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Obama's Small Business Plan—Will It Work?

Today: A look at coming tax hikes and Obama's plan to open up small business lending, why small business hates the tax man, protecting your data, the issue of absenteeism and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, e-newsletter, taxes, online advertising, credit, obama, podcast, stimulus, treasury, jim tracy, absenteeism, leadership, lending, cobra, security, data protection, email encryption, policy

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Posted: 3/18/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Obama's Small Business Plan

Today: The Administration's plan for small business, last minute tax errors, the lobby against card check, planning for the recovery and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, sba, taxes, innovation, obama, podcast, stimulus, treasury, jim tracy

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Posted: 3/17/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Solis Promises More Job Training and Stricter Workplace Enforcement

Today: More job training and stricter workplace enforcement on the way, how to spot the recovery, what you need to know to fight off the competition, free CRM tools, using customer voices and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, obama, podcast, stimulus, crm, competition, treasury, jim tracy, email marketing, customer satisfaction, hilda solis, job training, workplace enforcement, economic recovery, cheap crm tools, free crm tools, customer voice marketing

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Posted: 3/16/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Obama Takes a Fresh Look at Small Business

Today: Obama takes a fresh look at small business, the risks of hiring from outside, five rules of twitter etiquette and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, customer service, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, e-commerce, twitter, obama, podcast, stimulus, treasury, jim tracy, email marketing, health benefits, pessimism, texas, rick perry, software upgrades, zombie computers

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Posted: 3/13/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Small Business May be Exempted From Card Check Rules

Today: Small business may be exempted from card check rules, hitting $250,000 a year is easier than you think, going from niche to mass market, using twitter and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, twitter, obama, podcast, stimulus, unions, treasury, card check, jim tracy, email marketing, health benefits, local economies, millionaire tax, iman, niche market, competition research

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Posted: 3/12/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Small Biz Cries Foul on Obama Tax Hikes

Today: Small business leaders are taking up the fight against the Obama tax hikes, the fight over card check continues, making sure you get paid, inexpensive wellness programs and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, obama, podcast, stimulus, crm, unions, treasury, card check, jim tracy, getting paid, wellness programs, workplace creativity, financing, tech stimulus, facebook

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Posted: 3/11/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

As Optimism Falls, Treasury Promises More for Small Business

Today: Small business optimism falls, Treasury promises more for small business, getting along with Card Check, the case for contracts and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, branding, management, sales, taxes, e-commerce, obama, podcast, stimulus, unions, bankruptcy, treasury, jim tracy, contracts, data corruption, data loss, recalls, cold calls

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Posted: 3/10/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Small Business Not Sold on Robin Hood Economics

Today: Small business not sold on Robin Hood economics, venture capitalists preaching frugality, age discrimination claims, performance metrics and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, obama, termination, podcast, venture capital, stimulus, treasury, jim tracy, email marketing, web 2.0, performance management, documentation, frugality, robin hood economics, managed hosting services, age discrimination, dumb sales questions, customer orientation, goal setting

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Posted: 3/9/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Zero Sum Game: Taxes Will Go Down as Energy Costs Will Go Up

Today: Higher energy costs to fund tax cuts, economic radicalism, employers planning health benefit cuts and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, customer service, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, obama, podcast, stimulus, treasury, jim tracy, employment, h-1b visa, radicalism, energy costs, bear market, cutting working hours, crisis communication, exit clicks, health benefits, b2b sales, provocation sales

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Posted: 3/6/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Small Business at Center Stage in Geithner Hearing

Today: Small business speaks on the stimulus package, Senator Chuck Grassley speaks up for small business at Tim Geithner's Senate hearing, conflict resolution, performance management, business strategies and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, twitter, obama, podcast, stimulus, treasury, card check, jim tracy, unionization, employment, email marketing, b2b, tim geithner, chuck grassley, conflict resolution, performance management, e-business, sales planning

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Posted: 3/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

President Calls for Stock Purchases as Treasury Defends Tax Hikes

Today: President Obama talks up the economy as Treasury Secretary talks up tax hikes, saving your startup, the benefit of outplacement and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, sba, taxes, fmla, obama, podcast, stimulus, stocks, treasury, jim tracy, employment, email marketing, accounting software, startup, innovations, robots, quickbooks, outplacement, family and medical leave act, hispanic market

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Posted: 3/4/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Waiting for SBA's Stimulus

Today: The wait is on to see when SBA will spend its stimulus funds, more fraud predicted as economy worsens, the importance of background checks, virtual trade shows and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, sba, budget, innovation, social networking, obama, stimulus, fraud, employment, email marketing, recruitment, background checking, virtual trade shows, mobile crm, workplace safety

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Posted: 3/3/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Small Business and the Federal Budget

Today: Small business and Obama's budget, a look at SBA's “Goodwill,” building a customer-centric business culture, web conferencing, card check and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, sba, budget, obama, stimulus, card check, employment, email marketing, recruitment, funding, customer experience, goodwill, business model, retention, buy local

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Posted: 3/2/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

New GOP Bill Requires Secret Ballots in Unionization Votes

Today: The GOP introduced secret ballot legislation for union elections, the IRS answers your COBRA questions, how all that Washington spending will affect entrepreneurs, viral videos, positive thinking and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, sba, obama, stimulus, employment, email marketing, cobra, card-check, viral video, criticism, positive thinking, website redesign, handheld devices, eeoc, genetic discrimination, secret union ballots, email opt-in, pay-per-click

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Posted: 2/26/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Some Small Business Benefits in the Stimulus

Today: A rundown of small business benefits from the stimulus as Congressional Democrats push domestic spending even higher, protecting your company during downturns, B2B marketing and so much more.


Tags: marketing, small business, economy, advertising, america's best companies, abc, management, sales, taxes, congress, obama, stimulus, layoffs, leadership, employment, employee morale, email marketing, hilda solis, labor secretary, stimulus money, domestic spending, behavioral advertising

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Posted: 2/25/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

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