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Work-Life Challenges for Home-Based Businesses

Owning a business is stressful, but running a business from home brings additional challenges, according to a new survey by Wakefield Research for Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB), a leading provider of cloud backup solutions. The study found that while home-based small business owners are concerned about data loss and struggle to find a proper work/life balance, a majority (79 percent) aren't taking full advantage of cloud-based business tools.

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New $82 Million Credit Line to Fund Small Businesses

Business Financial Services, Inc. (BFS), a leading specialty finance company since 2002, announced a new $82 million credit facility provided by Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). The new credit line, which replaces a smaller facility with another lender, bolsters the Company's ability to serve the owners of small and medium-size businesses throughout the United States, and through affiliates in Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Social Media Works for Sales Increase, But It Takes Time

Small business owners only dedicated 3 hours a week to social media, reports Forbes. While social media can increase sales it requires more of a time investment before any results are seen.

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Better Economy, Fewer Entrepreneurs

When the economy improves entrepreneurship declines. The Kauffman Foundation’s Index of Entrepreneurial Activity shows that 0.3 percent of the adult population started a business in each month last year, reports Businessweek. That is down from an average of 0.32 percent in 2011.

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The To-Do List, the Small Business Owners Secret Weapon

According to Entrepreneur, using a To-Do list can actually improve your businesses bottom line. Knowing how to prioritize your tasks can improve your business and create a better work-life balalnce.

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Small Business Event at 2013 ETA Expo

The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), the trade association of the global electronic payments industry, today announced the experts and Louisiana small business owners who will form the Small Business Panel at the 2013 ETA Annual Meeting and Expo in New Orleans. Small businesses are a driving force behind payments innovation, and the panel will feature small business leaders from a wide range of industries. The largest payments industry event of the year, the ETA Annual Meeting and Expo runs from April 30 to May 2, 2013, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in the heart of New Orleans

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What Large Format Posters Can Do for Your Business

Large format posters can do a lot for companies large and small in terms of bringing them new business. With the right placement and quality design these attention grabbing materials can boldly put one's message on display in front of masses of people within practically any target audience and inspire prospects to engage in one's offer.

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Enterprise Uses More Content Marketing Tactics Overall than their B2B Peers

A new report from the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), sponsored by Marketo, shows that North American business-to-business (B2B) enterprise marketers (1,000+ employees) – when compared with their B2B peers overall – use more content marketing tactics, outsource content creation more frequently, and are more challenged with integration across marketing.

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Insurance Marketplace on Hold

According to Bloomberg, the 2014 launch of the small business insurance marketplace, which would help small business with less than 100 employees purchase health insurance, has been delayed until 2015.

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Budget Includes Credit for Hiring and Raises

President Obama’s budget includes a tax credit incentive to generate hiring at small businesses, reports Businessweek. The proposed credit would be for companies that paid less than $20 million in wages in 2012, the companies would get a one-time credit of 10% new workers and raises to current workers.

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