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An iPad In Every Store: Belly Wants Local Merchants And Their Customers To Ditch Those Paper Loyalty Cards

A new startup, backed by Lightbank, the same source that brought us Groupon, today launches its plan to revolutionize local store loyalty schemes. It's not about Starbucks' ubiquitousness and paper loyalty cards, it's about improving your friendly local stores.READ»

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Facebook Now Lets You Turn Your Profile Into a Business Page

With just a few clicks, "friends" become "fans." Will the business world "like" this development? READ»

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The Power of IP Communications – Up Close and Personal

Here’s What an IP-enabled SMB Looks LikeREAD»

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Small Booksellers Game Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon

Books: Nowhere is there a more poignant battle between small businesses and their corporate competition. While music, movies, and TV were long-ago digitized by the forces that be, books are the laggard medium, making for a fight that ...READ»

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Phone-Cloud Lets You Ditch Office Landlines

For many office workers, landlines are a redundant nuisance: one more voicemail account to check, one more thing to ring during a clandestine nap. But most office buildings wreak havoc on cell reception. New intra-office phone ...READ»

HashCeratops Makes Twitter's Search Relevant for Local Biz

Twitter is great for tracking trending topics, but not so hot for trending places. A new service attempts to change all that by creating standardized #hashtags for businesses, bars, and restaurants. HashCeratops, as the service is ...READ»

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Stop The Excuses!

Want to be happier? Start to remove all the excuses you use… and gain more time and energy too! READ»

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How to Position Yourself for Future Growth by Cutting Back Time Wasters

Expenses aren’t the only things you should be cutting back on to stay lean and mean in this economy.READ»

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Live Life Deliberately: Design A Vision!

People who live their visions always seem to have time to do the things they want to do – we often call them “go getters!” They’re focused, make decisions easily and smile often. And they’re flexible – they don’t get “stuck” in their vision and miss better opportunities. As Joseph Campbell said, “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”READ»

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Reach & Attract Pre-Qualified Prospects with Teleclasses

You are probably already using a variety of the tools in your marketing toolbox – a website with fresh content, regular emails campaigns, strategic media placements, quality networking. But have you considered the underutilized marketing goldmine of a teleseminar?READ»

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When You Want a Great Business, You Want The One Page Business Plan(r)

Businesses can do well without planning, many do. However, to become a high performing organization, to grow rapidly, a company really needs a planning and monitoring process. Got yours? I sure do have mine! READ»

Computer Repair Employment Ain't What It Used to Be

If you want steady computer repair employment, you need to understand that the game has changed in a big-time way.READ»

Starting a Consulting Business with Your Right Foot-in-the-Door

Are you starting a consulting business in the IT field and wondering what to charge for an initial consultation, or a more in-depth technology assessment/IT audit?READ»

Cabling Jobs for Small Businesses that Crave End-to-End Virtual IT

If you're trying to run your entire business just on revenue from cabling jobs and finding yourself scrambling to make ends meet, this is your wake-up call.READ»

How to Start a Computer Repair Shop

Many that are trying to learn how to start a computer repair shop wonder, “How can I do this when the economy has been so tough?”READ»

How to Become a Software Reseller

If you are working as a technology professional in the small business space and wondering how to become a software reseller, think carefully about how you are packaging your products and services.READ»

Sales IT Strategies for Turning Prospects into Long-Term Clients

Could you use some proven sales IT strategies that help you more easily and more rapidly turn your prospects into long-term clients on ongoing support agreements?READ»

How to Start a PC Repair Business

Many IT professionals trying to figure out how to start a PC repair business find themselves wondering, “How can I provide a service that will be valuable to my clients, without giving away the store for free?”READ»

IT Business Secrets for Getting Great Client Testimonials

As you are building an IT business, you need to find many different ways to attract great, steady, high-paying clients. One of the best ways to get more great clients is to enlist the help of your best clients.READ»

Computer Repair Business Opportunity That Gets You More Great Clients

Many that look for a computer repair business opportunity spend most of their time and energy thinking about the technology side and give relatively little thought to how they'll get paying customers and clients.READ»