There is not much for small business in the recently signed stimulus package. Less than 1% of the spending is, in fact, directed to the needs of small businesses. That said, if you dig deep enough, search hard enough, there are a few things that might just help.
Tags: small business, stimulus, benefits
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Posted: 2/25/2009 | Comments (1)
How do I monitor my business performance on the internet? Is it free? Learn how to get started! Small Business tips about monitoring your business performance on the internet.
Tags: small business, tips, internet, performance, website, tracking, seo, marketing
Posted: 2/25/2009 | Comments (6)
There is something to be said for clear communication, at least in most places. However, that does not seem to be the case in Washington, D.C. where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is desperately trying to convince people that a takeover of Citibank is not nationalization. What else should it be called?
Tags: nationalization, citibank, harry reid, george orwell, doublethink, newspeak
Posted: 2/24/2009 | Comments (0)
What with all the talk of the stimulus bill, another phase of Obama’s economic plan has had barely a mention—until now. We are talking about the President’s goal of cutting the federal deficit in half while, at the same time, raising federal spending and federal control to record heights.
Tags: small business, taxes, obama, deficit
Posted: 2/23/2009 | Comments (0)
Do you need to hire someone? Where do you start? How do you find someone? Which are the easiest ways to do so? Small Business tips about where to find people to interview.
Tags: small business, tips, employment, hiring, interview
Posted: 2/20/2009 | Comments (0)
Let's face it, sometimes you learn more about your employees than you would like—their health issues, the horrors of their marriage, their obsession with Hello Kitty—but its all harmless, nothing to bother about. Then again, when your employee's little quirk involves spending their breaks watching sample movies from Farmgalsdoitdirty.com on their office computer, it is time to take some action.
Tags: small business, it management, porn
Posted: 2/19/2009 | Comments (0)
What's cheaper: hiring new people or training the employees that you already have? Small Business tips about promoting from within.
Tags: small business, tips, employment, promotion, training
At the risk of telling you “I told you so,” well, I told you so! The original Big Three Dog and Pony Show before Congress netted the Detroit automakers billions of taxpayer dollars, changed the company jet from an executive perk to a major PR liability and later on led to the same effect on the humble thank you note. Other than that, not much seems to have changed. After all, if things were different, two of the Big Three wouldn’t be back for another helping of bailout pie.
Tags: automakers, ford, gm, chrysler, bailout
Posted: 2/18/2009 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about Virtual Assistants. How can you save time and money? What are the benefits to outsourcing? Virtual Assistants of course!
Tags: small business, tips, virtual assistants, virtual, employment, cut costs
Posted: 2/18/2009 | Comments (4)
Today, everyone is looking for a leg-up, but you still have to follow the law in your advertising efforts. I am not talking about truth in advertising, I am talking about a affiliate fraud, also called “click fraud.” It can happen anywhere. Here are some ideas on how to spot it and how to protect yourself.
Tags: small business, affiliate fraud, prevention
Posted: 2/17/2009 | Comments (0)
In case you didn’t see through the thinly veiled references, yesterday’s column was talking about the federal government. I asked in an earlier entry, after Congress gave itself a generous pay increase, whether the government should be run like a business. Now, with it expanding beyond all reason, we come back to that question: Should the government be run like a business?
Tags: federal, government, bankrupt
Small Business tips about hiring employees. Find out everything that you can about potential employees before you hire.
Tags: small business, tips, employees, hiring, information
There is a corporate entity out there, vast and powerful, big enough to dictate the terms of any contract it enters into, it spends money like water yet it provides lavish perks for its executives and its board while, at the same time, being underfunded to the extent that it has been running so deeply in the red for so long that it has been essentially bankrupt for ages. As a business owner, what would you do with this organization? [First of a two-part series]
Posted: 2/16/2009 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about handling your employees. Learn how to interact with employees to get the best possible work environment.
Tags: employment, employees, small business, tips, work, environment
Posted: 2/16/2009 | Comments (2)
People lose points on their credit all the time, it is one of those bad things that happen to good people. Should it be used to make a hiring decision? That is the question that five states and the federal government are dealing with and the answer they come up with could change your hiring practices.
Tags: small business, employment, credit checks
Posted: 2/13/2009 | Comments (1)
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