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Smart Move of the Day: The Small Business Credit Card
As a successful small business owner, you already understand the value of being able to accept credit cards from your customers. Shoppers like the convenience payment cards offer, and they appreciate...
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Small Business Owners’ Mistakes Can Lead to Lawsuits
There is such a thing as being too nice – especially if it costs you excessive time, legal fees, stress and possibly the ruin of your business! Too many small business owners have learned the hard way...
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Cyber Attacks Hit Small Businesses and Mobile Platforms Hardest in 2012
Symantec has released Volume 18 of their 2013 Internet Security Threat Report based on data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network. The report, which provides an overview and analysis of the...
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Survey Reveals Consumers Expect Seamless Shopping Experience Across All Channels
Whether you are marketing to customers who shop in your store, on your website, or from a mobile device, you will do well to provide a seamless shopping experience across all channels. Accenture’s...
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World Trade Promoted to Small Businesses Throughout May
The potential benefits of engaging in world trade, especially at the small business level, will be promoted throughout the month of May in cities across the United States. The first World Trade Week...
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Technology Is Key to Competitiveness for Small Business
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates once said, “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.” (He added...
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Businesses Should Have Pinterest on Their Radar
If you haven’t heard about Pinterest yet, it may surprise you to learn that according to market research firm ComScore, it ranked among the Top 50 Most Visited Websites with over 25 million unique...
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Get Involved in North American Occupational Safety & Health (NAOSH) Week May...
The importance of increasing understanding, raising awareness and reducing injuries and illness in the workplace, at home and in the community is the focus of the North American Occupational Safety and...
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Is Flextime a Viable Option for Your Small Business?
The term “flextime” has been in the American vocabulary long enough for people to understand that it means a work schedule that varies from the 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday work week that has been...
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Survey Reveals the Purchasing Process Starts Online for Most Women
In March 2013, online community SheSpeaks joined with Lippe Taylor, a female-oriented marketing firm, to survey over 2,000 female U.S. Internet users about their shopping habits and preferences. Key...
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FTC Report Focuses on Improving Mobile Marketplace
Mobile services have grown explosively in the 21st century, with smartphones and tablets offering options the average person could only dream about until very recently. Mobile devices are now routinely...
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States Rated for Friendliness by Small Businesses
If you own a small business in Utah, Alabama, New Hampshire, Idaho or Texas — congratulations! According to the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey, you are operating in one...
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Studies Say Small Biz Stick With Traditional Banking
Bucking the mobile banking trend that is emerging among the customers they serve, small businesses continue to prefer more traditional banking, relying on local branches where they can get personalized...
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FTC Issues Report on Mobile Payments
The emergence of mobile payments as a convenient option for consumers to purchase goods and services is steadily growing, and with it the need to ensure that merchants and consumers alike are protected...
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Big Data Can Transform Your Business — But Proceed with Caution
Something interesting was revealed by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), a leading global media analytics organization for the web. GLM uses text analytics of online content including press releases,...
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IRS Audits Focus on Independent Contractors
Several prominent business publications — including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Businessweek — have been reporting recently on a new IRS crackdown on employers who misclassify workers as...
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You Can Benefit from the Many Ways to Observe Financial Literacy Month
April is officially designated Financial Literacy Month – a time to reflect on wisely handling money. What do we do with money? We earn it, save it, spend it, invest it, budget it, collect it and give...
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Tips for Financial Wellness- Celebrate Teach Your Children to Save Day This...
April 23, 2013 is the next official Teach Children to Save Day, established by the American Bankers Association (ABA) Education Foundation to emphasize the importance of saving money to children at an...
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Small Business Implications of the Marketplace Fairness Act
The U.S. Senate recently indicated an interest in a nationwide Internet sales tax with its non-binding test vote approval of an amendment to the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) that would allow states...
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April 18-23 Is Consumer Awareness Week
Consumer Awareness Week (April 18-23) was established to inform consumers about their rights and responsibilities in the modern marketplace. It’s also an excellent time for small business owners to...
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