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Texting for Your Small Business: Four Tips to Do It Like a Pro
Apr 27
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By Rieva Lesonsky—Ready to step up your customer communications with texting? Texting, or SMS (short message service) has emerged as a convenient, eff …
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Top 8 Tax Deductions for Small Businesses and Consultants
Apr 05
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By Steve Strauss—One of the great things about owning an independent small business is that you can deduct a lot of things that were not deductible wh …
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Small Business Tax Records: What You Need to Keep
Mar 31
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By Rieva Lesonsky—Taxes done? Ready for some spring cleaning of all that financial paperwork? So how long do you need to keep tax records for a small …
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3 Ways You Can Delight Customers and Fuel Referrals
Mar 24
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By James Monroe—What’s the cheapest, most effective way to get new customers for your small business? Buy advertising? Redo your website? Put your pho …
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The ABCs of LLCs: How to Structure Your Small Business for Success
Mar 01
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Q&A with CPA Kyle Pearson—The small business landscape is changing, with a growing number of entrepreneurs leaving the corporate world to start fr …
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Small Business Love: Rekindle the Love for Your Business This Valentine’s Day
Feb 10
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By Steve Strauss—As an entrepreneur, you have likely poured your heart and soul into your small business.However, over time, it is natural for that ex …
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Small Business Growing Pains: Communication Is Key For Keeping Customers Happy
Jan 27
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By James Monroe—What happens when your small business grows and you can’t handle every customer personally? As a small business owner, you are closer …
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Your Microbusiness Is No Ordinary “Small Business”
Jan 20
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By Steve Strauss—Like many of you, I bet, I grew up in a small business household. My dad and his partner started with a single, small carpet store in …
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Time Management for Small Business: Part 2
Jan 13
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By Rieva Lesonsky—How do small businesses like yours get it all done? One way is to regularly reflect on where you can save time. The small business t …
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5 Best Books for Small Business Owners in 2023: Recommended Reads
Dec 12
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By Rieva Lesonsky—Books, to me, like the iconic best-selling author Stephen King wrote, “are a uniquely portable magic.” For small business owners, th …
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Time Management for Small Business: 5 Ways to Get More Done
Dec 07
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By Rieva Lesonsky—Effective time management is especially important for small business owners, who generally feel they don’t have enough hours in the …
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Small Business Saturday and Beyond
Nov 22
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By Steve Strauss—Now that a chill is in the air and the leaves are falling, it is officially time to start thinking about the holidays. Indeed, for th …
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