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Good marketing or highway robbery? How far will gas stations go to try to benefit from the current high price of gasoline? One gas station on Long Island has lowered its price on regular gas to $3.59, but only for cash customers.. Look at the unbelievably large surcharge credit card customers have to pay.... Continue reading "Good marketing or highway robbery?" Posted by Janet Attard on April 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM | Comments (0)SBA Nationwide Impact Investment Fund Looking for funding to grow your business? If your business is a high-growth company in the clean tech or technology fields, you''ll want to look into SJF Ventures III, LP.SJF Ventures is the first nationally-focused Impact Investment Fund licensed by the SBA under Startup America Initiative. Continue reading "SBA Nationwide Impact Investment Fund" Posted by Janet Attard on March 8, 2012 at 11:44 AM | Comments (0)How To Buy A Franchise If you're thinking about buying a franchise, there's a new, really informative self-help manual availabe to help you make good choices as you move through the process. Continue reading "How To Buy A Franchise" Posted by Janet Attard on September 30, 2011 at 11:42 AM | Comments (0)Earn Interest On Business Checking Accounts Until today, banks weren't able to pay interest on commercial checking accounts (demand deposit accounts). But now, thanks to the repeal of Regulation Q, they can, and one bank already has a new interest-bearing checking account their offering businesses Continue reading "Earn Interest On Business Checking Accounts" Posted by Janet Attard on July 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM | Comments (0)Getting Paid Faster Getting customers to pay on time is a big challenge for many small business owners. Whether you sell services and bill after the service is performed, or you sell products and invoice your customers, delays in payments put a crimp in your budget and cash flow. If you're having problems collecting from your customers, check out a new article I've written for American Express Open called 10 Steps to Getting Paid on Time.... Continue reading "Getting Paid Faster" Posted by Janet Attard on June 24, 2011 at 11:48 AM | Comments (1)Book Review: Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business Think your business can't learn anything from non-profits? If you're facing the task of growing your business in spite of a minuscule budget, you might want to listen to what they're saying. You can, in the new book "Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business" by Nancy Lublin. Read a review here. Continue reading "Book Review: Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business" Posted by Terri Schlichenmeyer on January 11, 2011 at 7:50 PM | Comments (0)M & A Deal Terms Study Released How do the deal terms of your merger or acquistion stack up against other private-target deals? A new study from Shareholder Representative Services (SRS) provides useful benchmarks. Continue reading "M & A Deal Terms Study Released" Posted by Janet Attard on October 21, 2010 at 1:41 PM | Comments (0)Investing in Gold? Before you invest in gold, here's a website and newsletter you'll want to look at. Continue reading "Investing in Gold?" Posted by Janet Attard on September 16, 2010 at 2:09 PM | Comments (1)Ecommerce MakeOver Contest Looking for cash to improve your existing ecommerce website? Here's a contest you'll want to enter by June 15, 2010. Continue reading "Ecommerce MakeOver Contest" Posted by Janet Attard on May 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM | Comments (0)Bullet-Proofing Your Business in Today's Economy Businesses are facing difficult times right now, and the sad fact is that not all of them can survive. But there are some things you can do to position yourself to handle the difficult days that still lie ahead and increases the chances that your business will survive to see sunnier days. Continue reading "Bullet-Proofing Your Business in Today's Economy" Posted by Guest on March 8, 2010 at 12:52 PM | Comments (14)How To Reach $1 Million in Sales Need help growing your business? If you're a woman-owned business, the Make Mine A Million Dollar Business competition is one you'll want to know about. Deadline for entries is January 18th, 2010. Continue reading "How To Reach $1 Million in Sales" Posted by Janet Attard on December 22, 2009 at 11:30 AM | Comments (0)Where the economy is headed - one viewpoint Regrettably, real life is about to imitate art - in this case a good horror movie. You know, the one in which the homicidal relatives that the family has kept hidden and locked up in the basement are about to escape. For decades, our economy has prospered by ignoring common sense fundamentals just like Dorothy was told to ignore the "man behind the curtain." But we can't ignore what's behind the curtain or down in the basement anymore. Continue reading "Where the economy is headed - one viewpoint" Posted by Guest on September 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM | Comments (4)Receivables-Based Credit: An Alternative Financing Option Posted by Gayle KestenFrom increasing interest rates to the need for higher credit scores, many small business owners have felt the strangle known as the credit crunch. Continue reading "Receivables-Based Credit: An Alternative Financing Option" Posted by Gayle Kesten on July 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM | Comments (3)Interest Free Loans from the Government Do you have an existing, viable small business that's suffering financial hardships as a result of the recession? If you are based in the US and can show evidence of profitability or positive cash flow in one of the last two years, you