Exciting news!  Yesterday, September 29, Microsoft announced the availability of the new Microsoft Security Essentials.  If you haven’t heard already, Microsoft Security Essentials is “real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software“.  OK, nothing new right?  We can get the same thing from McAfee or Norton right?  Not [...]

According to the results of a recent Chase Card Services survey, 49% of small businesses plan to continue hiring as usual. The survey statistics come as a result of asking “CEOs and senior executives on the prominent Inc. 500/5000 list of fastest growing U.S. companies about their outlook on the economy, employment, general growth, and [...]

It is easy to get lost on the Internet. Viewers are easily distracted as they hop from site to site, often forgetting where they’ve been. This can make for fun and interesting web surfing, but it isn’t necessarily good for your business. You want a lot of people to see your content, and pass it [...]

When you think of the flu, you usually think of cold, winter weather.  However, here in Western Pennsylvania more than 300 cases of the swine flu have been confirmed so far this year.  As well as recent reports of a 27 year old man passing away from complications from the swine flu.  Scary statistics as [...]

Wordstream.com has announced the availability of their new keyword research tool.  Keyword tools comes in handy for any online publisher looking to drive traffic to their site.  Using keywords within your online content is how you’ll be found when readers look for info via search engines.  Ultimately, it’s worthwhile to spend a few minutes researching [...]

Many small businesses don’t have the time or resources to adequately monitor their own financial status, no less the ability to screen the finances of their partners, vendors, suppliers or customers. However, if SMB CEOs take away one thing from the current recession – it should be a clear understanding of how important it is [...]

Monday, September 14th, The UPS Store announced an exciting new feature.  Gone are the days when you have to travel to The UPS Store, order copies, then return later to pick them up.  From now on, their store locations will offer online printing services. To access the program, the user simply logs onto theupsstore.com/print, uploads [...]

Small Business Trends was pleased to announce an exciting new webinar series the other day.  Along with Anita Campbell and Brent Leary, Blackberry will sponsor several webinars over the next few weeks. The series – called Small Business Wednesday Webinars – will feature small business professionals and experts sharing best practices, tips, resources and expertise [...]

Twitter has not only received quite a bit of press in the past year, but it has also become an important tool for many trying to market their business, product or personal brand. Of course, people and businesses alike are doing this with a varying degree of success and some have a much better handle [...]

The U.S. economy’s worst recession in the post-war era has begun to turn for the better. Yet, despite the fact that the doom and gloom of the past 20-plus months may be behind us, entrepreneurs seeking to buy businesses still find it difficult to get banks to finance their purchases. Fortunately, there are a multitude [...]