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01/20/2012

01/18/2012

01/12/2012

Confidence varies by sector: the services sector, says the Digital Journal, is most optimistic, while the wholesale goods sector is also strong. Construction and manufacturing lag a few points behind, and retail and hospitality are still below 60 points.

01/11/2012

Here are a few tips to increasing your revenue in a way that doesn’t decrease your product’s perceived value among customers.

01/10/2012

One small-business owner was told that his $96,000 debt must be repaid before the end of the month, with an alternative of an interest rate nearly 10 times greater than his current rate.

01/09/2012

Small-business restaurants will have access to experts at HealthLink BC, who can provide nutritional analysis of menu items. Their dieticians can also help with reformulating menu items to provide greater health benefits—by reducing sodium content or calories.

01/06/2012

01/05/2012

The weak housing market continues to create difficulty for small-business owners, “who are prevented from tapping home equity or from using their homes as collateral for secured bank loans.” Though some large banks have begun to approve more loans, but the approval rating for such banks is still not...

01/04/2012

Micky Thompson’s small business, Post Bid Ship, aims to improve the efficiency of the trucking industry by connecting trucking companies with extra space with nearby shippers who could use it. But his company was relatively new, and he realized he could be marketing it more effectively, reports the ...

01/03/2012

The owner of a small dentist office (six employees) is worried about business, but feels that they can’t close their doors, as they’re responsible for the livelihood of their employees. They feel that “creative marketing will help us grow out of our slump,” and ask a two-part question: “1) How can I...

12/30/2011

Though 39% believe they’ll have difficulty in replacing retiring staff, 69% report that they haven’t changed their hiring practices—like “offering incentives to employees to stay on after retirement age” or modifying their hiring tactics based on the pool of available workers—in order to weather the...

12/28/2011

Smallbiztrends.com reminds you to keep your CTA short, urgent, and easy to understand. In just a few words, you need to communicate what your readers should do and what they’ll get out of it.