By John Driscoll Failure To Launch is not a great movie, but a great way to explain what happens to businesses that set out to develop a new website, app, or web tool and then never see it make it off the ground. If this has happened to you, you’ve probably wondered why it seems [...]
Every year around April, tens of thousands of people fly across the globe to Guangzhou, China for the Canton Fair, one of the largest trade shows in the world. It’s big, overwhelming, and can come with an expensive price tag. The good news is that in the age of e-commerce, you can find the suppliers [...]
According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), companies with less than 100 employees lose approximately $155,000 as a result of fraud each year. Small businesses also have a higher fraud rate than larger companies and non-business owners. One of the most frequent sources of fraud is credit card abuse – largely due to [...]
Responsive Web Design = Customer Happiness and Customer Satisfaction By Robert Patrick Gone are the days where you just had to build a website to work in multiple browsers. Now, you also need to support a wide variety of screen sizes, from smart phones to televisions and tablets. Enter Responsive HTML — one of the [...]
For those wondering if small business owners are actually using mobile technology for their business, the answer is a definitive “yes,” according to new survey data from Constant Contact®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT). Of those surveyed in March 2013, 66 percent report currently using a mobile device, including smart phones and tablets, or a solution, like [...]
A report by James Rivera It’s been seven months since Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast and signs of recovery are emerging. Businesses are reopening, homeowners are rebuilding and communities are rebounding. I’m proud to say that the SBA, together with our federal partners, stepped-up to provide assistance to those affected by Sandy. SBA has [...]
By: Rick Rodgers, CFP The stock market’s drop in April, after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed in March at its first new high since the Great Panic of 2008, has prompted a lot of conflicting predictions from analysts. Some say it marks the end of an impressive bull market, while others say it’s just [...]
By Robert Patrick The question I’m getting asked more and more is, “should we build a mobile app or a mobile website, and what the heck is the difference?” We all know the mobile era is here, and more consumers are turning to their mobile devices to research and locate products and stores, but how [...]
By Jane Navarria, Citibank, National Sales Director for Small Business Banking With the changing political and economic world, innovation in technology, and the growth of consumerism overseas, small business owners need to consider their own overseas expansion to stay competitive. Many small businesses already know that the world is their marketplace. According to the Office [...]
While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law more than three years ago, only a third of small businesses polled (34 percent) understand the full impact the PPACA has on them, both financially and in terms of reporting, according to a survey recently released by ParenteBeard, a top 25 U.S. [...]
By John Koeberer You can manifest the perfect life. By using the Consciousness Accelerators like Love, Compassion, Kindness, Forgiveness, and Service, you can obtain a higher level of human consciousness. This higher level of consciousness raises your personal vibrational rate and creates harmony between you and the infinite power of the Universe. It deeply and [...]
By Robert Patrick A few decades ago, technology as a general interest was once limited to the “nerds” in “IT.” Today, entrepreneurs and business professionals of all levels are unleashing their inner nerd and keeping pace. The evolution of consumer technology has created a social sub-culture where people define themselves by their choice of technological [...]
