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• Investing in IT Helps Your Business Move Ahead, Benchmarking Shows

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 12:50 in technology trends, economic trends, it cutbacks, it unemployment, recession unemployment, small business it spending. it staffing recession, small business job loss, small business unemployment

  The recession is cutting into small and midsized businesses’ IT spending, and some industries are hurting more than others, according to the results of the latest IT Effectiveness Index (ITEI) survey. The ITEI is a benchmarking tool that measures t...

• Careers: Talking Turkey

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 06:00 in small business trends, mark anderson, business cartoon, small business cartoon, andertoons cartoons, holiday business cartoon

  Every year I do a certain number of holiday cartoons. While they always sell well, they’re among the hardest ideas to generate. Thanksgiving is the hardest. Halloween and Christmas have tons of great stuff to play with, and Valentine’s D...

• Vote for the Best Small Business Books of 2009

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 13:09 in Announcements, business book reviews, business book awards, reader's choice book awards

  It’s time to vote on your favorite small business books of 2009. For the second year in a row we are holding the Best Small Business Book Awards – Reader’s Choice. This year the Awards are bigger and better than ever.  A total of 47 books have...

• SMBs to Increase 2010 Email Marketing, Social Media Spend

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 07:00 in search engine marketing, email marketing, social media, survey, small business trends, verticalresponse

  Earlier this week, we shared the results of a study from VerticalResponse, Inc. that found that more than 25 percent of respondents would not cancel their health care if given a public option. But that was only half the survey. The rest of the surv...

• The Burger King $1 Cheeseburger: How Much Does It Really Cost?

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 20:16 in franchisee, franchisor, franchise trends, burger king franchise

  I’ll admit it. Most of the time I am biased. I am usually out there trying to protect prospective franchisees. I try to provide tons of information to them about the realities of being a franchise owner. I also try to provide tips that current ...

• 11 Competitive Intelligence Tools for SMBs

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 08:00 in tools, small business trends, competitive intelligence

  It’s not stalking. It’s research. It’s you doing research on your competitors to help you stay up-to-date on what they’re doing so you know which direction you should go. It’s not stalking and everyone’s doing it. Here’s a list of 11 to...

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