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Small businesses have doubled their usage of social media in the past year according to a press release issued today by the Univeristy of Maryland’s School of Business as part of its on-going “Small Business Success Index” annual survey sponsored by Network Solutions. The survey found that nearly one out of five small business owners...
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I have yet to meet a small business owner — especially myself — who knows everything. When faced with a business-related dilemma, it’s important to admit it when you don’t know something — and quickly turn to someone who does. While sites like SmallBusiness.com are packed with answers and how-tos and guides and definitions and...
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At SmallBusiness.com, there’s a group of folks we call helpers. They are like elves. You never know where you’ll find them. Recently some helpers put together a new Editing Tutorial on SmallBusiness.com. It’s a great way to get familiar with the wikitext method of formatting an entry on SmallBusiness.com or any wiki running on...
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On the new SmallBusiness.com blog, we want to feature lots of voices from the world of small business. We’ll be calling on our friends — bloggers and others who have great insight, points of view and information about specific products, trends or issues that are important to small businesses. But we want to hear from...
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Back in the late summer of 2009, I decided to pull the plug on the SmallBusiness.com Blog -- or, at least, on what had become of it. We had started out with great intensions, but it headed a little sideways. And by "we," I mean "I." I had intended to use this blog as...
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