ABC
Online
Duct
Tape Marketing Interview
President
Jim Tracy in a podcast on ABC membership benefits and how America's
Best Companies can help small business owners succeed.
ABC's
Small Business Tips
Whether
your issue is customer service, the Internet, sales and marketing, or
practically any other small business problem, ABC can help with the
tips and tricks you need, advice that will make a real difference.
Government
and Economy
After
the Fed’s Money Flood, Will Democracy Need a Bailout?
The
bailouts may be the least popular government program in history, and
if the Treasury needs more money to keep it going, who knows whether
Congress would provide it? As a result, Treasury and the Fed have
been running what Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies
at the American Enterprise Institute, sees as a scam. Bloomberg.com
Small
Business Fights Back Against the Banks
As
banks pull back on lending and work to purge bad loans from their
balance sheets, some small business borrowers are on the attack,
filing lawsuits, putting out news releases, holding protests and
rallying politicians to their cause. WSJ.com
Management
and Financial Issues
Kill
What's Ailing Your Company
If
parts of your company are successful and others aren't, it may be
time cut off the sick branches to save the tree. CNNMoney.com
Technology
Issues
Twitter:
Testing the Promise of Microblogging
You
have heard about Twitter, but still wonder how to get started. Here
are four steps to building your online presence with Twitter.
ClickZ.com
Benefits
and Labor Issues
Hard
Times for Health Insurers; Premiums May Rise
Major US health insurers and managed care companies saw far lower
profits in 2008, some nearly half of what they earned in 2007, as
poor stock market performance and lower interest rates ate at their
investments. To recoup those losses, premiums may start rising.
Workforce.com
Can
Small Business Cope with Obama's Health Plan?
If
President Obama's healthcare plan borrows heavily from Massachusetts'
model, as many believe it will, how will small business cope?
BusinessWeek.com
Sales
and Marketing
The
Government Market
Sure,
the private sector has been hit hard with layoffs, foreclosures, and
ever-shrinking consumer confidence, but the public sector, federal,
state and local governments, however, continues to buy goods and
services at a steady pace.
ManageSmarter.com
Marketing
& Sales Strategies for a Slow Economy
The
quickest way to kill your business in a down economy is to do nothing
and wait for things to get better. Instead, follow these ten sales
and marketing strategies to make your business recession proof.
BusinessKnowHow.com
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