BizOp Blogs

Many small business owners face the dilemma of adding employees to their payroll versus contracting the job with an outside source. It is an important decision, and one which should be made only after weighing all of the factors on both sides. Darrell Zahorsky wrote a good article posing the pros and... More

Shologoo: A decade ago, it was unimaginable for Americans to live in ease while working at home. However, trends have revolutionized primarily with the integration of computers and internet in our lifestyles. The good combination of these two has paved way for the growth of new business trends. You... More

New research finds economic gains whenever new businesses replace older ones. INC.com: While the current business climate has more owners worried about staying afloat, new research finds economic benefits when new businesses replace older ones. According to the Kauffman Foundation, so-called business... More

Work.com: Until recently, iPhone’s suitability for businesses was a raging debate. But by now the verdict is near unanimous – it is too beautiful, user friendly and powerful a device to be merely the end consumers’ baby. Apple, iPhone’s creators, too has woken up to this fact, and the... More

BNET: If you’re outsourcing to Chinese manufacturers for the first time, you’re bound to make a few gaffes when dealing with a business culture so different from your own. Here are some rules of the road: 1. Never criticize the government In the United States, taking verbal shots at the government... More

BusinessWeek: Talk to entrepreneurs about their marketing and communications efforts, and they’ll often use the words “branding,” “marketing,” and “advertising” interchangeably. That reflects the pervasive confusion about the terms, says Gail Guge, managing... More

Blogtrepreneur: When it comes to blogging for money you’ll get a wide range of opinions on the subject of whether a blog is a business in itself. Personally, I feel that a blog can be a business on its own (without any other services or products being sold) because I see plenty of them every day that... More

EastOregonian.info: A recent trade show in Houston filled the Astrodome, Reliant Center, adjacent halls, and exhibit tents in the surrounding parking lots. There were 2,400 exhibitors and over 50,000 visitors. Ironically, that was a “medium size” show by industry standards. Every year, tens... More

Boston Herald: Vinod Bagdwal, who started bagging ice by hand in a garage in Pennsylvania three years ago, recently started selling bagged ice to Stop & Shop Supermarkets because he showed up at a trade show looking for customers. In an age where the Internet has made it easier to reach vast numbers... More

Voice of América: Young people in Kurdistan are embracing new opportunities to develop and expand their own businesses. Suzanne Presto speaks to one young woman who balances a family, two beauty salons and entrepreneurial classes – while planning to expand her beauty business in the northern... More

Small Biz Trends: For most small businesses, the obvious choice for a domain name for your website is your business name with a .com attached to the end of it. But one simple search on any of the domain name registrar websites will tell you that is not as easy of a task as it sounds. For a variety of... More

Internet Based Moms: Are you ready to grow your business and don’t know where to look for ideas or time? One of the ways to grow a business, and share the work growing it, is to find a Joint Venture partnership. Joint venture partnerships can be anything from swapping advertising in email newsletters... More

CoolBusinessIdeas: The Man Registry, LLC, an online wedding resource provider for grooms based in Overland Park, KS, has launched the world’s first wedding registry and informational resource designed specifically for men. While most grooms have typically been left out of the wedding planning process,... More

Fortune Small Business: It’s slow progress at best, strolling through the Fez medina with David Kellar and Brian Smith. The heavily laden donkeys don’t help. Nor do the boys playing pickup soccer games, or the shopkeepers who spread their wares in the cobbled alleys of the medieval walled... More