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Social Media Presence Can Help You get a Loan
Having a good social media presence can help your small business get a loan, reports the Chicago Tribune. Many lenders use social media data in making a loan determination.
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LiftFund Helps Small Businesses
According to the Advocate, LiftFund, formerly Accion, is the largest nonprofit small business and micro lending site in the United States. The organization has loaned over $180 million dollars in the past 10 years. Just last year, LiftFund disbursed over $25 million dollars in loans, with loan amounts ranging from $100 to 250,000.
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Federal Taxes a Time Drain for Small Business
A new survey by the National Small Business Association shows that small businesses spend an average of 120 hours record keeping for their federal taxes, reports Forbes. In addition small business owners report spending 40 hours on their federal taxes each year.
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New Ricoh black & white MFPs support emerging workstyles
Ricoh has unveiled three new black and white multifunction products (MFPs) for small offices and workgroups whose employees are determined to improve their information mobility in this new world of work.
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Affordable Care Act Requirements Creates Burden
- Wednesday, 08 April 2015
- News
- Written by Scott Koegler
Many small businesses are overburdened with the new Affordable Care Act requirements, reports the Star Tribune. Some business have found it impossible to keep up with the reporting requirements and have had to invest in additional staff or computer programs in order to do so.
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Make the Most of Your Social Media Campaign
According to Forbes, even without a large PR or advertising budget, small businesses can make the most out of social media. By spending some time brainstorming post ideas and using an editorial calendar small businesses can automate their social media campaigns and drive more traffic to their site.
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Small Business Bring Jobs
Analysts expect small businesses to account for the largest amount of job growth this year, reports USA Today. Overall, the economy is slowing but it is expect that small business will account for as much as 50 percent of new job growth.
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New black-and-white Ricoh printer and MFP
Ricoh Americas Corporation has added two new document imaging products that help individuals and organizations improve their information mobility at the small office and workgroup levels.
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HR Mistakes Often Cost Small Business
Human resource mistakes are the number one reason why small businesses get sued, reports the Huffington Post. Things like failing to run a background check, not using an employee agreement and adequately documenting terminations are most often the reason why small businesses end up in court.
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Amazon Closing eCommerce Platform
According to GeekWire, Amazon is shutting down its e-commerce platform, webstore, for small businesses. Small businesses will have until June of 2016 to transition from that platform.
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