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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Corporate America, Chambers, Local Small Business Leaders Applaud New SBDA Digital Initiative for Entrepreneurs
… community will seize the opportunities that the SBDA will make available to start, expand, and evolve their … our existential digital divide. Together, we must work to make sure that small businesses have ample access to all … -
5 Things Business Owners do Better with Lean Business Planning
… starts with a plan that sets the key points of strategy. Make it a lean plan, just bullet points, extreme summaries. … messaging, product and service mix, and so forth. Make sure the tactics execute the strategy. Then review … and poor performance. That's where management comes in. Make expectations explicit, review results, and make people … -
5 Ways to Start Selling Online
… products online. Today’s sellers have a ton of options to make this happen. Here are five of the most popular. Your Own … could be the option for you. Additionally, some sellers make their products available on these platforms, while still … -
Essential Steps to Handle Negative Reviews
… Respond to Customer Reviews Ignoring a bad review won’t make it go away. On the other hand, responding to customer … in any way, there’s a chance he or she could get angry and make the situation even worse.” Thank Your Reviewers and … transform a negative review into a positive one. Also, make sure you use the reviewer’s name and recap their … -
6 Ways to Use Entrepreneurship Week to Grow Your Business
… like Wix, Yelp, Square and LinkedIn are also helping to make the event happen. So what exactly is National … business online. Use it as a hook in your own business to make an offer If your business is one that targets other … use National Entrepreneurship Week as an opportunity to make an offer to those potential customers and hopefully … -
Top 10 Business Credit Terms Small Business Owners Should Know
… business credit, you can earn lenders’ trust and make your way to successful funding. Here are the top ten … business credit report provides crucial details needed to make informed credit decisions. The data in a small business … type of trade credit offered to businesses which require payment in full in a short period of time after a product or … -
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Small Business Advocates Celebrate the Passage of President Biden’s Transformational Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
… to provide more efficiency and competitiveness as we make huge investments in rebuilding our nation’s highways, … businesses. Furthermore, the infrastructure plan will make American markets more competitive and allow a diverse … -
10 Tips to Help You Get Your Business Ready for the Holiday Shopping Season
… than a quarter of their annual sales to holiday shopping. Make sure this holiday shopping season is the most wonderful … should be abundantly clear to prospective customers. Make necessary updates to your website and review sites … build on your game plan for next year. ‘Tis the season to make your sales strategy holiday ready, and SBA resource … -
Business Credit Card Offers: 5 Things You Should Look Out for
… card , it’s crucial to evaluate the offers available to make sure you get the best business credit card possible for … the benefit of earning airline miles on every purchase you make. Depending on the card issuer, the miles you earn can be … if it charges a foreign transaction fee. How about late payment fees and cash advance fees? Remember, business credit … -
How to Write a Press Release That Gets Results
… elements of a modern press release along with tips to help make yours stand out. Today, press releases are often … are the key elements of every press release: Headline Make your headline attention-grabbing, while immediately … include photos in your release. However, you should also make high-resolution photos available for journalists. To … -
3 Simple Things to Protect Against Cyberattacks
… providers are constantly working to patch issues and make their products stronger so that hackers, viruses and … software operates. But behind the scenes, those patches make it more difficult for viruses, malware and hackers to make their way into those software programs. Train Your … -
How to Recover from Business Setbacks
… of owning up to a business mistake or failure will only make matters worse. Take a deep breath, and accept that … resources, law, finances, taxes , public relations, etc. Make sure you develop a clear plan for what needs to be done … same page. 4. Embrace it as a learning moment that will make your business stronger. As Malcolm Forbes once said, … -
Small businesses demand tax reform
… The President’s tax proposal is based on four pillars: Make it easy. The current tax code is 2, 600 pages, and there … money they could be investing in their own businesses. Make it fair. Streamlining the tax code would mean small … when they can’t plan ahead for their taxes, they can’t make investments in their future. They are hesitant to hire … -
How to Open a Business Credit File
… about a business through various sources such as payment data from banks and lenders, UCC filings, … or lender that your company has credit with, reports your payment history to a business credit agency. Consider working … your company’s credit file will be incomplete until it has payment experiences reporting. It’s essential that suppliers, … -
SBA is Closing Business Recovery Center in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Jan. 5
… financial hardship,” said Guzman. There is no pre-payment penalty and borrowers can begin making loan payments … -
SBA Provides Holiday Closure Information for Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Warren County, New Jersey
… the date of the initial loan disbursement. There is no pre-payment penalty and borrowers can begin making loan payments … -
Carranza Implements Automatic Deferment on Existing SBA Disaster Loans Through End of 2020
… at every option and taking every action to cut red tape to make it easier for small businesses to stay in business. … -
Management Advisory of Fiscal Year 2022 Risk Assessment over SBA’s Charge Card Programs
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