Small Business Tip of the Day

Ready to recharge your inner CEO? These best-selling business authors can help you get ready to face another day.

Yes, we know you’re busy. Very busy. But don’t get so caught up in the busy that you neglect long-term planning for success.

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If you’re in sales, you probably know this: Selling something new and different is a lot harder than selling something that’s familiar or something …

Small business owners frequently double as world-class plate spinners, working hard to keep all those moving parts in motion. But if you really want business growth with more customers and fatter revenues – and who doesn’t – focus more time on the plate labeled “Web presence.”

Before you automatically hit the “yes” button, you might want to ask yourself if you can deliver in three key areas.

At some point, you’re going to run into an employee who just isn’t performing up to your expectations. You’ll be lucky if that happens only once, but as Dennis McCafferty points out on CIO Insight, business owners too often let poor performance slide without ever dealing with the problem directly.

Looking for inspiration? Look no further.

You don’t stay in business for a century or more by staying the same. Here’s what a few long-running businesses did to successfully cope with huge disruptions in their core markets that might have put them out of business, courtesy of Joe Taylor Jr. at Small Business Computing.

Bagmaker J.W. Hulme spent much of the 20th century …

We live in an era of sound bites and 140 character messages, but good writing still matters when it comes to the business world.

Congratulations, your business is growing. But before you start celebrating, are you sure your insurance still protects everything you worked so hard to achieve?

Finding the right employees shouldn’t be a crapshoot. These tips can help you craft an efficient hiring strategy to save you both time and money.

[Updated 4/17/13]

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