Herkimer County Legislature Chairman Vincent ...
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Blogs14 new results for Small Business
 
Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses | Online Athens
By JOSEPH PISANI
Turning small business owners into stars has become a winning formula for television producers, but some businesses featured in them are cashing in, too. Sales explode after just a few episodes air, transforming these nearly unknown small ...
Business
State Rep. Gomberg Joins Small Business Task Force » News ...
By admin
Rep. David Gomberg, small business owner will bring expertise to Legislature's job creation efforts. SALEM- In ongoing efforts to create jobs and support Oregon small businesses, Rep. David Gomberg (D-Newport) today was among six ...
News Lincoln County
What is Responsive Web Design? - Small Business Trends
By Annie Pilon
Why Small Businesses Need to Switch to Responsive Web Design. More people are using mobile devices. A recent Pew study found that 45% of American adults own a smartphone, and 31% own a tablet computer. As we reported yesterday, ...
Small Business Trends
Fed keeps stimulus going to help small business jobs | BuildMyBiz ...
Fed officials decided to maintain a low federal funds rate until U.S. unemployment drops to 6.5 percent, which they believe will boost small business jobs.
BuildMyBiz | Site Wide Activity
SBA Finalizes Rule Adopting Changes to Contracting Program for ...
By Sheila Stewart
WASHINGTON –An interim final rule published in the Federal Register and effective immediately will amend regulations to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program allowing for ...
Majic 102.3
Minimum Wage Remains | Mailer to Retire | Olive Garden Coming ...
By Sam Slom
By Sam Slom - Legislature is Over; Keep One-Hand on Wallet or Purse.The 27th State Legislature ended its 60-day run last Thursday with a lot of back slapping,
Hawaii Reporter
Sober Look: As lenders look for ways to deploy capital, small ...
By Sober Look
One way is to expand lending into smaller business space, where sanity still prevails with respect to rates and leverage levels. And that's exactly what banks have been doing. The latest data from the Fed shows banks easing on underwriting ...
Sober Look
Why every small business needs a business manual | Flying Solo
By Mary Gardam
Creating a manual for your business will help to ensure it runs efficiently and at a high standard, even in your absence.
Flying Solo
Is It Better to Work for a Large or Small Company? - Lifehacker
By Eric Ravenscraft
Dear Lifehacker,I'm job hunting right now and I can't decide between pursuing a job at a smaller company with a lot of growth potential, or a larger, more established organization. What are some of the things I should consider when choosing ...
Lifehacker
Do you have a plan? I do not !!! - Small business forum Australia
By asmgx
My personal opinion is that as a small business, you need to know the direction you wish to go in, so a level of planning is required. A written plan helps you to focus your thoughts on the markets and activities you expect to bring you the best ...
Small business forum Australia
8(a) Business Development Program Workshop « Technology ...
By tbdc5
The SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program, named for a section of the Small Business Act, is a business development program created to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal ...
Technology Business Development Center
SBA sees drop in set-aside contracting participants | FedScoop
By David Stegon
The Small Business Administration is noting a decline in the number of government contracting firms in the 8(a) and HUBZone set-aside programs, said John Shoraka, SBA's associate administrator of government contracting and business ...
FedScoop
U.S. Bank Makes Networking Easier for Small Business Owners with ...
Hosts Facebook chat Wednesday, May 15 on online networking | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies.
Virtual-Strategy Magazine - News
Reinvented Business Growth: Co-Sustaining Locally - Triple Pundit
By 3p Contributor
Nonprofit, Think Local First (TLF), may argue that small businesses must champion each other, which is why they held their second annual, one-day, interactive conference for entrepreneurs in Washington, DC. TLF partnered with a variety of ...
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

Web2 new results for Small Business
 
Small-business contracts worth $3B up for competition - Washington ...
This summer looks like a good one for small businesses, as small-business contracts with the federal government worth more than $2 billion are set to open for ...
articles.washingtonpost.com/.../38885499_1_small-businesses-...
Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (AP) — There's no business like small business.
news.yahoo.com/reality-tvs-stars-small-businesses-095812588....


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