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Small business tips: Turning your business dream into reality

By Neil Purssey. October, 11, 2013. A great idea is the first step to success, but getting your product or service to market requires more than just blue sky thinking. Click here for full story. Read More

5 Top States for Business- Tax Climate

by Gabrielle Karol / October 10, 2013 / When it comes to running a business, low and easy-to-understand taxes are always a plus. Here are the top five states for businesses when it comes to taxes, according to Tax Foundation’s 2014 State Business Tax Climate Index, which grades states based on their individual income tax, corporate tax, sales tax, unemployment insurance tax and property tax policies and rates. Click here for story.... Read More

Alternative Ways to Build Credit

By Dedrick Muhammad. October 8, 2013 More young people are staying away from credit cards these days, according to a new analysis from FICO, creator of the FICO credit score. Last year, 16 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds had no credit cards at all. That's up from 9 percent in 2005. Young people are also cutting down their credit card debt to $2,087 as of October 2012, down from $3,073 five years ago. This shift is due to many factors, including the Credit Card Ac... Read More

5 Online Marketing Strategies for small businesses that work

By Alex Chris. October 2, 2013. Online marketing strategies are no different than traditional marketing strategies when it comes to goals and purpose. Both types aim to increase brand awareness and find more customers for the particular company. Online marketing or digital marketing as it is more widely known, has a number of components that cover every aspect of online promotion from content creation to delivery and sales. These components can be combined together and fo... Read More