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Facebook Leader in Small Business Advertising

Traditional search engine advertising such as Google Adwords may not be the best investment for small business advertising, reports Small Business Trends. Social media sites, specifically Facebook offer a larger reach than adwords, currently Facebook has over 1.55 billion monthly users. Read more...

Small Business Gets a Boost

According to Columbus Business First, woman and veteran owned businesses will benefit from JP Morgan’s new Small Business Forward plan. The plan has Morgan committing  $75 million dollars over the next three years to help these small businesses. Read more...

Easier for Small Business Owners to Do Business

 In an effort to help small business owners with one of the more complex aspects of owning a business - buying commercial insurance - Allstate Insurance Company has launched a new functionality that enables business owners to quickly and conveniently quote and purchase a businessowner's policy (BOP) in about five minutes, by going directly through Allstate.com or the Small Business Connection. Read more...

Email Encryption And Email Archiving Features For Office 365 Users

GoDaddy Inc. has announced the availability of two new features, Email Archiving and Email Encryption, for Office 365 users. The new features, available as add-on services for all GoDaddy Office 365 customers, will make it easier for small business owners to transmit, store and protect valuable data about their business and customers, and simpler for those operating in regulated industries to remain compliant. Read more...

Small Business Optimism Wanes

September proved to be a bad month for business confidence, reports Fox Business. Overall the National Retail Federation’s Optimism index fell to 94.1, a decline from August’s 94.4. Read more...

Small Businesses Can Survive a Slump

Business is cyclical, but small businesses tend to feel the cycles more harshly, especially the slumps, reports Fox News. There are ways for small businesses to weather the slow times. Read more...

EMV Lawsuit Proceeds

According to Business Insider, a federal judge will allow a lawsuit brought by several small businesses against the major US card companies to proceed. The EMV related lawsuit claims the credit card processors colluded to make the transition process as lengthy and expensive as possible for the small businesses.   Read more...

Cyber Risk Insurance Platform for Small and Mid-sized Businesses

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, today announced the launch of a proprietary Cyber Risk and Insurance Platform, tailored to the unique needs of small and mid-sized businesses who are increasingly the most desirable targets of Cyber-attacks. Read more...

Small Businesses Take On Credit Card Companies

A federal judge has allowed a case against the four major credit card companies to proceed, reports WTVR. The lawsuit, brought by four grocery store chains, alleges unfair practices on the part of the credit card companies in regards to the change to chip based credit card readers. The case has yet to achieve class action status, but if it does it could encompass 8 million small businesses. Read more...

Small Businesses Caught Up in Wells Fargo Scheme

Small businesses might also be affected by the Wells Fargo credit account scheme, reports Reuters. There may as many as 10,000 small business accounts impacted by the same improper Wells practices, that were used on individual consumers. Read more...

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