Today: Spending our way to prosperity, the peril of hourly rates, making potential investors feel good about you, the imminent arrival of Windows 7 and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, economic stimulus, economy, sba, credit, borrowing, web chat, fed, emergency support, hourly pay, investor confidence, partnerships, ballmer, windows 7, tech savings, layoffs, online marketing, sales
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Posted: 1/8/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: Obama calls for a pork-free stimulus plan, the five best industries for venture capital, slashing the cost of technology, behavioral marketing and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, economic stimulus plan, pork barrel spending, venture capital, technology costs, solo business owners, economy, online job postings, nancy killefer, chief performance officer, irs, social media, retaining top employees, email marketing, behavioral marketing
Posted: 1/7/2009 | Comments (2)
Today: Unemployment benefits may increase, signage restrictions easing, the case for business ethics, small business security solutions, the effects of healthcare reform and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, unemployment benefits, start-ups, economy, healthcare reform, business ethics, termination, open-source software, computer security, customer service, recruitment, online video, online marketing
Posted: 1/6/2009 | Comments (0)
Today: A possible tax cut from Obama, changes to the ADA, reevaluating your business strategy, the importance of the subject line on your email and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, tax cut, retail, bankruptcies, economy, 2009, website optimization, ebusiness, ada, hiring, email marketing, customer relationship marketing
Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments (0)
Everyone here at ABC wishes you and yours all the best in the coming year. May your businesses prosper in 2009 and beyond. We will resume the ABC Small Business Brief on Monday, January 5th, 2009. So, until then, Happy New Year! Today: Pension funding relief and raises to the minimum wage, outsourcing and much more.
Tags: small business, bush, economy, email, pensions, minimum wage, vacations, hiring, online marketing, fear-based marketing
Posted: 12/31/2008 | Comments (0)
Today: Obama says the tax cuts will go on even as the fallout of the holiday season hits American retailers, how your business can survive a cash-flow crisis, the ADA rises again, the road to a paperless office and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, economy, holiday shopping season, financial crisis, entrepreneurs, partnership, paperless office, branding, online video content, ada, tv, marketing
Posted: 12/30/2008 | Comments (0)
Today: Retailers are looking for some economic stimulus of their own, “Productivity Bankruptcy Day,” small business ads on MySpace, email red flags and much more.
Tags: small business, state budgets, credit outlook, retail stimulus plan, government contracting, production bankruptcy day, labor-waste elimination, myspace, advertising, 401(k), holiday slump, email list rentals, customer service
Posted: 12/29/2008 | Comments (2)
Everyone here at America's Best Companies wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today: News from the SBA, insight on success from Sir Richard Branson, small business wins the space race against the likes of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, and much more.
Tags: small business, sba, emerging 200 initiative, lending, treasury, federal reserve, retail, holiday season, last-minute shopping, richard branson, virgin, social media, space business, obama, solis, labor, starting salaries, branding, holiday e-cards, marketing
Posted: 12/24/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the IRS reports lower collections from taxpayer audits, things not to do when cutting costs, a look at mobile computing strategies and much more.
Tags: small business, irs, audit, collections, recession, cost-cutting, businesses facing extinction, exports, mobile computing, employee pay, employee focus, advertising, 2009, fusion marketing, marketing
Posted: 12/23/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: new SBA head and oversight, niche market strategies, confusing tech buzzwords and much more.
Tags: small business, karen g. mills, sba, kennedy, healthcare, reform, lender oversight, disaster loans, niche businesses, building a business, most confusing high-tech buzzwords, cloud computing, employee morale, congressional budget office, obama, social media, massaging, marketing
Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama picks former Clinton official to regulate commodities, Bush offers carmakers a bailout of their own, things to do now to take the sting out of tax day and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, bush, paulson, gensler, treasury, commodities, regulation, automakers, bailout, taxes, tarp, marketing, haggling, goal-setting, sexual harassment, holiday party, irs, healthcare, yellow pages, local search, customer relations, digital marketing
Posted: 12/19/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business is falling through the bailout cracks, Landrieu wants the SBA in Obama's Cabinet, grooming employees for leadership, tackling employee benefits and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, senate, landrieu, cabinet, taxes, ruling 2009-02, leadership, economic crisis, employment, raises, bonuses, low performance, benefits, sales, email, marketing, website, online business
Posted: 12/18/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: new chair for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, new tax guide from the IRS, a look at the growing talent pool, the auto bailout and much more.
Tags: small business
Posted: 12/17/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A possible payroll tax holiday, key interest rates hit record low, an illegal monopoly on baby meds, recession hiring and much more.
Tags: small business, payroll tax holiday, consumer prices, veterans corp, sba, monopoly, baby meds, partnerships, erp, healthcare, recession hiring, productivity, email, customer relations, innovation
Posted: 12/16/2008 | Comments (0)
Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama is officially the elected President, mark-to-market accounting would put the US deficit at over $1 trillion, managing change, cutting costs without pink slips and much more.
Tags: small business, obama, mark-to-market, us deficit, bailout, change management, cost cutting, start-ups, training, follow-up, health reform, customer service, email, search engines, marketing
Posted: 12/15/2008 | Comments (0)
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