Small Business Blog
Aug 19, 2010 :: Thursday Bram
When you're posting information to your Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook accounts, anyone can see it. That includes your customers, of course, but it also includes your competition. Social media can provide incredible levels of competitive intelligence...
Aug 18, 2010 :: Thursday Bram
Affiliate marketing is a simple concept: you offer a percentage of the sales price to anyone who can help you close a sale. There are more than a few nuances to the situation, of course: especially with the advent of online tools, you can control...
Aug 17, 2010 :: Thursday Bram
Every business owner wants to be out in front of the pack, whether that means adopting a new process or picking up new gadgets. But early adoption can cause problems, especially in a smaller business that may not have the time or ability to test out...
Aug 16, 2010 :: Monika Jansen
Robb Deigh is President of RDC Communication, a strategic communication, marketing, and public relations firm located outside of Washington, DC. He worked...
Aug 12, 2010 :: Steven Fisher
In these days of social media marketing there are all sorts of tools that help you market but the most fundamental is your blog. It is funny that only six years ago all that everyone talked about was blogging. Now it has seemed to fade into the...
Small Business Success Index Wave 3
- Results Available Now
- 1 in 5 small businesses use social media
- 61% use social media to identify & attract new customers
- 57% have build a network using social media sites
GrowSmartBiz Podcast Series
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Here's our second podcast with John Backus. He is Founder and Managing Partner of
New Atlantic Ventures (www.navfund.com). He is a seasoned technology investor and entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience investing in and managing rapidly growing, high-technology companies. Prior to founding New Atlantic Ventures in 1998, John was a founding investor and the President and Chief Executive Officer of InteliData Technologies, a Fast 50 growth company in both 1997 & 1998.
Homepreneurs
A Vital Economic Force!
- Home businesses employ over13 million people.
- Nearly 6.6 million home businesses generate at least 50% of the owner's household income
- 35% of home businesses generate $125,000+ in revenue; 8% more than $500,000.
- Find out more from latest SBSI Research brief
Small Business Success Index
| Index Score* | Grade | ||
| SBSI INDEX | 75 | C |  |
| Capital Access | 67 | D+ |  |
| Marketing & Innovation | 70 | C- |  |
| Workforce | 79 | C+ |  |
| Customer Service | 91 | A- |  |
| Computer Technology | 74 | C | |
| Compliance | 90 | A- | |
| *Index score is calculated on a 1-100 scale. | |||
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