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Events, Conferences and Webinars this Fall

Smallbiztechnology.com — Events, Conferences and Webinars this Fall Labor Day is almost here and summer's winding down, but there are lots of great upcoming events to help you learn, connect and jump into Fall. This list of events, conferences and webinars for growing small businesses and entrepreneurs is brought to you every other week by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. * * * * * Advanced Facebook for Business August 31, 2010, 8:00pm EDT, Webinar Delve deeper into the world of Facebook for busin

Stop Scratching The Surface of Twitter. Learn, Go Deep & Boost Profits

Smallbiztechnology.com — In fact, this information network brims with such abundant variety that it helps to have a guide. We've recently created a selection of tools to help you discover the accounts that are creating the information you want. ^

Facebook Marketing Tips From World’s Top Experts

bizSugar / Hot Topics — Facebook Marketing Tips From World’s Top Experts Great Facebook marketing tips direct from top social media pros for you to take your Facebook marketing to a new level. #6: "Turn Facebook Page into a Lead Generator" is especially useful16 Vote(s)

5 Ways to Make a Database For Your Customers

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing — 5 Ways to Make a Database For Your Customers 5 Ways to Make a Database For Your CustomersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing 5 Ways to Make a Database For Your CustomersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Standard marketing CRM type practice suggests that you should create and supplement a database of customers and prospects with the idea that you build more and more information to use to help build deeper relationships and create additional selling opportunities. ^

Small Business News: Small Business In The News

Small Business Trends — Small Business News: Small Business In The News Small business is very much in the news this week, as never in recent memory has there been so much expectation resting on small business owners and entrepreneurs to lead the way. ^

Getting Started: The Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma

NYT > Small Business — Getting Started: The Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma Fran Gunsaulis wants to secure a large contract for Oh Baby Foods, but how can she do that without proving she can fulfill it?

Finding Success Through Your Strengths

Freelance Folder — Finding Success Through Your Strengths It’s the ultimate goal and dream of every grade school child. ^

Sales Tip of the Day: LOVIN’ EVERY MINUTE OF IT

The Selling Sherpa — Sales Tip of the Day: LOVIN’ EVERY MINUTE OF IT Sometimes I hear from sales people who are experiencing frustration. For whatever reason, they find themselves selling a product, service or treatment they don’t really believe in or, worse, working for a firm that doesn’t understand the true spirit of customer service. Most of the time, my response is the same:  find something else to sell. Every day should be a joy at the opportunity to serve others and really make a positive difference

Linking Coworking and Innovation

Small Business Labs — Linking Coworking and Innovation "Accelerated serendipity" is a term you hear often in the coworking community. ^

King Kong’s Perch Goes Green for $20M as Earth Roasts: Review

BusinessWeek.com -- Innovation & Design — King Kong’s Perch Goes Green for $20M as Earth Roasts: Review The first stop on my tour of New York’s Empire State Building was not the observatory rising high atop the 102nd floor, but a window factory on the fifth.

Pricing a breakthrough product

BusinessBurned — Pricing a breakthrough product If you’re a horse rider then coming off your horse is something that’s going to happen to you occasionally: This rider survived – walked away, in fact – because he was wearing a special protective jacket. ^

Free Report: Price Stretching-When Low Prices Equal High Profits

Learn Small Business — Free Report: Price Stretching-When Low Prices Equal High Profits I got this report because I subscribe to one of Lee McIntyre’s lists. ^

Add-ons Roundup – OfficeDrop, Solve360, inDinero and itDuzzit

Fresh Thinking — Add-ons Roundup – OfficeDrop, Solve360, inDinero and itDuzzit While you were out enjoying the beautiful weather that summer brings, our friends were busy building some great add-ons to help you get more out of FreshBooks. ^

Intel Acquiring Infineon’s Wireless Unit for $1.4 billion

Mobile Marketing Watch — On Monday, it was announced that Intel is shelling out $1.4 billion to purchase the wireless division of Infineon, a major component supplier for laptop and mobile devices, the most famous of which is the iPhone. ^

Two Small Business Communities Collaborate for Sugartone Contest

bizSugar / Hot Topics — Two Small Business Communities Collaborate for Sugartone Contest Online small business is about bringing together community. ^

Fall Events, Conferences and Webinars for Small Biz

Small Business Trends — Fall Events, Conferences and Webinars for Small Biz Summer vacation time is winding down, but there are lots of great upcoming events to help you learn, connect and jump into Fall. This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. ^

“Nature, Which Makes Nothing Durable, Always Repeats Itself So That Nothing Which It Makes May Be Lost.”

