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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: How to Write an E-Newsletter

Small Business tips today about how to write an e-newsletter.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Treasury Getting into the SBA Loan Business

Treasury officials want to use bailout money to buy small business loans in an effort to assure lenders and financiers that reliable funding will be available even if private investors begin to balk again. Will it work? There are still a lot of questions to be answered.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: How to Write for a Blog

Small Business tips about how to write for a blog.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: How to Write a Press Release

Small Business tips about how to write a press release.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Fair Compensation: How to Know What to Pay Your Employees

It is one of the toughest decisions you have to make, what to pay someone, especially a professional. Are you overpaying them? Underpaying? What else do you offer, other than money, to make them feel well compensated for coming in each and every day, perks that make up for less-than-stellar wages? These are important questions, especially during recessionary times and ones you should address. After all, cherry-picking season will not last forever.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Google Apps Standard Edition

Small Business tips about Google Apps Standard Edition: a free service for groups of up to 50 people. This is a paid service once you exceed the 50 person limit.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Naming Your Business: Things You Need to Know

Like everything else associated with your new business, the name you give it takes thought and planning. In fact, it is something you should have been working on since Day One. Here are a few things you need to know.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Google Calendar

Small Business tips about small businesses using Google Calendar to organize your life.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The Model Employee Con

Erick was a model employee, too perfect it seems. Turns out he was an organized crime soldier sent to infiltrate a California gas station, where he worked for 8 months, placed a credit-card skimmer and then vanished with cash, cigarettes, a laptop and the broken trust of the people he worked with.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Leadership During the Recession: 10 Things You Can do to Lead

Are you a leader or are you just a boss? Now that the economy has people’s career’s hanging in the balance, that question is more important than ever. During difficult times, when you can’t simply throw money and perks at the problem of employee loyalty and engagement, what can you do? Here are 10 solid ideas.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Google Documents

Small Business tips about using your Gmail account for Google Documents to create publications.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Microsoft’s Viral Video Leads to Virtual Stomach Flu

Viral videos are all the craze these days, with online marketers putting out videos they hope will raise brand awareness and set consumers beating a path to the store, but come on, Microsoft! Does it have to get this viral?

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

A New Surtax on the “Wealthy” Will Harm Small Business

Congress has come up with a political answer to a medical problem, and it’s the same answer they have had for a long time now: Soak the successful, the job-creators, the drivers of the economy.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Gmail Goodness

Small Business tips about small businesses using Gmail: a free, easy, and efficient email solution.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Google Analytics

Small Business tips about how small businesses can use Google Analytics to track web traffic and marketing effectiveness.

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