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Small Business Scammers Indicted

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, five men have been federally indicted for scamming small business owners out of $2.5 million dollars. The scammers used a telemarketing scheme that convinced small business owners to pay upfront for help securing grant money for their small business. Read more...

Facebook Adds Marketing Partners

This week Facebook added two new marketing partners targeted towards helping small businesses, reports MarketingLand. AdRoll and Constant Contact can now help small businesses convert their Facebook ads into other forms of marketing. Read more...

What Small Business Needs to Know About Getting a Loan

According to Forbes, the first step when going for funding is to know what you need and why you need it. After that you need to find out what you qualify for, either a standard bank loan or you may have to turn to alternative funding. Read more...

Content Marketing 101: Create Thought-Provoking Content

If you intend to attract new customers through your content marketing efforts, it's important to create content that speaks to your audience and doesn't repel them with sales-heavy pitches and jargon. With emphasis placed on producing quality content that is relevant to target audiences and improves awareness and brand visibility, many marketers are stretched thin in their content creation efforts. Read more...

GoDaddy Releases Gender Salary Data

GoDaddy Inc. is revealing its first-ever company-wide salary analysis as part of its push to address gender diversity in the technology industry. The benchmark report delivers on a commitment made at this past summer's White House Demo Day. Read more...

Peace of Mind Tops Reasons for Outsourcing

A new study by Paychex finds that over half of the small businesses surveyed handle payroll and human resources functions themselves, reports Market Watch. The Paychex Small Business Snapshot survey did find that of those who outsource the biggest reason for outsourcing was peace of mind. The outsourcing of such tasks let them focus on their core business, while knowing that all the regulatory aspects of payroll and human resources were being handled correctly. Read more...

Google Adds More Small Business Features

According to Entrepreneur, Google Domain is rolling out more features geared towards small businesses. Some of the new features include customized emails and more than 90 new domain name endings. Read more...

New Legislation Protects Small Business Under Affordable Care Act

President Obama has signed new legislation that changes how small business are treated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), reports Business Journals. The Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employers Act prevents business with more than 50 employees from having to adhere to the rules for small business health care coverage under the ACA. Read more...

Ricoh introduces new compact color MFP

Ricoh today unveiled a new color multifunction product (MFP) packing high productivity into one of the smallest footprints in its performance class. Read more...

Ruckus Wireless Simplifies Wi-Fi for Small Business

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. announced Ruckus Unleashed(TM) access points, based on a new controller-less Wi-Fi architecture that reduces ownership costs and delivers up to 50 percent higher Wi-Fi performance(1) for small business environments. Separate controllers and access point licenses are no longer needed, significantly reducing upfront costs. Set-up is also easy, thanks to a simplified web interface that helps businesses configure Wi-Fi in just 60 seconds. Ruckus Unleashed is shipping now. Read more...

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