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Survey Shows Hiring is Up
Small business hiring increased in November, reports the Wall Street Journal. A report by CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, Which conducts a survey of 3,500 companies with under 300 employees, shows hiring increased by .52 percent during November.
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Small Business Saturday Numbers are In
According to Businessweek, consumers embraced Small Business Saturday. American Express and the National Federation of Independent Businesses report that shoppers spent over $5 billion dollars with independent merchants.
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Mobile Apps Set to Help Small Businesses!
Eazi-Apps, is helping small businesses locally and nationally tackle the next frontier in technology: mobile apps. With the current economic climate, businesses throughout the country are looking at ways to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. Eazi-Apps are currently working with a number of high-profile clients in the UK including George's Hairdressing, Simla Pinks and Clear & Lane Accountants to offer their customers another way to interact with their respective businesses.
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Small Business Owners Should Put More Thought Into PPC Ads
While small businesses spend an average of $1,200 per month on pay per click advertising, many don’t optimize that campaign, reports Long Island Newsday. Many small business owners only update the ads once per quarter and often times business owners aren’t using the best keywords for their business.
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Presidential Support for Small Business Saturday
According to Fox News, the President supported Small Business Saturday by stopping at a local Washington D.C. bookstore. While at the bookstore, President Obama bought several books.
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Health Insurance Exchange Delays Stymie Small Businesses
The Health and Human Services Department recently announced that small businesses can’t enter the health insurance market place until 2014, reports Businessweek. This delay has many small businesses feeling ignored by the administration.
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Pop-ups More Than Just Holiday Shops
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, temporary stores, or “pop-ups”, once just used during the holiday season are becoming the go-to promotion tool for small business. The businesses often use the pop-up shops to test new merchandise and gauge customer reaction.
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Fujitsu Launches "PaperStream IP" Image Enhancement Solution
Fujitsu, the market leader in document imaging scanners, today announced the release of PaperStream IP (PSIP), a new intelligent image enhancement driver designed for its high-performance "fi-series" document imaging scanner line. Combined with Fujitsu scanners, PaperStream IP delivers a powerful image correction solution allowing documents to quickly and easily be converted into exceptionally clean images, giving organizations the ability to maximize automation, productivity and efficiency throughout their document capture processes.
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Financial Applications Make Complex Businesses More Efficient
As the economy continues to regain its footing, more and more companies have entered a phase of extreme growth. Intacct, a leader in cloud financial management and accounting software, helps these fast-growing businesses to both optimize their increasingly complex accounting processes and gain real-time financial and operational insights to guide their future.
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Surge In Small Business Lending Demand for Second Straight Month
Small business owners are seeking loans at a feverish pace in hopes to seize growth opportunities as the 2013 holiday season kicks off, according to the October Small Business Lending Demand Index released by Direct Capital, a leading national small business lender.
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