National Small Business Week is a recognition of the “critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners” by the President of the United States. Each year since 1963, the Prez has issued a proclamation acknowledging you for all…
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Year-End Tax Preparation for Small Businesses
This being a holiday week, business could be a little slow. That makes it the perfect time to do some early tax planning and preparation. Following are three SMB tax tips to get you started: 1) Organize Your Books…
Setting Small Business Goals for 2014
According to a 2010 Staples survey, 77% of small-business owners said they had not achieved most or all of the dreams they had for their company. And over 80% admitted they didn’t monitor their goal setting or seek the…
4 Tips to Improve Your Website
Your website is more important to your business than ever, and with the holidays close at hand, that’s never been more true. In fact, according to Accenture’s Holiday 2013 Shopping Trends infographic, 65% of consumers plan to browse products online…
5 Office Holiday Party “What NOT to Wear” Tips
It’s that time of year, and Erin already shared some office holiday party etiquette with you. But I caught a bit of Clinton Kelly on a talk show giving advice on what you should and shouldn’t wear to the…
Before making a major purchase, most people want to know how the solution has worked for others. Many TV commercials use actual or dramatized versions of people talking about the problems they had and how the product that is…
The Secret to Improving Productivity: Vacation!
With Hanukkah and Thanksgiving this week, and the Winter Solstice, Christmas and Kwanzaa fast approaching, business owners’ minds often turn toward holiday sales and profits while employees have visions of time off dancing in their heads. Heaven knows neither…
4 Tips to Make the Most of Cyber Monday
As if the holidays are not rushed and chaotic enough, this year the holiday shopping season is super short — just 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas! Hanukkah begins the day before Thanksgiving, a full 11 days earlier than…
Get Ready for Small Business Saturday
With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving on it’s way, the most important 96 hours of holiday shopping will be here before you know it. I’m talking about Black Friday on November 29th, Small Business Saturday on November 30, and…
Scare Up More Business: New Customer Acquisition
New customer acquisition can make or break your small business. With Halloween being the second largest retail holiday and Christmas being the largest — and those two holidays occurring over the next 60 days — there’s no time like…