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.
Tags: small business, taxes, climate bill, cap and trade
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Posted: 6/26/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Is the recession stimulating the growth of small business? The importance of the midyear review, the possible scrapping of e-Verify and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, pr newswire, web news releaseplus, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, non-employer businesses, healthcare reform, midyear review, innovation, bankruptcy, termination, customer resource management, crm, web analytics, e-verify, union healthcare benefits, healthcare benefit taxation, health risk assessments, roi marketing, digital marketing
Today: PR Newswire offers ABC members a great communications deal, the ABC eWeekly is new and improved, Bad Management Day, the barter system and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, pr newswire, web news releaseplus, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, build america bonds, bad management day, george a. custer, little big horn, barter, identity theft, sba 504 loan program, start-up financing, microsoft, windows 7, hosted it, healthcare, employer-based health insurance, healthcare reform, facebook, email marketing, strategic communications
Posted: 6/25/2009 | Comments (0)
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?
Tags: small business, brands, brand loyalty, customer service
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.
Tags: small business, native american, inner city 100, sba, emerging 200, sacred power corporation, futurenet group
Posted: 6/24/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Who killed small business credit card protections? Also, an entrepreneurial wish-list for President Obama, common business plan pitfalls, lessons from Tax Court and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, credit card protection, climate bill, cap and trade, congress, house of representatives, senate, business plans, online scams, employment taxes, zappos, social media, 401(k), retirement, behavioral marketing, b2b email marketing
Today: President Obama admitted that unemployment will pass 10% but maintained there was no need for another stimulus, why company culture matters, financial wellness programs and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, introverted leaders, company culture, customer service, small business bankruptcies, credit card squeeze, website design, financial wellness, digital marketing, sales pitches
Posted: 6/23/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Entrepreneurs give their opinion on Obama and his policies, upgrading your business, increased pressure for mandated time-off and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, customer management, efca, card-check, eeoc complaints, eeoc, ftc, blogs, product reviews, bankruptcy, ibm, google, internet, democrat healthcare plan, time-off, family leave, email marketing, marketing partner, free
Posted: 6/22/2009 | Comments (0)
Now we have some tax legislation coming out of Washington that makes sense, thanks to Rep. James Himes (D-CT), which would make it easier for companies to employ telecommuters from out of state by removing the tax penalties these employees currently face.
Tags: small business, telecommuting, taxes
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy has released the findings of it Small Business & Micro Business Lending in the United States for Data Years 2007-2008, which offers information useful to any small business owner looking for a small business loan.
Tags: small business, sba, office of advocacy, small business loans
Posted: 6/19/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Obama's new financial oversight plan offers new bailouts, reinvesting in your brand, 5 ways to keep lawsuits away, 5 great new web tools, and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, financial oversight plan, bailouts, new hires, reinvestment, lawsuits, supreme court, age discrimination, click fraud, microsoft, venture capital, credit squeeze, web tools, antivirus, malware, healthcare reform, 401(k), barter, email marketing, engagement
Do you know whether you are liable for overtime for your employees? Just because you pay them a salary doesn’t mean you are off the hook for time-and-a-half. Here is what you need to know.
Tags: small business, employment, hourly, salary, overtime
Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Government backing for high-potential start-ups, a Southern BBQ restauranteur on surviving the recession, E-Verify and workplace enforcement, online marketing and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, federal financial plan, start-up financing, steve uliss, surviving the recession, productivity, e-verify, immigration, worksite enforcement, tax cheats, whistleblowers, motorola, endeavor hx1 bluetooth headset, healthcare reform, online marketing, email marketing, store media
There is a lot of red ink in state budgets across the country, and lawmakers are doing their best to raise taxes in as quiet a fashion as possible. That explains the North Carolina decision to tax the clicks of affiliate websites of Amazon.com that reside in their state, a move that has led Amazon to pull the plug on its North Carolina affiliates.
Tags: small business, taxes, north carolina, amazon.com, amazon affiliates
Today: Is the independent pharmacy going the way of the dinosaur? Consumer confidence is up—a little, when your business growth stalls, Texas tax cuts for small business and so much more.
Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, jim tracy, podcast, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, california, independent pharmacies, consumer confidence, business growth, email confidentiality notices, texas, tax cuts, governor rick perry, debt collection, windows 7, microsoft, variable pay, employment, twitter, recession marketing
Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments (0)
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