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Small Business Mavericks Do Smart Public Relations
For small business marketers, public relations can drive media attention, attract customers, and multiply sales. Caroline Melberg tells how in this E-Book.

Winslow Research Institute Tools Now Available to Small Business Owners!
After years of working with a few select clients like Major League Baseball, Oracle Corp, Franklin Covey and Rich Dad Coaching, Winslow Research Institute Personal Assessment and Personell Development Tools are now available to Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses. Using an Advanced Personnell Development and Assessment tool, Winslow Research Institute(WRI) can quickly analyze the proper use of your current Human Capital. Based on the assessment WRI will make recommendations on position assignments that will enhance the company's bottom line.

Small Business Essentials: Start Here
Thinking of starting a business on line? If so there are two things you absolutely must commit to before ever opening shop on the web. Any one who refuses to realistically consider these two factors should not be in business.

Building Marketing Momentum For Your Small Business
The success of your business depends on your ability to build marketing momentum. Without the ability to generate new sources of leads your capacity to sell will slump and the growth of your business will stagnate or shrink.

New Service Answers Questions for Small Business Owners
Small Business Guru announces the launch of its new service, "Ask A Guru." Small Business Owners will be able call a free help-line to get coaching, inspiration and practical advice for managing their business.

Small Business Customer Feedback Drives Dell Vostro Laptop Redesign: -- Major step in expanding entire laptop portfolio by 50 percent in
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today announced its redesigned Vostro(TM) laptop line for small businesses, including the new 13.3-inch Vostro 1310 starting at $749 and 15.4-inch Vostro 1510 starting at $599. Products are available today in Europe, Middle East and Africa, followed by North and South America May 1, and Asia Pacific and Japan May 5. The company will also offer a redesigned 17-inch Vostro 1710 laptop in mid May. For more information, visit dell.com/newvostro and Dell's new small-business blog direct2dell.com/smallbusiness to join the conversation.

Guerrilla Marketing In Tough Times Shows Small Business Owners Recession-Proof Strategies
Beginning Tuesday, April 8, Jay Conrad Levinson, the Father of Guerrilla Marketing, and Mitch Meyerson, the Founder of Guerrilla Marketing Coaching, will host an intensive eight-week crash course for small business owners facing tough economic times. Guerrilla Marketing in Tough Times (http://www.easywebautomation.com/app/?af=751289) features eight one-hour, interactive teleclasses with Levinson and Meyerson and eight one-hour, interactive coaching sessions with Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coaches.

How To Write A Press Release For Your Small Business
How often do you take advantage of Press Releases as a PR Marketing Strategy? Many small business owners overlook the power of the press release. When you write a great release announcing a new service , products or a new direction and if positioned properly, chances are good that a reporter will pick it up and run a story on you.

Blogging For SEO: How To Get Maximum Search Benefit From Your Small Business Blog
If you have a small business blog, or are thinking of starting one, you should be aware of the ways you can use your blog to drive traffic to your Website. It's simpler than you think.

Microsoft Announces First Small Business Specialist in North Alabama
New designation distinguishes Jamison Technology as an expert in small-business solutions and services.

Netwell Noise Control Wins Small Business Standard of Excellence Web Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Website Development' at Web Marketing Ass
Netwell Noise Control is pleased to announce that the Web Marketing Association has presented the Small Business Standard of Excellence Web Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Website Development" to Netwell Noise Control for it's website www.esoundproof.com

Public Relations: Antidote for Small Business Failure
When small businesses fail, the wreckage is often assigned to undercapitalization, among other mistakes. Seldom is failure attributed to a lack of effective communications that might have modified the behavior of sales prospects in a positive way, thus averting bankruptcy.

Small Business Operators - 7 Reasons You Should Change Your Accountant
A recent survey showed that only 28.7% of small business owners were happy with their accountant, and only half of those would recommend him to their friends because he was too busy already.

Small Business: 10 Key Attributes Your Sales Staff Must Have
One of the most important assets that any small business can have is effective sales people. Without them, you simply do not have a business that will work or more importantly make sales. Over the last ten years of operating a number of small businesses I have found 10 key attributes all sales staff must have to be successful.

Small Business Grant Goes to Hurricane Katrina Victim
Idea Cafe.com®, a top-rated web resource for small business, selected New Orleans entrepreneur Percy Marchand to receive its Pilot Grant. The $1000 award will be used to help Marchand Inks rebuild clientele after the shop was wiped out in the flooding aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.