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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Going Green

Small Business tips today about how going green will save you money.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

PCI: Do You Comply?

July of 2010 will mark the full implementation of the PCI Data Security Standards for online payment card transactions. That gives you a year to get ready for it. Here is what you need to know.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Cutting Corners

Small Business tips today about cutting corners to save money in your business.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Making Sacrifices

Small Business tips about making sacrifices in your business to save money.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The FedEx Scam: Yet Another Crooked Game

There is a new scam floating around the Internet, one that tricks you into paying for certificates that will prove to the government that you are not a terrorist or smuggler while promising a six-figure payoff. We have such an email here, and we are going to pick it apart.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Take a Step Back and Readjust

Small Business tips about taking a step back and readjusting how you manage your business.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Safeguard Your Finances

Small Business tips about ways to safeguard your finances to save money.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Pre-Screening Employees: Background Checks

Small Business tips about background checks for new employees.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Establishing Workplace Safety

Small Business tips about establishing workplace safety.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Cap and Trade: Win or Lose, It Will Be Close

As of this writing, there has already been one trial vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, with the bill’s supporters coming out ahead by a nose. The real vote is coming up and with it will go the fate of small business in the US.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Pre-Screening Employees: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

Small Business tips about the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Loyalty to Your Brand: 4 Laws of Customer Service

In an era where retaining customers is as important—or more important—than finding news ones, the big questions you have to answer are these: How loyal are your customers to your brand and what are you doing to keep them loyal?

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Pre-Screening Employees: The American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Small Business tips about the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Native-Owned Small Businesses Win Top Honors for Urban Economic Growth and Development

The SBA recognized two of its Emerging 200 initiative participants as being among the winners of the 2009 Inner City 100 competition. Chosen from a pool of nearly 6,500 applicants, the winners are Sacred Power corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico and FutureNet Group of Detroit Michigan, both of them Native-American owned and operated businesses.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Pre-Screening Employees: Legal Interview Questions

Small Business tips about legal questions you can ask when hiring an employee.

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