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  • Franchising - Getting Over the Fear of Buying One

  • Source: www.franchisemoneymaker.com Date: Mar 13, 2010
    Now if that's true, why do so many people fear franchising? Since its beginning in the late 1800s, and with its post World War II expansion especially in the.. More

  • SBB Small Spark Contest 2010: Flex Your Writing Muscles through Guest Blogging

  • Source: www.smallbusinessbranding.com Date: Mar 12, 2010
    Writing is one of those activities that only get better with practice. Maybe you are a fair enough writer for your online content or blog, but you can always improve. Writing about a variety of topics for others gets those creative muscles working again.Many writers have written on a number of More

  • Small Business Owners: Beware of Fraud

  • Source: www.smbceo.com Date: Mar 11, 2010
    Small business owners have a higher risk of identity fraud than other adults according to a recent study co-sponsored by ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance More

  • B2B Buyers Still Want Basics from Your Email Marketing

  • Source: www.grokdotcom.com Date: Mar 9, 2010
    I recently read some interesting survey research done by the venerable MarketingSherpa around what types of things B2B prospects would find most useful in More

  • Network Solutions Partners with Zoho

  • Source: www.managesmarter.com Date: Feb 3, 2010
    Network Solutions, a provider of online solutions for small businesses, has announced a partnership with Zoho, offering the latter's CRM system to its customer base.<img More

  • Brand Booster 21 Day 16: Blogging As A Marketing Tool

  • Source: www.nsra.org Date: Nov 17, 2009
    Creating a competitive edge is another important aspect of branding. Today, the online world has many methods of branding. The most popular method of branding and gaining the competitive edge is through the use of Blogs. Blogs allow a site to incre...<img More

  • State of Small Business: Healthcare, Hiring & Funding Survey

  • Source: www.verticalresponse.com Date: Nov 12, 2009
    Top Level Survey Results including All Small Biz Responses & SMBs with 1-10 employees vs. 11-100 employeesThis summary splits the results out by overall respondents first, More

  • Paying Off Debt: Annoying Debts First?

  • Source: www.bizzia.com Date: Oct 28, 2009
    There are several different schools of thought about what order that you should employ when paying off debt. Some say to attack the high interest debt first. Others say that you should get rid of the smallest debt first. Depending on your style of personal finances, and what motivates, either of More

  • Top email marketing info sources for 2009

  • Source: www.email-marketing-reports.com Date: Sep 16, 2009
    Email marketing advice, news and best practices written with a personal touch More

  • Dell Powers Up First Global SMB Effort

  • Source: www.brandweek.com Date: Sep 3, 2009
    IT provider aims to rebrand itself via major campaign featuring real customers.<a More

  • The Perfect Small Business Website Design

  • Source: www.sbinformer.com Date: Jun 11, 2009
    Building a small business website is fine, but unless the design is catchy, you can be rest assured that it will not attract clients. Thanks to the economical crunch being faced worldwide, more and more people are hopping on to th... More

  • Smart Marketing Vehicle for Hard Times

  • Source: franchisormarketing.com Date: Jan 30, 2009
    Their trademark yellow mouse cars and yellow trucks have helped identify Truly Nolen as the pest control company with a sense of humor and a taste for fun More

  • Franchising as a Vehicle for Economic Empowerment

  • Source: www.franchisemoneymaker.com Date: Mar 11, 2010
    The simplest definition for franchising is: A method of doing business whereby a franchisor licenses trademarks More

  • The Know How - Buying a Franchise

  • Source: www.franchisemoneymaker.com Date: Mar 11, 2010
    An entrepreneur who starts a business from scratch is not trained or perfect and therefore is always at risk whereas purchasing a franchise is a... More

  • SBB Small Spark Contest 2010: Choose the Right Guest Blogger for Your Needs

  • Source: www.smallbusinessbranding.com Date: Mar 10, 2010
    You have worked hard to build your blog audience. It may be an extension of your online business. The blog is where customers and other visitors can pick your brain and find out about products and so forth. Maybe it’s time to branch out and ask others to post to give your readers some More

  • “SugarTone” Offers Over $6000.00 In Prizes

  • Source: www.smbceo.com Date: Mar 9, 2010
    Next Monday, March 15th, starts the beginning of the SugarTone Small Business Blogging Contest. Are you a busy professional who wants to create a strong More

  • Effective Sales Question Answered by Dave Kahle

  • Source: www.smbceo.com Date: Feb 26, 2010
    Q. I've seen you point out the question Anything else? as one of your really good sales questions. I see it as a close-ended question. Is What else can I More

  • Frequency of Your Emails

  • Source: www.smallbusinessbranding.com Date: Feb 23, 2010
    One of the most common questions people ask me about email marketing is, How often should I email my subscribers?Well, for that there is definitely no one-size fits-all answer. Some publications are suitable for daily email, some will do well several times per week, once per week or More

  • Optimize that Conversion Rate Before It’s Too Late

  • Source: www.grokdotcom.com Date: Feb 22, 2010
    This post is dedicated to online marketers and small business owners out there who make money from their website, but have not yet kicked off a formal online More

  • Don’t Optimize First and Ask Questions Later

  • Source: www.grokdotcom.com Date: Feb 1, 2010
    One of the things I'm looking forward to in 2010 is more and more people getting involved in optimizing their online marketing efforts.?This past year was More

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