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From the outside, Girl Scouts may look like most other kids. But when it comes to marketing and sales; these girls rock. Small business owners can learn a lot about marketing from those little girls in green.

Pinterest just happens to be the newest “big thing” in the social media world. So is Pinterest right for marketing your business? Here are 5 tips to find out.

There is one marketing strategy that many small businesses miss out on that can make a significant impact on their business. Are you?

We asked 29 business owners the following question: “If you would have known then what you know now, what would you have done differently and why?” Their answers are not only insightful, but inspiring. Find out what they have to say…

Starting a business can be very easy, but staying in business can be very difficult given that our customers have too many choices on where to spend their hard-earned cash. Here are 30 ways to make your business stand out so that potential customers choose to spend their money with you!

It is common practice to set New Year’s resolutions in our personal lives, but how often do we do it for our business? Here are 28 Small Business Marketing Resolutions for the New Year that will inspire you to write your own.

The best way to get 2012 off to a great start is to put some thought into your 2012 marketing plan outlining where you want to go and how you plan to get there. Here are 5 tips for preparing your 2012 marketing plan from small businesses like yours.

If you are an inventor in the early stages of development (you don’t have finished samples) and you are looking to sell or license your invention to a company for ongoing royalty payments, you will more than likely need some form of prototype or design to showcase your invention to prospective [...]

For over three decades I have been working with small businesses and startups in the creation of logos for new ventures, or the updating of existing company identities. With that expertise under my belt comes one major piece of advice to be shared with all business owners:
Don’t wait until the last [...]

The holidays can be one of the busiest and most profitable selling seasons of the year for small business owners. Here are 9 of the “best darn” holiday marketing ideas from small business owners across the US.