Small businesses need more than funding to flourish. They need resources, training and inspiration too. Wells Fargo plans to deliver all of these things to small businesses in communities across the U.S. with its Wells Fargo Works for Small Business initiative. There’s also an opportunity for small businesses like yours to tell your story. Here ... The post Wells Fargo Works Initiative Introduces...
It’s important for every company owner to be able to spot an ad scam and 1) avoid falling for it or 2) avoid allowing it on their site. Unfortunately, it can sometimes be tough to pick out ad scams and stay safe. Ad scams change all the time, so staying educated is going to be ... The post Receive Alerts, Spot and Report Online Ad Scams With TrustInAds.org appeared first on Small Business Trends ....
Our names could fill a proverbial phone book. Jane, Bob, Mary, Steve. Your typical mid-level stressed-out knowledge worker with management to please, peers to appease, projects to complete. From New York, Boise, Frankfurt, Philadelphia. Finding ourselves in yet another day of trying to answer oceanic swells of emails and instant messages, paddling through back-to-back meetings with nary time to pee...
The modern office is a perplexing playground, its culture an intricate web of social ties, etiquette and shaky morals. Over the years, I have worked in small offices where gossip traveled fast and colleagues shared close quarters and even closer relationships. Luckily, following a few simple rules has helped me create boundaries and avoid unnecessary work drama whatever my position in the office. Look...
It's that time of year again--everyone is talking about spring cleaning. It is one of my absolute favorite topics of discussion. It's usually a topic reserved for our personal living spaces, but our business spaces can also benefit from a little spring sprucing. After all, a clean and organized work space not only improves office efficiency, but reduces stress and builds the confidence of every single...
Dear Readers, Every week I attempt to answer your questions so that you can make the smartest financial decisions for yourself and your family. This week, though, I'd like to depart from the usual format to speak to you more broadly about -- and to enlist your help in -- the drive towards financial literacy. And here's why. As a society, most of us -- and not just the young -- are suffering from a...
It's no secret that consumers are changing the way they discover and interact with local businesses. People have shifted away from traditional media and now increasingly rely on digital resources, such as mobile search, online directories, review sites, email and social media. For local business owners who operate on tight budgets and typically without access to marketing expertise, online marketing...
Here's one way to get around the gender inequality barrier in business: Go around it, and start your own company. You won't be alone: A recent study shows that women are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men. Between 1997-2014, the number of women-owned businesses rose by 68 percent, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau figures that was commissioned by American Express. Each and...
Derek Walter and Steve Jenkins used to have fairly ordinary lives before a 530-pound pig named Esther moved into their house. Walter is a real estate agent and bagpipe player; Jenkins is a professional magician. They're in the suburbs about 45 minutes outside Toronto, living in a 1,000-square foot house with a modest yard; it's perfect for keeping their two cats and two rescue dogs. Until two years...
On July 11, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 15,460, I predicted that the Dow would hit 5,000 before it hit 20,000. On May 13, the Dow closed at an all-time high of 16,715, and the index has risen by 5.9 percent since I made my gloomy prediction. Beyond the stock market rally, there is good economic news. For example, the U.S. unemployment rate has declined from 10 percent in 2009 to...
By Morgan Housel Benjamin Roth wasn't a professional writer or investor. But he wrote one of the most instructive investment books ever published. Roth, an Ohio lawyer, kept a diary during the Great Depression, writing several times per week from 1931 through the early 1940s. His son published it in 2010. The entries are rarely more than three sentences, but vividly describe life during America's...
Throughout the country, state and local regulations require Americans to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars and countless hours on training to get licensed in their professional field of choice. Sometimes, these rules may make sense. We entrust doctors to advise us on the correct procedures and medicine, expertise that takes years of training and costs a lot of money. We can argue whether medical...
You’re probably sick of hearing about the cloud in business. So this news might surprise you. Intuit reveals that, while the cloud version of QuickBooks, its popular small business accounting software, continues to grow, its desktop version is still growing too. In a third-quarter earnings report, Intuit announced an increase in subscribers to QuickBooks Online ... The post Intuit QuickBooks...
If you are a B2B consultant, you know that a well designed, fully functional website is key to impressing clients. And nothing operates a website better than WordPress and its array of plugins for every possible use. But with so many to choose from, which B2B plugins for WordPress are the cream that rise to the ... The post 15 Clever WordPress Plugins For B2B Consultants appeared first on Small Business...
There are many ways a business can react to a bad online review. But trying to collect money from the customers complaining probably isn’t a good idea. A federal judge recently ruled a Utah couple can’t be billed for a negative review that supposedly violated an eCommerce sites terms of service. The site, called KlearGear, ... The post Judge Rules Company Can’t Collect Against Couple...
Taking pictures while on vacation is easy enough, but sharing those pictures afterward can be a huge hassle that involves uploading hundreds of images to your computer, sorting out the best shots and choosing a photo album site to host your favorite pics. To make sharing your cherished memories easier (and to attract more users), ... The post New Google Stories Converts Photos Into Animated Timelines...
You may be happy to know that the majority of people think it’s important to frequent and buy from small businesses. An annual survey conducted by The UPS Store found that 94 percent of Americans believe shopping at small businesses is important. And 90 percent of the people responding to The UPS Store survey believe ... The post 94 Percent of People Think Buying From Small Businesses is Important...
U.S. businesses are gunning for a slice of India's market after pro-business Narendra Modi was elected as its new leader....
Starting a business can be a scary thing. You give up the stability (albeit perceived) of a steady income with benefits. You put your career on hold. You sacrifice significant time and energy for the first several years just to get up to your former corporate salary. You enter a risky area where most people fail within five years. So the real question should be, "Is it worth it?" I am here to say yes!...
One of the things I enjoy most about speaking at events around the world is meeting with business leaders in different countries. As much as the leaders in each location believe they face unique circumstances, it's fascinating that they tend to face the same issues in Manchester, England as they do in Manhattan, New York, or Manhattan Beach, California. I spoke to a group of business leaders recently...