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PowerHomeBiz: Green marketing is the new “in” thing. Celebrities like Cameron Diaz and Leonardo di Caprio prefer to drive hybrid cars. HGTV channel is giving away a “green” home. Ikea has done away with the free plastic bags. Crate and Barrel is marketing ecofriendly furnitures.... More

Andrew Grant: One of the greatest benefits that comes from technology is that the cost of communicating with your customers and prospects keeps getting lower and the number of opportunities to interact with them keeps increasing. E-mail and websites are an incredibly cheap resource and once you have... More

NFIB: Google is the most widely used search engine on the Internet. But a search engine is not only a valuable research tool for the conventional Web surfer, it is also a commodity for both the traditional and not-so-traditional small business owner. An increasing number of entrepreneurs are discovering... More

ZDNet: If you are like most small businesses, you are considering investing in a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone system for your business, but are unsure of the costs and reliability. You think you may experience some savings by reusing your existing company infrastructure, like network wiring,... More

Net Business Blog: When you type a certain term in Google, chances are the result will show a Wikipedia page somewhere at the top of the search results. Have you ever considered using this online encyclopedia as a tool to drive traffic to your website? If so, then you are among the large number of marketers... More

All of us “feel the need for speed” when we sit down to work on line in our business. Time is money, and we don’t want to waste either by sitting in front of a frozen computer screen. Lauren Simonds has written a great article for SmallBusinessComputing.com which sheds some light on... More

I am constantly on the look out for resources that can help our readers in their small business ventures. With today’s challenges, a truly small business needs all the advantages it can get. I have found a priceless resource for anyone trying to make a go of it in today’s market. It is called... More

7thSpace Interactive: A free trial starts today to provide small and medium sized businesses with access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities. From 1 May until 31 July 2008, the http://www.supply2.gov.uk website will allow new registrants to gain free access to public sector contracts... More

Nancy Lovell is a writer and principal of Lovell-Fairchild Communications, which specializes in marketing and public relations. She is also the subject of an excellent article on All Business.com about the importance of balancing work and life. Small business owners are people too. Since they are people,... More

The following information comes from an excellent article on FindLaw.com. Check it out! A limited liability company (LLC) combines the corporation’s protection from personal liability for business debts and the pass-through tax structure of a partnership or sole proprietorship. And, while setting... More

WebWire: Former youth pastor, Jeff Mills has made a small fortune on the internet and he says he owes it all to outsourcing. “For the past 3 years, I have been outsourcing all the sales of my home based business to a call center in Mesa, Arizona and doing so, allowed me to generate over $1.3... More

It is no surprise to find that Findlaw.com has posted a fantastic article on the subject of the basics of corporations. Usually when we hear the word “corporation,” we think of big, international, and publiclly traded companies like you would find on the Fortune 500 list. Unfortunately, that... More

Once again, the source of this excellent information on partnerships comes from FindLaw.com. Here is some of what it says– By definition, a partnership is a business with more than one owner that has not filed papers with the state to become a corporation or LLC (limited liability company). There... More

Sole Proprieorships constitute a huge percentage of small businesses . It’s where almost all small businesses begin, and many remain there for extended periods, and some times for the entire life of their business. So, it’s really important to know how to go about establishing and operating... More