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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

PCI: Do You Comply?

July of 2010 will mark the full implementation of the PCI Data Security Standards for online payment card transactions. That gives you a year to get ready for it. Here is what you need to know.


Tags: small business, pci, compliance, credit cards, debit cards, payment cards

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Posted: 7/2/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The FedEx Scam: Yet Another Crooked Game

There is a new scam floating around the Internet, one that tricks you into paying for certificates that will prove to the government that you are not a terrorist or smuggler while promising a six-figure payoff. We have such an email here, and we are going to pick it apart.


Tags: small business, scams, fedex, email, spam

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Posted: 7/1/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Take a Step Back and Readjust

Small Business tips about taking a step back and readjusting how you manage your business.


Tags: readjust, manage, small business, change, feedback, budget, supplies, inventory

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Posted: 6/30/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Money Management: Safeguard Your Finances

Small Business tips about ways to safeguard your finances to save money.


Tags: safeguard, finances, small business, receipts, bank, computer

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Posted: 6/29/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Cap and Trade: Win or Lose, It Will Be Close

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 Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Loyalty to Your Brand: 4 Laws of Customer Service

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

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Posted: 6/25/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Native-Owned Small Businesses Win Top Honors for Urban Economic Growth and Development

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

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Posted: 6/24/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Fairness May be Coming to How Telecommuters are Taxed

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

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Posted: 6/22/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Forecast the Future of Your Sales

Small Business tips about forecasting the future of your sales.


Tags: small business, tip, forecast, future, sales, predict, plan

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Posted: 6/19/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Study Ranks Banks on Small Firm Lending, Hints at Current Trends

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

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Posted: 6/19/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Exempt or Nonexempt: You Need to Know

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

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Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: How to Close a Sale

Small Business tips about how to close a sale.


Tags: small business, tips, close, sales, prospective client, closing

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Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Taxing Your Way to the Poorhouse

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

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Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: How to Grab a Prospective Client’s Attention

Small Business tips about how a sales team can grab a prospective client’s attention to lead to a successful sale.


Tags: small business, tips, sales, prospective client, attention

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Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Sometimes You Just Need to Apologize and Make it Right

Everyone makes mistakes; it comes with being human and if you are in the service business, a mistake can cause problems. The real measure of your business, however, is what you do once the damage is done.


Tags: small business, customer service, problem solving, making amends

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Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments Comments (2)

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