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Cell Phone For Business – Ting Review

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on my Forbes blog, What Phone Should I Get? because I hear the question often enough. But, frankly, I am tired of the major carriers and the many convoluted plans. I’m a small business owner and I want a simple, easy-to-understand cell phone plan. I want one [...]

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Post A Tweet Directly From Google Chrome

Save time tweeting. This tutorial post outlines, in six very short steps (about 5 minutes) how you can set up a simple hack to post a tweet directly from the Google Chrome address bar without going into the full Twitter dashboard and community. I love this hack. It saves me time, tons of time, and [...]

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Apple Small Business and Mobile Loyalty Marketing

In a post from Constant Contact, the email marketing pros, they share about how the Apple Passbook presents a n opportunity for small business. It cites CardStar, a loyalty card network and program.

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Rising U.S. Exports—Plus Reshoring—Could Help Create up to 5 Million Jobs by 2020

Read my Forbes post about how this benefits makers, inventors, and small urban manufacturing companies here. U.S.-Based Manufacturers Stand to Capture 2 to 7 Percent of Western European and Japanese Exports Due to Lower Labor and Energy Costs, BCG Research Finds ‘The U.S. Is Becoming One of the Lowest-Cost Producers of the Developed World’ CHICAGO, [...]

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How Do I Get More Customers?

Earning a sale is the most important thing we can do as small business owners. I get this question from my customers, small business owners, every single week. How can I get more customers? How do I find more customers? There are no pat answers here. None that are believable, anyway. It is through smart [...]

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Thimble By Mozilla Offers Easy Small Business Websites

Thimble from Mozilla is a new website creation tool. It sits in a suite of easy-to-use tools, called Webmaker,  that Mozilla is promising will help build a new generation of webmakers. Popcorn and Hackasaurus are two of the others — the former for video creation and the latter a mashup-type tool where you can change [...]

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Make a Decision, Grow a Business Quotes

UPDATE: Secrets to Success from Small Business Owners is now live on American Express OPEN Forum. I believe there is lots more advice and gut checks that fellow owners can share that can help each of us, in some way, on our entrepreneurial journey. Please feel free to click through to the forum and answer [...]

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