could be eligible for an interest-free, no-fee loan of up to $35,000 through the America's Recovery Loan (ARC) program. The program goes into effect on June 15, 2009 and runs "as long as funding is available or until September 30, 2010, whichever comes first." Continue reading "Interest Free Loans from the Government" Posted by Janet Attard on June 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM | Comments (0)Credit Card Changes? Watch Out For These Pitfalls! Is your credit card expiring? Did your credit card company just close down all business accounts (like Advanta Small Business did recently)? If you have good credit, you're likely to be blasé about any change in your credit cards. The credit card company will renew your card, or if they've closed all accounts you'll just get another card. So, other than an annoyance, it's no big deal, right? Continue reading "Credit Card Changes? Watch Out For These Pitfalls!" Posted by Janet Attard on June 3, 2009 at 7:07 PM | Comments (1)Surviving the Downturn Looking for ideas to get through the recession? Or, have you found some clever ways to get ahead despite the recession? Office Depot has just launched a new program you'll want to know about. Called the Small Business Self-Bailout Plan, the program offers a variety of informational resources for small business. Office Depot has also launched a contest offering prizes worth $2000 to 500 of "the best and smartest" small businesses in the country". The contest runs from June 1 through July 31.... Continue reading "Surviving the Downturn" Posted by Janet Attard on June 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM | Comments (1)Stuck Between a Credit Card and a Hard Place posted by Gayle KestenCommon small-business wisdom holds that you should separate your personal credit-card expenses from your company credit-card expenses. But will that truly be in your best interest -- no pun intended -- when President Barack Obama signs into law today the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act? Continue reading "Stuck Between a Credit Card and a Hard Place" Posted by Gayle Kesten on May 28, 2009 at 9:07 AM | Comments (2)5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Will Emerge From The Recession Posted by Gayle Kesten Depressing economic predictions still lead the headlines, but not all of the news is bad. Here are five reasons entrepreneurs will survive the recession. Continue reading "5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Will Emerge From The Recession" Posted by Gayle Kesten on April 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM | Comments (3)Small Business Outlook Survey Results How are small businesses doing in the current economy? Are all businesses equally effected? What steps are they taking to make it through the recession? What do they wish the government would do to help make it through the year? These are some of the questions we sought to answer in our 2009 Small Business Outlook survey, which we ran in March. Continue reading "Small Business Outlook Survey Results" Posted by Janet Attard on April 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM | Comments (2)An Insider's View on Raising Capital Are you a woman entrepreneur looking for funds to start or grow your business? Find out about this seminar series designed to help women find and secure business capital. Continue reading "An Insider's View on Raising Capital" Posted by Janet Attard on March 27, 2009 at 9:20 AM | Comments (1)Recession Aside, You Still Need To Advertise Posted by Gayle Kesten Gimme an R… Gimme an E… Hey, have you heard? We're officially in a recession -- and have been for, oh, about a year now. I know it's nothing to cheer about, but maybe poke fun at the late-to-the-table declaration, as Fortune's Stanley Bing does so well -- why not? (He had me at "No, Duh.") Continue reading "Recession Aside, You Still Need To Advertise" Posted by Gayle Kesten on December 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM | Comments (2)Five Smart Ways To Save Money posted by Gayle KestenOne great benefit we may see from this economic slump is people learning to save again. Of course, people spending less means they might spend less in your business, so here, courtesy of last Friday's Today Show, are five creative ways you can save money. Continue reading "Five Smart Ways To Save Money" Posted by Gayle Kesten on October 6, 2008 at 2:34 PM | Comments (13)Rising energy costs hit small businesses hardest The US Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released a study today showing what most small businesses already know- that they're getting scorched by rising energy costs. According to the study, the small manufacturing and small commercial sectors top the list of burdened industries, on an energy cost per value of industry shipments and an energy cost per sales basis.... Continue reading "Rising energy costs hit small businesses hardest" Posted by Janet Attard on April 22, 2008 at 8:45 PM | Comments (1)Credit Card Fraud Risks Are you more at risk for credit card and identity theft online or offline? The answer may surprise you. Continue reading "Credit Card Fraud Risks" Posted by Janet Attard on November 26, 2007 at 2:05 PM | Comments (1)Intuit Offers Free QuickBooks Startup Software & a Chance to Win $50,000 Intuit offers Free Quickbooks software and a chance to win $50,000 in cash to start a business. Continue reading "Intuit Offers Free QuickBooks Startup Software & a Chance to Win $50,000" Posted by Janet Attard on October 15, 2007 at 4:51 PM | Comments (4)Fading Receipts Watch out for disappearing ink on product receipts Continue reading "Fading Receipts" Posted by Janet Attard on September 24, 2006 at 8:23 PM | Comments (29) |
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