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• Can a Gas Tax Fuel Clean Energy Innovation? May 21, 2012
  With gas prices already reaching nearing $4 per gallon in many places, most business owners don’t relish the idea of them rising even further. Yet, some people are still calling for the government to deliberately increase them – by raising the gas tax. Scott Burgess, senior editor of AOL Autos, recently argued that a gas tax of $1 per gallon could help the U […]
• What Job Are You Helping Your Customers Do? May 21, 2012
  Marketing is often described in terms of a product life cycle. The development, the launch, continued support, and finally, discontinuation all have specific marketing efforts associated with them. From social contests to reduced prices and giveaways, the emphasis is nearly always on the product or service provided. However, this does not take into account t […]
• How and Why I Use LinkedIn Groups to Build My Business May 21, 2012
  As I’ve written here in the past, I think there are solid business reasons for participating in most social networks these days, but if your business sells primarily to other businesses, you must get more active on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is not the biggest or most talked about network these day, but when it comes to [...]How and Why I Use LinkedIn Groups to Buil […]
• Small Business Loans and Small Loans to Business May 21, 2012
  A few weeks ago, I wrote about the decline in “small loans to business” during the Great Recession and economic recovery that followed. Now I am back to tell you that data on “small business loans” paints an even worse picture of the small business credit markets. No, this is not a semantics test. “Small business loans” and “small loans to business” measure […]
• As U.S. Small Biz Week Arrives, Are You Stressed or Optimistic? May 21, 2012
  With the arrival of National Small Business Week here in the U.S., a variety of events, beginning yesterday, have been scheduled in Washington D.C. and across the country to recognize the importance of small business to the U.S. economy and to address topics important to small business owners. Just in time, a semi-annual study of American small businesses sh […]