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Will a Minimum Wage Hike Depress the Economy?
Next week (July 24), the federal minimum wage increases 70 cents to $7.25. The debate is on. Will it or won’t it hurt the economy?
For businesses in places like California–with
Click here to continue readingThe Magic Bullet of Marketing: The Marketing Plan
Successful marketing can be summed up in a sentence; market to the right people in the right place in the right way.
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You Can Only Invoice if You’re a Business
V.R. writes that he’s been asked to do a freelance project which would be a one-off for him and wonders if he can just use a personal invoice to bill the
Click here to continue readingIs Obama Anti-Entrepreneurial?
There seems to be a growing drumbeat among some small business owners against President Obama and his stance, perceived or otherwise, regarding entrepreneurship.
Rarely a week goes by that, during our
Click here to continue readingBeing Entrepreneurial Means Seeing Opportunities
When a man from a local heating and plumbing business came out to my house to do an estimate for putting in a heat pump, we got talking about beans.
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Just Do These 2 Things to Get More Clients
“How do I get more clients?” is one of the most common questions I get asked. It figures; getting new clients can be one of the biggest problems for consultants
Click here to continue readingTop 10 Mistakes When Starting a Business
So you want to start a business. You have an idea. Let’s say you want to be a home renovator. You print some brochures, some business cards, and take out
Click here to continue readingStudy: Social Networking Ads Work
An eye-tracking study of 25 people said to represent the average social-networking site users found that a majority of them approved of seeing advertisements and even engaged with ads while
