:: Prepare Your Small Business
for Tax Time
02/27/2015
Whether you decide to outsource your tax tasks
or perform them in-house it is important to arm yourself
with the relevant knowledge to make sure your business not
only complies but also saves time and money wherever possible.
Here are a few resources to get you started:
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:: 7 Ways To Get Ahead In The Hyper-Competitive
Small Business World
02/26/2015
Between working all the time and being high energy
in all circumstances, establishing a small business is more
exhausting than ever. Here is how one entrepreneur does
it.
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:: Is Bitcoin a Good Fit
for Your Small Business?
02/25/2015
Online electronics store Adafruit began accepting
bitcoin as a payment method in November 2013. Just over
a week later, sales surged.
The DIY electronics merchant raked in tens of thousands
of dollars that month alone, boosted by the annual shopping
surge known as Bitcoin Black Friday. While sales have been
up and down since, site founder Limor Fried says that, as
a small business owner, she loves the cryptocurrency despite
its potential pitfalls.
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:: 7 Smart Ways for Your Small Business
to Reduce Costs
02/24/2015
As a small-business owner, you are always on the
lookout for ways to boost cash flow. Although increasing
sales is one way to make that happen, cutting costs can
be a faster way to increase cash. Here are seven of the
most effective ways to reduce expenses without compromising
quality.
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:: How Social Media can
Make your Small Business go Gangbusters
02/23/2015
Like professional marketers, successful small business
owners target their social media activities for maximum
impact. While their competitors are adrift in a sea of tweets
and blog posts, savvy strategists focus and fine tune their
social-media plays. Consider three social media campaigns
that generated big results through careful targeting:
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:: A Survival Guide to Small Business
Taxes
02/12/2015
The more things change…the harder it becomes
to do your small business taxes. Between the Affordable
Care Act coming into full effect, on-again off-again on-again
tax credits gurgling out of Washington, and even a shakeup
of the venerable TurboTax product line, this year—more
than ever—small business owners need guidance and support
as April 15 approaches.
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:: How the Small Business
Staged Its Comeback
02/11/2015
One of the most popular case studies used to decry
the rise of the corporation is the apparent downfall of
local bookstores. With Borders now just a fond memory and
Barnes & Noble living on borrowed time, it’s clearer
than ever that Americans have spoken and Amazon has won—or
has it?
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:: Small Business Taxes 2015: Everything
You Need to Know
02/10/2015
Following the most wonderful time of the year is
a season that strikes fear in the hearts of many small business
owners: tax time.
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:: Buy an Sell Agreements
for Small Businesses
02/09/2015
The transfer of ownership interests in a small
business should take into account all of the considerations
that make each business, and especially a family-owned business,
unique. The vehicle for accomplishing the transfer is usually
called a buy-sell agreement. Its name barely begins to describe
the buy-sell agreements various purposes. With professional
advice, the agreement can be tailored to meet the objectives
of each small business, whether the business is in the form
of a close corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
or some other structure.
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:: 12 Online Marketing Blogs Every Small
Business Owner Needs to Read
02/06/2015
Online marketing is an industry that is constantly
changing. The search engines are constantly rolling out
updates and data refreshes, pay per click advertising platforms
are always revealing new features and social media marketing
is always evolving.
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:: 9 Terrible Reasons To
Start A Small Business
02/04/2015
There are a lot of articles out there telling you
to go forth and start a business! But the truth is, not
everyone should start a business. If more of the 80 percent
of small businesses that fail had but hesitated and considered
why they were getting into business, we would probably have
fewer businesses and more successes in those that did exist.
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:: 4 Small Business Ecommerce Trends
02/02/2015
Small business ecommerce operators may be in for
good news in the New Year. We spoke with a couple of ecommerce
experts to get their perspective on how the ecommerce industry
will shape up in 2015, and which trends are likely to affect
small business etailers.
Top Small Business Ecommerce Trends for 2015
1. More consumers shop with mobile devices
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