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Should Small Businesses Adopt Wearable Technology?
As the interest of wearable technologies by consumers continues to grow, small business owners are beginning to collect data that can uncover how they can leverage these platforms in order to support their brand's products and services.
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Small Business Administration Boosts Access to Services
Administrators and campus and deaf and hard of hearing community leaders to announce a new initiative to boost access to SBA services for deaf and hard of hearing entrepreneurs. Using videophone technology, the agency will have staff fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) available to provide a direct connection to services available to help small business owners start and grow their ventures.
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New program Seeks to Bring Funding to Small Businesses
A new lending program by Opportunity Fund and the Lending Club seeks to increase funding available to underserved small businesses in California, reports NerdWallet. The program seeks to bring over $10 million in funding to businesses in the target areas.
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Fast Growing Small Business Industries
A new survey by Sageworks finds that trucking companies and building contractors are two of the fastest growing industries for small business. In addition, janitorial and pest control are also growing small business industries.
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Small Business Needs to Switch to Chip and Pin Tech
According to the Street, despite warnings that they must switch to chip and pin technology by October, but many small businesses have yet to do so. Failure to do so will result in a liability shift, if a company fails to change over to the chip and pin technology the credit card companies will no longer cover the expense in case of fraudulent activity.
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Small Business and Mobile App Spending Increase
Fifteen percent of small businesses have a mobile app, and another 18 percent are considering developing one in 2015 or later, according to a survey conducted by Clutch , the leading source of mobile app developer reviews. However, some have yet to be convinced, as 40 percent of respondents said they are unlikely to have a mobile app in the future.
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April Sees Rise in Confidence
In the largest gain since December the Small Business Optimism Index, which measures small business confidence, rose 1.7 points in April, reports the New York Times. But, while confidence rose the number of job openings fell in March.
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Facebook Still Tops for Small Business
According to Small Business Computing, the results of a new CodeGuard survey finds that Facebook is still the top marketing tool for small business. 90 percent of all small websites contain links to the social media site.
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Staples Bring Customers Back
There are several ways small businesses can avoiding marking down items, reports Forbes. One way is to have staple items, that is something that a customer always needs like milk or bread, in addition to special seasonal items.
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Brighter Projectors for Business Presentation
Ricoh announced seven new projectors that fit into a wide range of business and education applications. This new lineup includes Desk Edge, Short Throw, and Standard Install models that help businesses and schools collaborate more effectively in today's dynamic communications environment.
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