As a small business owner, the last thing you can afford to do is waste time. It’s important to remember that the key to effective time management lies with making the most of the time that you have. Everyone has the same 24 hours in every single day. People who seem to accomplish more than [...]

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Looking for creative and affordable ways to promote your small business? No matter how small or large your marketing budget might be, reading The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guerrilla Marketing by Susan Drake and Colleen Wells is something that you need to do if you are an entrepreneur. The concept of guerrilla marketing is all [...]

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Do you own a small business? Do you have one or more business partners? Have you stopped to think about exactly what would happen to the business if one of your partners was no longer living? While no one wants to think that anything will ever happen to them or their business partners or loved [...]

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More and more small business are coming to realize the benefits of starting blogs. Getting involved in the blogosphere can be an excellent — and inexpensive — way to market your small business online. If you already have a website, building and maintaining a blog can be a powerful way to drive traffic to your [...]

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Expert advice for American Small Business News Readers from Dr. J. Robert Beyster, founder of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and author of the book The SAIC Solution: How We Built an $8 Billion Employee-Owned Technology Company (John Wiley & Sons, 2007).
Question::
As my business grows, I am realizing that I have key clients all over the [...]

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As a small business owner, do you find yourself struggling with finding the time and opportunity to schedule all the face to face meetings that you need to have? This is particularly challenging for individuals who operate virtual businesses or whose employees and/or customers are in a variety of locations around the globe. In such [...]

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Wondering how you should approach the important issue of employee benefits? Art Brooks, Vice President of BeneTrac, shares his expert insight with American Small Business News readers on the subject of employee benefits for small businesses.
1. What are the benefits of offering a comprehensive employee benefits program for small business owners? 
In offering their employees a [...]

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While most people realize that having strong communication skills is a necessity in the business world, many people don’t stop and think about the fact that having strong listening skills is just as important as being able to speak effectively. Listening, as a matter of fact, is an important part of the communication process. If [...]

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Would you be able to do your work more effectively if your computer skills were more current and up-to-date than they are at the moment? Do you find yourself spending extra time doing tasks that you know shouldn’t take so long to perform? Maybe you wish you knew more about how to use your computer? [...]

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Expert advice for American Small Business News Readers from Dr. J. Robert Beyster, founder of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and author of the book The SAIC Solution: How We Built an $8 Billion Employee-Owned Technology Company (John Wiley & Sons, 2007).
Question:
I have long heard that creating long-range plans is an essential ingredient for the success [...]

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