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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 12/01

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush apologizes for the economy, other rescue options are in the cards, Obama wants to spend another half-trillion to fix the economy, tax changes, handling email mistakes and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, recession, depression, congress, democrats, marketing, paulson, fed, bernanke, bailout, email, advertisements, taxes, ada

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/24

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A new economic team takes over, more bailout talk, business partnerships and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, bailout, paulson, partnership, marketing, fed, email, search marketing

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/19

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Business braces for changes in Washington, consumer prices drop, raising capital from your customers, the paid family leave issue and much more.


Tags: small business, washington, financial regulation, labor, fed, interest rates, consumer prices, price stability, growth, healthcare costs, paid family leave, customer service, employee gifts, raising capital, email, marketing

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Charles
Charles C

Spam Holiday! Where is Hallmark When You Need Them

Notice something different in your email inbox lately? Spam is down by a good 70%! How did it happen and how long will this blessed interlude continue? We have some answers and a bit of advice: Enjoy it while it lasts!


Tags: small business, spam, email, marketing

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/17

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Health reform, the auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, FMLA news, employee standards and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, health reform, auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, economy, fmla news, employee standards, productivity, flexibility, marketing

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Dave
Dave C

Social Media Squatting: Top Sites for Your Small Business

Claim a spot for your business before it's too late. Any small business owner knows that picking the right location - possibly in a busy mall or highly-trafficked downtown corner -- results in more customer visits and opportunities to make sales. The same rule has also proven to hold true for the Web.


Tags: social media, squatting, domain, seo, smo, internet, web, marketing, digg, wiki, stumbleupon, reddit, website, optimization, traffic, alexa, myspace, small business, clicks

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/06

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business reflects on the new administration and how Obama should help, oil keeps dropping, tax breaks, government contracts, social media, Family Guy and much more.


Tags: small business, obama administration, entrepreneurs, financial crisis, oil, unemployment, credit cards, sba, government contracts, women business owners, irs, taxes, scheduling, commissions, crm, stolen equipment, family guy, performance advertising, social media, email, behavioral targeting, google adwords, marketing, local search

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/05

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A possible new stimulus package, lessons from the Obama campaign, government contracts, SEO tips, social media, green marketing and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, stimulus, business lessons, jack welch, service sector, government contracts, law, sap, marketing, seo, green marketing

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/04

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: how the recession stacks up, pregnancy discrimination, start-up essentials, why we hate salespeople, social marketing and much more.


Tags: small business, recession, pregnancy, discrimination, pension, start-up, salespeople, voip, overhead, hosted telecom, marketing, social media

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Janelle
Janelle M

Duct Tape Marketing Podcast on America’s Best Companies

Host John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing interviews President Jim Tracy of America's Best Companies in a podcast today on membership benefits and how it helps small business owners succeed.


Tags: duct, tape, marketing, interview, podcast, jim, tracy, americas, best, companies

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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/03

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Some last words from the presidential candidates, small shop owners and the issues, taxes, defense contracting, marketing tips and much more.


Tags: small business, mccain, obama, issues, taxes, defense contracting, voting, international finance, nader, capitalism, marketing, llc

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Janelle
Janelle M

President Jim Tracy speaks on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast

President Jim Tracy of America's Best Companies (ABC) shares his vision in a podcast interview about how small business owners can succeed, even in these economically troubled times.


Tags: jim, tracy, interview, john, jantsch, duct, tape, marketing, small, business, podcast

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Charles
Charles C

When it Comes to Marketing, Nothing Succeeds like S.U.C.C.E.S.

What makes some marketing ideas survive while others simply wither on the vine? Here we have one secret of marketing success and boy is it sticky!


Tags: small business, marketing, success, succes, heath

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Dave
Dave C

Driving Sales through Web Content

If you run a small business, there is a good chance that you have something important to say to your buyers. Whether it's about your products or services, best practices, or even shopping tips, there are opportunities on the Web to not only help your customers make better buying decisions but also for you to earn additional credibility that could directly lead to future sales.


Tags: optimization, marketing, pr, blog, blogging, enewsletters, seo, sales, small business

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