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…
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Tax Problems? IRS Dispute?
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…
NH Bizcast for Free Business Webinars
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…
Monthly Reading for December: Guerrilla Marketing 4th Ed.
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…
NH Creates HealthFirst as an Affordable Wellness-Based Health Insurance Plan for Small Business
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…
What's in a Name? What it Really Means to be an Independent Contractor.
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…
Need Venture Capital? Try Speed Dating.
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…
THE POWER OF CHOICE: How to Choose the Proper Business Structure
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…
FAILING TO PLAN IS A PLAN FOR FAILURE: How to build a better business from the ground up.
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?…