My good friend and business associate, Merrill Clark of Crestview Marketing, has just published a great new book to help small businesses market themselves on the Internet. How Your Small Local Business Can Get More Customers on the Internet is chock full of great information and advice about electronic marketing for small businesses.
I followed some [...]
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Having tax problems or a dispute with the IRS? Then you should make the time to attend this upcoming presentation.
On Tuesday, February 2nd, Dr. Richard Spead of Spead Tax Group will be speaking about how to handle disputes with the IRS. In light of the IRS’s aggressive campaign against small business owners in the past [...]
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The Business Resource Center of the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development has announced its 2010 Bizcast series. NH Bizcast is a free monthly webcast on a topic of interest to small business owners. The webcasts will be presented by local experts in the field, and will allow the participants to ask questions of the [...]
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Marketing for Small Businesses
December is a great time to finalize your marketing plan for the coming new year. If you need to re-think your marketing strategy, then Jay Conrad Levinson may be able to help.
Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your SmallBusiness has been a favorite resource of [...]
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In these tough economic times, many small businesses are facing decisions about severely limiting health insurance coverage, or dropping coverage all together.
Recognizing that small businesses are the backbone of NH’s economy, and therefore a critical link in our health care system, NH enacted HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers.
“We set out [...]
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According to MarketWatch.com, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit has been extended into 2010. The credit, which is currently scheduled to expire on November 30th, will reportedly be extended until the end of April 2010.
So, if you’ve been thinking of buying your first home, you can still take advantage of this popular tax credit.
For [...]
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Many business owners insist on referring to their workers as “independent contractors” as if the name alone will somehow magically save them from having to pay employment taxes, workers compensation premiums and other costs associated with having employees. The true test, however, is in the actions and not in the words.
To determine whether a worker [...]
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On Tuesday, October 28th, the NH High Technology Council and the NH Small Business Development Center will host the second annual “Speed Venture Summit” in Nashua, NH.
The Speed Venture Summit is a speed-dating-style event for fast-growth businesses and investors in New England. It is an opportunity for small businesses and entrepreneurs to showcase their business [...]
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Choosing the right business entity structure may seem like any easy step in setting up a new business, but the wrong choice can be very costly. Each form of business structure has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each has its own rules and requirements. Choosing the right one is an important choice based upon [...]
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Building a business is like building a house. You need to do it one step at a time. When you build a house, you don’t start with the roof, do you? You don’t even start with the foundation. You start with a plan. Where do you want to build? How big will the house be? [...]
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