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Did you know that the Small Business Administration offers small business owners an online forum to share information and experiences with other business owners and subject matter experts alike? Business.gov, which has long operated as the government’s official website for small business, not only brings together resources from across government to help smal […]

Last summer Google made SMBs owners very happy by releasing a new business dashboard for sites that claimed their Google Business Listing. The addition put actionable data and stats directly into SMB owners’ hands so they could learn about the folks visiting their site and act on the information provided. Well, now it’s FourSquare’s turn to grown up. Yesterd […]

Recently I blogged about President Obama’s proposal to help community banks lend more money to entrepreneurs. For many small business owners in the Great Recession, community banks have been a lifeline. But that lifeline could be about to snap. The Congressional Oversight Panel, which monitors the financial bailout, just released a report on the state of com […]

Recently I sent a friend a link to a blog post that I thought she would enjoy. The next day she let me know that she liked the post and that she had left a comment. She added that she was thrilled to see that her comment included a link back to her website. I [...] […]

I hear from people all the time who have invested in high-dollar coaching programs and training courses only to be left with a big hole in the wallet and wondering why those step-by-step blueprints aren’t creating the promised results. The reality is that there is no cookie cutter solution for ANY business. Take a look [...] […]

I just returned from spending several days at the Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco for the 7th annual San Francisco Writers Conference. It was an honor to speak at the event for the second year in a row, especially since being an attendee at the SFWC several years ago was a career-changing experience for [...] […]