Search Engine Watch: “Free” is a word that perks up ears and piques interest. In marketing, sometimes “free” is too good to be true, but in some instances, free is good. How can you market your Web site on a limited budget? It can be done. Here are 30 things you can do to get... More

Christine Comaford-Lynch is a Small Business Financing Columnist for BusinessWeek.com. She is also CEO of Mighty Ventures, a business accelerator with offices in Napa Valley and Silicon Valley (Calif.). As an entrepreneur, she has built and sold five of her own businesses and served as a board director... More

Yahoo News: A year ago, Jeff Shea began buying up rental properties around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he had only recently graduated with a business major. Shea, 23, who lives in Chicago, owns three rental homes near campus, including a four-bedroom house he bought for... More

It used to be that airlines, hotels, and rent car companies did double back over flips to cater to large companies with big budgets. But many larger compaines are starting to tigtening thier purse strings in their travel budgets. So, great travel packages are opening up to smaller companies. If you... More

NetBanker: Talk about turning the tables. Now individuals are lending to businesses. Has the credit crunch gotten to that level? Small business lending, or the lack thereof, was highlighted in today’s Wall Street Journal in a column by Jane Kim that ran on the front page of the Personal Journal... More

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Here’s a small business stereotype: a wild-eyed company owner, frantically filing for an extension of the income tax filing deadline. Sure, there are many owners panicking as April 15 approaches, but there’s another, calmer group out there – owners who routinely... More

From the beginning of the sub-prime loan controversy, we have intentionally not said much about it on this site. The reason is we think it is important to deal with very practical information which directly impacts small businesses and small business owners. But, it is a mistake to think the housing... More

Power Home Biz: Obtaining funding to start your business can be a difficult process, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances. Here are some tips: * If you are seeking only a few hundred or a few thousand dollars, you should first look to friends and family and then to the banks.... More

James Stephenson, the “moneymaking maverick,” is an expert at helping others choose and run their dream businesses. He invests fifteen years of small business, marketing and sales experience into his books. He has started and operated numerous successful home-based businesses. He operates... More

Virtual Entrepreneur: Like most small business owners, I have my eyes on the prize with expectations based on the potential of future expansion. While my current small home business is still in the early growth stages and has not developed to the size where I needed to incorporate, I decided early on... More

For some, zero growth in their business is a nightmare they avoid at all costs. Most business people understand that businesses which are not growing will not survive long in today’s business environment. Competition in almost every field is far too stiff to sit back in neutral and let the world... More

Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur: “If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.” Winston Churchill Strategic partnerships have been an integral part of all the business ventures I have been, and am part of. They can be made with suppliers, customers or distribution... More

Trading Markets: The U.S. Small Business Administration his week launched its latest free online course, Business Opportunities: A Guide to Winning Federal Contracts. The instructional, self-paced guide is easy to follow and available on SBA’s Website at http://www.sba.gov/training. From the SBA’s... More

Many who read this article are running businesses which are sole proprietorships. Many started out that way, but have grown to the point of needing to bring a partner on board. Others begin their business in some form of partnership arrangement. There are many advantages to partnerships over sole proprietorships.... More