A North Carolina mail carrier buried years worth of junk mail in his yard, getting a fine, probation and community service in return. This, of course, begs the question, wasn't he already doing community service by burying the junk mail in the first place? It is a little more complicated than that.
Tags: small business, direct mail, junk mail, spam, mailman steve
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Posted: 11/20/2008 | Comments (0)
It is one thing to destroy your own company, but quite another to destroy your company, cripple your industry and then fly in your company private jet to wheedle taxpayer money out of Congress so you can keep on with your wasteful ways. Pity, but there will likely be a bailout, but the least Congress can do is throw the Sarbanes-Oxley book at them.
Tags: small business, gm, ford, chrysler, automakers, bailout, congress
Posted: 11/19/2008 | Comments (0)
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is likely to pass in the first 100 days of the Obama presidency and it is going to have profound effects on the relationship between management and labor and on how you run your business.
Tags: small business, unions, the employee free choice act, labor, congress, obama
Posted: 11/18/2008 | Comments (5)
Notice something different in your email inbox lately? Spam is down by a good 70%! How did it happen and how long will this blessed interlude continue? We have some answers and a bit of advice: Enjoy it while it lasts!
Tags: small business, spam, email, marketing
Posted: 11/17/2008 | Comments (1)
Sometimes, when things are tough and money is tight, you just have to have some creativity in the way you pay your bills, but this may be going a bit too far. Just remember: Spider drawings are not legal tender for any debts, public or private.
Tags: small business, bill payment, spider drawing
Posted: 11/14/2008 | Comments (1)
With the Big Three Automakers threatening bankruptcy if they don't get a government bailout, the question is whether it would be better: to let them go under and fall into the hands of a bankruptcy judge or bail them out and let them fall into the hands of Congress?
Tags: small business, gm, ford, chrysler, paulson, bailout, bankruptcy, economy
Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments (13)
American Express is now a bank. Why? So they can get a piece of the bank bailout money, of course. There can be no other reason and it begs the question: How can I become a bank holding company and get my piece as well?
Tags: small business, american express, bank, bailout
Posted: 11/11/2008 | Comments (3)
Claim a spot for your business before it's too late. Any small business owner knows that picking the right location - possibly in a busy mall or highly-trafficked downtown corner -- results in more customer visits and opportunities to make sales. The same rule has also proven to hold true for the Web.
Tags: social media, squatting, domain, seo, smo, internet, web, marketing, digg, wiki, stumbleupon, reddit, website, optimization, traffic, alexa, myspace, small business, clicks
Posted: 11/11/2008 | Comments (7)
Today is Veteran's Day 2008, at time for us to reflect on the heroism and sacrifice of those who took up arms and served their country with honor and pride.
Tags: veterans, veteran's day, small business, veteran websites, lists
Posted: 11/11/2008 | Comments (0)
There will always be customers that we like more than others. They spend more, they're easier to work with--there are all sorts of reasons. Still, how much better do you treat them than your other customers? United Airlines has answered that question and it makes me wonder if civility in marketing is on its way out.
Tags: small business, united, most-valued guests, customer service
Posted: 11/10/2008 | Comments (5)
Chad Moutray from the SBA's Office of Advocacy has identified five opportunities coming in the next decade that small business owners can look forward to exploring.
Tags: small business, sba, office of advocacy, chad moutray, investment, technology, innovation, economic gardening, international markets, women, minorities, education, training
Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments (0)
Everyone here congratulates Barack Obama on his election victory. Now, the time has come to pull together as a nation behind the new president as he faces the challenges of today's world.
Tags: obama, change, president
Posted: 11/5/2008 | Comments (0)
The election is over and now it is time to put all the rhetoric aside and vote. However, before you walk into the voting booth, just ask yourself: Why am I voting for this candidate and not the other?
Tags: small business, mccain, obama, election day
Posted: 11/4/2008 | Comments (0)
Tomorrow Americans go to the polls and by their vote, we will see if we will be going the way of Socialist Europe. Obama has promised us high energy bills, high labor costs and high taxes in the name of fairness. Is that what we really want? We find out tomorrow.
Tags: small business, obama, taxes, labor, energy
Posted: 11/3/2008 | Comments (0)
The Roosevelt New Deal was an answer to the same kind of financial crisis that we are facing today. It resulted in massive government intervention in the economy, confiscatory taxation and is generally acknowledged to be the reason the crisis lasted as long as it did. Now we are in a crisis with eerie echoes of the great depression and we have the choice of two presidential candidates: one that promises government austerity and one that promises massive spending.
Tags: small business, obama, democrats, roosevelt, hoover, great depression, new deal, new new deal
Posted: 10/31/2008 | Comments (4)
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