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5 Small Business Trends You Need to Watch For

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Small businesses owners are in for quite a treat in 2015. There are some major trends that are going to benefit small businesses across the country. If you're a small business owner thinking about what you need to do to get ahead in 2015, here are the expected trends, so you...

Beyond the Lemonade Stand: 7 Kid Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets of Success

Beyond the Lemonade Stand: 7 Kid Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets of Success When talking about kids running businesses, most people think of lemonade stands, delivering newspapers, mowing neighborhood lawns or babysitting. While those are still very common for many, kids today are taking entrepreneurship to a whole new level by creating products and businesses that...

4 Organizations Helping to Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs

4 Organizations Helping to Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs Herbert Hoover said it best when he said, “Children are our most valuable resource”. They are, after all, our future thinkers, leaders and doers. And while they may come into the world with different advantages, disadvantages and challenges, what is most important is how they use the opportunities...

5 Apps Your Accountant is Begging You to Have for 2015

5 Apps Your Accountant is Begging You to Have for 2015 Running a small business can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Handling the tricky financial side of things is typically not. Income taxes and deductions, sales tax, sales receipts, inventory management, expenses and many other financial responsibilities can be overwhelming. And for those entrepreneurs...

5 Simple Steps to Teaching Children to Be Great Entrepreneurs

5 Simple Steps to Teaching Children to Be Great Entrepreneurs If you ask Matthew and Adam Toren, the authors of KIDPRENEURS: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas! and KIDPRENEURS: Parent / Teach Guide, when the best time to start teaching children about entrepreneurship is, they’ll tell you, “it’s never too early.” They understand that the skills...

Thriving During the Holidays: How 5 Entrepreneurs Embrace the Unique Seasonal Opportunity

Thriving During the Holidays: How 5 Entrepreneurs Embrace the Unique Seasonal Opportunity For many small businesses, particularly retailers, the holiday season can be a double-edged sword. Often unprepared to compete with the massive big box retailer sales, failing to ramp up staff and inventory sufficiently, or simply not considered the unique holiday sales message, many small businesses find only...

The Impact of Social Media on Your Business This Holiday Season

The Impact of Social Media on Your Business This Holiday Season With nearly one in four people actively using social media, your business is always only a click away from a consumer either giving you a rave review or tearing you up on social media. The impact this could have on your business, either positive...

5 Tips for Avoiding the Spam Folder: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor

5 Tips for Avoiding the Spam Folder: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor Any marketer can feel a bit like Katniss Everdeen of the Hunger Games during the holiday season – maneuvering from one promotional battle to the next trying to keep emails alive and out of spam folders. It’s an email marketing game and...

Holiday Marketing Trends and Predictions for 2014

Holiday Marketing Trends and Predictions for 2014 Each holiday season the race is on to try to figure out the most direct, and most affordable, way to reach consumers. With marketing techniques and strategies changing so quickly in our ever connected digital world, it’s hard to keep up with what’s new and effective. To help,...

From Service to Startup: Veterans Making Their Way as Small Business Entrepreneurs

From Service to Startup: Veterans Making Their Way as Small Business Entrepreneurs Veterans of our military are one of this nation’s greatest resources. Given much greater responsibility than their civilian counter parts much earlier in their military careers and taught leadership in high-stress and high-stakes situations from the get go, veterans typically exhibit greater maturity...