26 August 2009 0 Comments

Essential Small Business Web Tools for the Novice

In order to be successful these days, many small business owners are recognizing the importance of not only establishing a web presence, but actively using the Internet as a marketing tool and business platform. This can be a bit challenging, however, for those business owners who are not so tech-savvy and cannot afford to hire [...]

20 August 2009 0 Comments

A Look at How Retailers Can Weather the Recession

According to recent research, retail sales have fallen over the last month even as the back-to-school shopping season gets into high gear, and industry forecasters claim that this does not bode well for the upcoming holiday season either.
 

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So the looming question for retailers big and small continues to be how to maintain or even [...]

19 July 2009 1 Comment

A Look at How Some Restaurants are Weathering the Recession

A few weeks ago, I posted this article offering a few tips on how small business owners can grow their businesses during the recession. As I noted in the post, even in this dismal economy some businesses are thriving.
But for the majority of smaller businesses the focus has become just trying to hunker down and [...]