The Happiness Project — “Nature, Which Makes Nothing Durable, Always Repeats Itself So That Nothing Which It Makes May Be Lost.” “Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.” --Oscar Wilde * Back at home! ^

The Sweet Sound of Online Sales: Review of KaChing

Small Business Trends — The Sweet Sound of Online Sales: Review of KaChing I’m a firm believer that everyone should have their own business or sideline business, as well as passive revenue.  Online businesses offer the opportunity for both. That’s why I was excited to receive a review copy of, “KaChing:  How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays,” by well-known entrepreneur and author, Joel Comm (Wiley, 2010). Since I already make a portion of my revenues from my online businesses, I consider myself at least in

An S.B.A. Loan Program Goes Quietly

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Introducing the Small Business Technology Tour: Free Tickets

Small Business Trends — And we have some special offers for you. This one-day event is coming to one of 5 cities near you: Mountain View, CA  (Sep 28) Salt Lake City (Oct 14) Atlanta (Oct 25) Washington DC (Nov 5) Boston (Nov You’ll network with your peers. ^

Who is going to train you to survive the zombie revolution?

GasPedal — ZombieFit puts an insane spin on standard fitness classes: What if you woke up tomorrow to find your city overridden with zombies, would you survive? ^

Two Special Words that Will Make Your Clients See You Differently

Freelance Folder — Two Special Words that Will Make Your Clients See You Differently What if there were two words that you could use that would help you get along better with current clients…

Does Facebook Need To Go Bye-Bye?

The Franchise King — I'm resentful of the fact that I have to constantly look for posts about Facebook's newest privacy intrusions. I'm resentful of the fact that at least once a month, I have to log on to my daughter's Facebook account, and pretend that I really am a web geek, and figure out what to include and not include on her privacy settings. I'm resentful that the selfish little executives at Facebook don't let any of us "opt in" to their new additions. ^

Don't forget about color

Seth's Blog — Don't forget about color The airport in Minneapolis is expensive and reasonably thoughtful in its design. But the signs are monochromatic. ^

HP SugarTone: Another Great Sweet Business Blogging Contest

bizSugar / Hot Topics — HP SugarTone: Another Great Sweet Business Blogging Contest Bloggertone and BizSugar have teamed up again to announce a second Sugartone "Sweet Business Blogging Contest" The last time, dozens of business articles were submitted for the contest and there were literally hundreds of votes and comments. ^

Make it part of a system

GasPedal — Make it part of a system This boom box also charges the batteries for DeWalt power tools. ^

Measuring The Customer Experience

Business 901 — (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology. ^

Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 4

YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog — Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 4 In the first few installments of this series, we discussed the reasons as to why you should start your own business.  Here, I touch on some big deterrents which you should not allow to persuade you to go out on your own.  Every true entrepreneur finds him or herself in one way or another.  You [...]

A little out of sync

Seth's Blog — A little out of sync All those devices in your bag make it easier than ever to stay in sync.You can reap what you sow in Farmville, keep up with your email, know what's going on on every important blog, be in the right room at the right time earning badges, etc. ^

Selling the Great Outdoors--Online

Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles — Selling the Great Outdoors--Online John Laramie and his cohorts at ADstruc are taking the multibillion-dollar industry of outdoor advertising where, inexplicably, it's never gone before: to the Web.

Small Business News: Entrepreneurial Innovation

Small Business Trends — Small Business News: Entrepreneurial Innovation A level of innovation rarely possible before is happening thanks to new tools and a rapidly changing business environment. ^

Mobile Content Providers Settle Lawsuit Over Wireless Bill Charges, Ordered To Pay $10M+

Mobile Marketing Watch — Mobile Content Providers Settle Lawsuit Over Wireless Bill Charges, Ordered To Pay $10M+ Numerous mobile content providers settled several class-action lawsuits today that stemmed from alleged unauthorized charges on users’ wireless bills. ^

CTIA And Public Knowledge Respond To GAO’s Report On The Wireless Industry

Mobile Marketing Watch — CTIA And Public Knowledge Respond To GAO’s Report On The Wireless Industry Yesterday, we covered an in-depth report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding consumer choice in the wireless industry. ^

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Zaha Hadid to Design New Iraqi Central Bank After June Attack

BusinessWeek.com -- Innovation & Design — Zaha Hadid to Design New Iraqi Central Bank After June Attack Architect Zaha Hadid has been appointed to design a new headquarters for the central bank in Baghdad, two months after an assault on the existing building left at least 15 people dead.

Define your Business by Value Stream not Product

Business 901 — Many organization have a tendency to provide the solution without really spending time identifying the specific market that their solution fits. ^

20 TED Talks for Small Business

Small Business Labs — 20 TED Talks for Small Business TEDis a small non-profit focused on fostering ideas and new information. ^

Car Talk–Or Rather, Chat–Increases Auto Sales

Mobile Marketing Watch — Car Talk–Or Rather, Chat–Increases Auto Sales Thanks to the new mobile chat function on Cars.com, which has now been made available to all dealers using the website, an Alabama auto dealership experienced increased ROI–proving mobile as an indispensable marketing tool in the workplace. ^

Four Money Mistakes I Made in College

All Business — Four Money Mistakes I Made in College Have you made any foolish financial decisions that haunt you today?

Marketing Your Small Business on the iPad

All Business — Marketing Your Small Business on the iPad Using apps for marketing offers entrepreneurs and small business owners the opportunity to be creative about their advertising at a fairly low cost.