Lisa Barone reports that a Citibank and Gfk Roper study found that 76 percent of small business owners don't find social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn helpful in generating leads and business ( Can SMB Owners Make Social Media Useful? , Small Business Trends). Lisa's ta ... Read more

Christmas season is a time of traditions and as it's also the biggest spending season of the year, you'll want your small business to participate as fully as possible. Christmas display windows, Christmas cards and Christmas parties are three Christmas traditions that most businesses take part in an ... Read more

To answer this question, I think you have to ask yourself another question; what kind of business do you want to run? Different types of businesses have different operational requirements. For instance, if you start a retail store, you will have to keep the store open and staffed during regular ... Read more

To answer this question, I think you have to ask yourself another question; what kind of business do you want to run? Different types of businesses have different operational requirements. For instance, if you start a retail store, you will have to keep the store open and staffed during regular ... Read more

The Secret Language of Money is a light, easy read with some good advice if you can stomach the pop psychology approach. What David Krueger and John David Mann have done really well is make the very serious work of learning how to make better financial decisions entertaining.... Read more... ... Read more

Small Business Internship Program is intended "to improve the competitiveness of SMEs by supporting businesses to actively market on-line and improve their competitiveness with e-business practices and technologies" - which means that your business could get financial support towards the employm ... Read more

Are home businesses going to be banned in Toronto? Kristin W. says in the Small Business Canada Forum that the City of Toronto's new zoning by-law project is proposing that no business be allowed to operate out of a home "as of right" which means that someone could apply for a variance to h ... Read more

Talking to my fitness trainer the other day reminded me of niche markets and how they're central to so many small business's success. She is a multiple business owner currently who runs a successful restaurant and cofee shop in addition to her work as a fitness instructor and we were cha ... Read more

A new breed of leader has emerged, says John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing in 7 Traits of the Modern Leader . Now this modern leader John describes is not an entirely new animal. He or she still exemplifies the leadership traits I explain as The 5 Keys to Leadership for Small Business . Fo ... Read more

There are lots of different paths to starting a small business. For some people, starting a small business is a logical choice after a university degree in business while others choose starting a small business after losing jobs. Still others leave jobs to start their own businesses because they'v ... Read more