SBA Lending Marches On Post-Sequester, But Anxieties Linger

Yelp Continues to Defend Against Claims of Review Manipulation

Some business owners are expressing anger and confusion over the site's system for filtering reviews. ...

Google and Facebook Said to be in Battle to Acquire Social Mapping App Waze

Read about the growing interest in the Israel-based Waze, the problems with Twitter's two-step authentication process, Flickr's website malfunction and more social-media news. ...

9 Ways to Build Your Pinterest Audience

Being strategic about how you use Pinterest will help you grow your following considerably. Here are nine easy tactics to help you gain an audience. ...

How to Create a Sustainability Program for Your Restaurant

Three tips on how to source ingredients responsibly from the experts at the National Restaurant Association Show. ...

5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes

The opening of your investor pitch is critical. Flounder and you might lose a venture capitalist's attention from the start. Here are five missteps VCs look out for when sitting down with entrepreneurs. ...

 

Big Pharma Learned The Wrong Marketing Lesson

Large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Merck are often celebrated for their marketing acumen. But, when compared with really successful marketing companies like the Internet giant Google, their performance is less than stellar.  True marketing leaders must innovate continuously to ...

Get Your Business Game On with “The Gamification Revolution”

Circuses were meant to draw the audience’s eye to various clowns, acrobats, trapeze performers and artists meant to bedazzle and delight.  With more people spending time online, companies can feel as if they have to run Barnum and Bailey rather than a company.

Top 5 Tips for Business Trips

Some lines of work involve frequent travelling. But you don’t have to write off all of the time that you spend on trains and planes – it can in fact be very productive. Here are our Top 5 Tips for business travel: 1. Do a little bit of research on your destination before you leave.…...

UK: Growth forecast remains the same

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Small Business News You Don’t Want to Miss

Top small business news stories this week looked at what to do when you get suspended on Twitter, and policy changes.  We also brought you information about new products such as the latest BlackBerry, a new tablet hybrid, and the possibility of a color book e-reader.  Also in the headlines is the life and times of a 26-year-old tech tycoon who has made it big … really big!

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