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Theres a lot of talk about how to find Twitter followers. Though, you may have noticed, the conversation is typically about how to get people to follow you to help increase your reach, build awareness and make new contacts. But what if youre a small business owner just now entering the world of Twitter? Who should you be following right out of the ...

Small Business News: The Small Biz Blueprint

By Small Business News - November 1, 2010
So what’s the blueprint for your small business? We’d really like to know. And because of that we’ve assembled a list of resources touching on every aspect of the building process: marketing, networking, leadership, operations, community building and more. It’s all here, but we need your help to add pieces ...

It’s Not a Recovery for Small Business

By Scott Shane - November 1, 2010
Although the overall economy has been in recovery for more than 16 months, the small business sector hasn’t been included. Since the recession ended in the summer of 2009, measures of the health of small business have either stagnated or weakened.
Consider first what small business owners think about ...

Is Brand Awareness the Number-One Social Media Goal? (223)
Small Businesses Expect Social Media Usage to Become Profitable (196)
6 Ways to Be More Productive (154)
8 More Free Website Builder Tools for Small Business (127)
Small Business News: Social Media and the Entrepreneur (119)
Effective Websites for Small Businesses: A Review (108)

Confused by Government Contracting?

By Anita Campbell - November 1, 2010
Join me this Friday, November 5, 2010 in Chicago for an event designed to help you navigate the maze that government contracting seems to so many small businesses.
“Government Contracts:Victory in Procurement” will be held at the Chicago Hyatt Regency. I’ll be attending this event to cover the action, and ...

Small Businesses DO Indeed Have Websites and Use Tech

By Dawn Rivers Baker - October 31, 2010
Most of the small business economic research that gets published comes from the SBA Office of Advocacy. They publish quite a lot of the stuff, primarily because there isn’t that much of it to begin with and Advocacy is one of the nation’s premier (and pretty much the government’s only) ...

Read Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Before You Call Customer Service

By Ivana Taylor - October 31, 2010
Whos got a bad customer service experience story? If we were all in a giant room, Im sure everyones hands would go up at that question. In fact, we could probably regale each other with numerous stories of rude, stupid and just plain bad customer service behavior. So, why has ...

New Technology For Growing Businesses
Tuesday - November 2, 2010

Tidal Power and Americas Energy Future
Wednesday - October 27, 2010

Turn Your Standard Presentation Into Your Best Sales Tool
Tuesday - October 19, 2010

Small Businesses Excel Through SCOREs Mentoring Program
Tuesday - October 12, 2010

How to Double Your Revenue By Mastering Persuasion In Print
Tuesday - October 5, 2010

Boomerang Survey Reveals Small, Midsized Businesses to Increase Online Marketing Budgets in 2011

Implix Launches ClickMeeting, a User-Friendly, Affordable Online Conferencing Platform for SMBs

Yellowbook Launches Yellowbook360 Business Center

Small Business IT and Communications Provider Cbeyond Announces Partnership with HBR Technologies

New Contests for SMBs and Entrepreneurs

By Laura Leites - October 30, 2010
Welcome to this week’s list of contests and competitions. Note that there are quite a few deadlines coming up in the next few days and weeks!
This list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses is brought to you every other week as a community service by ...

Review of The Mesh: Why The Future of Business Is Sharing

By Pierre DeBois - October 30, 2010
Few books are providing a rallying cry for the environmental and social shifts impacting goods and services. The Mesh: Why The Future of Business Is Sharing is one of those books. Its cry is worth a listen.
I listened to its author, Lisa Gansky (@instigating on Twitter), ...

How to Make Your Website Ready for International Business

By Anita Campbell - October 29, 2010
This series is commissioned by UPS.
One of the challenges of small businesses going global is the complexity of dealing with language and local requirements. However, if you do your homework, you can sell your products and services outside the U.S. even ...

Small Business News: The Art of Entrepreneurship

By Small Business News - October 29, 2010
The art of entrepreneurship balances tons of factors from navigating complicated policy, marketing and financing realities to building and molding a winning team and then leading that team to victory. All of this must be done, of course, with a constant eye to the vision of your business itself. This ...

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