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Businesses Brace for Cuts Due to Sequester
Small business that cater to civilian employees of the federal government, especially those working at military bases, anticipate a decline in sales due to the sequesters, reports the Star Tribune. Many of the businesses understand that the employees will need to cut back, but they already offer discounts to the employees and can’t afford to lower their prices.
Read more...Wordpress Offers Small Businesses Webhosting
According to PC World, Wordpress is rolling out a webhosting package for small businesses. The package includes a domain, storage, and tools to build a website.
Read more...Small Business Not Reaping Benefits of Dow's Growth
While the Dow’s record closing means big profits for large corporations, small businesses are still struggling reports the LA Times. Weak sales and a decline in new start-ups is hampering the small business recovery.
Read more...Lead Liaison Helps Marketers Measure Lead Management Effectiveness
Lead Liaison has released another free lead management tool, the Lead Management Grader (LMG), for business managers to rate the effectiveness of their sales and marketing activities. The company announced the release following a survey period which ended in February.
Read more...Web Development Can be the Ultimate Solution for Business Survival
The Wells Fargo survey on small businesses in the United States was released alongside the quarterly survey done by Gallup. It showed that costs for small businesses are on the rise whereas the workforce showed a decline due to decreased hiring, stated NJBIZ. The survey was conducted on 601 small businesses and about 30% of them have stopped hiring because they suspected that they won’t be able to last the year. The news was published on the 6th of February at http://bit.ly/XeSEXw and stated that the results may be surprising for some banking experts who are well aware of the increase in funding being done for small businesses.
Read more...State of the Art Fingerprint Time Clock for Small Business
Small business owners are continually looking for cost effective ways to streamline their businesses. Time is money, and more often than not, both are in short supply. Businesses are always interested in maximizing the return on investment of their staff. Yet one of the most cost effective tools to optimize their staff operations is often overlooked.
Read more...Things Successful Business Owners Have in Common
According to Forbes, there are seven habits that successful small business owners have including keeping their bodies healthy and having a life outside of their business.
Read more...Small Business Doesn't Think Twitter Helpful
In a recent survey, 41% of the respondents chose LinkedIn as the most effective tool for building small business visibility, reports ZD Net. Surprisingly, Twitter ranked at the bottom of the list with on 3% of respondents choosing it.
Read more...Small Businesses Await Government Budget Cuts
Small businesses who contract with the government are bracing for the impact of the federal budget cuts, reports Businessweek. Unfortunately, many of the business have no idea when the cuts will begin to affect their business.
Read more...Employment Up but Revenue Down for Small Businesses
According to Fox Business, a new report by Intuit found small businesses employment increased in February. While small businesses added employees, revenue for the businesses continued to decline.
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