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Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents to the Staples Canada national small business quarterly survey said their business had held steady in the past three months, up from 64% of respondents inClick here to continue reading
Does Size Matter? It Does to Ben and Jerry
Summer is in full swing and hotter than ever. It is a great time to feast on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to cool down – or at least read
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Getting An Advisory Board Up & Running
If there was a centralized database of experienced, qualified business people willing and eager to serve on advisory boards would you use it?
Click here to continue readingRick Spence and Ajmer Mehmi say you would
Cool Tool of the Week: TimeFox Online Project Management
Billed as “simple time and project tracking for small creative companies”, TimeFox is an elegant solution to the problem of time tracking and billing for small businesses. With TimeFox, you and
Click here to continue readingHow to Give Outstanding Business Presentations
If you give business presentations on a regular basis, you know that the venue and the equipment you’re using make a big difference. You can’t always have exactly the venue
Click here to continue readingMaid Brigade Saluting Veterans With Franchise Giveaway
With its military-sounding name, perhaps it’s no surprise that Maid Brigade has always been supportive of the nation’s armed forces. The residential-cleaning franchisor is a longtime member of VetFran, and
Social Media Works But…
Point One: Social Media Works
Frank Reed presents two examples in Twitter, Local Business and Results: Naked Pizza, where an exclusive-to-Twitter promotion brought in 15% of the day’s business, and Berry
Click here to continue readingFrank Reed presents two examples in Twitter, Local Business and Results: Naked Pizza, where an exclusive-to-Twitter promotion brought in 15% of the day’s business, and Berry
This Is a Fine Time to Start a Small Business
Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents to the Staples Canada national small business quarterly survey said their business had held steady in the past three months, up from 64% of respondents inMoney tips for freelancers
Freelancers are their own bosses. But they are business-owners, too, and that means dealing with taxes.
Tim, a 28-year-old New Yorker, began his post-college career working as a freelance Web designer. Soon
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