Are you looking for ways to minimize increases in long-term staffing commitments, yet want to position yourself for growth once the economy recovers?
Outsourcing is a great way to create flexibility while meeting current demands in the organization, particularly in small and mid-sized businesses. (Throughout the remainder of the article I’ll refer to small and mid-sized organizations as SMBs).
In trying to solve current issues, companies may create new issues by turning over their IT department to an outsourcer without oversight, or negotiating outsourcing agreements solely to cut costs. Costs escalate because normal updates or company growth wasn’t included in the contract.…
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By now you’ve probably started trying your hand at Twitter. Everyone’s trying it, so why not you? If your business is new to Twitter, you’re probably working on gathering followers. One great way to make sure your customers can follow you is by adding a Twitter “follow me” icon onto your blog or website.
The 2009 business world is competitive, and consumer expectations are high. As costs rise and marketing budgets shrink, small businesses are looking for ways to improve their ROI with every dollar spent.
Twitter is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds lately. It seems like everyone is talking about Twitter. The neat thing is that everyone seems to use Twitter in their own unique way. Hundreds of Twitter applications can be found on numerous sites that offer cool tools to help you manage the way you use Twitter. If you use Twitter for marketing your small business, I sorted thru tons of apps to bring you the most helpful. Feel free to suggest other Twitter apps, for business owners, below in the comments.
As small business owners, we want to be the best leaders possible. If you’re new to business management, you may not know how to go about just that. I’ve found 10 very useful articles that may give you some new insight into managing your small business better. Each article has something different to offer readers so be sure to see them all. Enjoy!
It used to be that even upstart businesses with no credit history could secure $50,000 lines of credit with no documentation. Bank of America began such a program in 2006. And since then, other banks followed suit offering $50,000 and $100,000 loans to new and un-proven businesses. In a press release at the time, Bank of America stated that even “a small business owner in business for only one day could qualify” for its $100,000 line of credit program.
