Business & E-Business

Credit-Card Processing Options For SMBs

September 24, 2009 | It's a fact that adding payment options boosts sales, whether online, in brick-and-mortar stores, or even remote locations. Resource Nation helps small businesses understand how to leverage their credit-card processing options to increase revenue and speed payment.
By Merrin Muxlow

Web 2.0 Tactics for Business Success

June 27, 2008  | If small and midsize businesses knew how to harness the incredible power of Web 2.0, they could truly level the playing field. TechWeb's Jennifer Pahlka explains how smaller businesses can get started with Web 2.0 and which tools will help them succeed
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Interview with Yield Software CEO Matt Malden

December 31, 2007  | Yield Software CEO Matt Malden explains how his company's hosted web app helps smaller companies with SEO
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Elevator Pitch: Yield Software

December 31, 2007  | A hosted SEO app from Yield Software promises to add marketing muscle to small and midsize businesses
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Healthcare Strategies for Smaller Businesses

December 26, 2007  | A healthcare economist and a business advocate discuss the impact of rising health care costs on smaller businesses
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Redefining Retail Sales Support

December 21, 2007  | This Cisco Systems video shows how Circuit City uses tablet PCs and in-store videoconferencing to redefine sales support of its consumer electronics
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Coupa Software: Elevator Pitch

December 12, 2007  | Coupa Software's CEO and founder Dave Stephens explains how his web-based software solution enables small and midsize businesses to cut purchasing costs by up to 10 percent
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Coupa Software Puts Procurement Online

December 12, 2007  | Coupa Software's online solution automates the purchasing process for small and midsize businesses, from issuing POs, to paying invoices
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VIDEO: Combining Two Workforces

November 12, 2007  | Leaders of both organizations should work together to evaluate labor redundancies and communicate clearly to employees how teams will be blended.
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Spiceworks Brings Sizzle to Network Management

October 29, 2007  | IT pros at small and midsize businesses are hot for free, ad-supported network management software from Spiceworks. Find out why
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WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO: Buying a Second Business

October 16, 2007  | Experts give advice on finding the right acquisition target, determining its value, and establishing whether the timing is right for a deal.
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Save Money Now by Disaster Planning

August 14, 2007  | You'll likely see immediate benefits such as lower insurance premiums and higher revenue, says an insurance expert.
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Fostering Innovation

August 14, 2007  | Author Geoffrey Moore explains the link between effective innovation and a company's growth stage, and reveals the advantage of being a smaller business.
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Juicing Employee Innovation

August 14, 2007  | Danika Davis of the Northern California Human Resources Association describes how to keep creative-thinkers, and the teams they're in, compensated and happy.
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Embracing Sustainability

August 14, 2007  | Jill Bamburg says creating businesses that work within the limits of our finite planet is "the greatest business opportunity in the history of the world."
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How Collaboration Fuels Innovation

August 14, 2007  | John Winsor, author of "Spark," discusses how new ways of collaborating can ignite creativity across departments and throughout organizations.
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If You Value IP, Set it Free

August 14, 2007  | MIT Professor Marshall Van Alstyne explains how giving away the rights to intellectual property can actually maximize its value.
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Dagoba Keeps Its Mission

August 14, 2007  | Dagoba Organic Chocolates discovered that selling the company to Hershey allowed it to stay true to its mission and expand its impact.
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Can Solar Power Cut Business Costs?

August 14, 2007  | Can solar power a manufacturing plant? Can it solve your business energy needs if you are leasing? Find out what's new for business in solar power.
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Sorting Out SOX

August 14, 2007  | Dr. Peggy Jackson, author of "Sarbanes Oxley for Small Businesses" outlines the advantages to voluntary compliance.
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Growing to Scale

August 14, 2007  | Jill Bamburg, dean of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, describes how appropriate financing can help you maintain your mission as you grow.
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What is the Double Bottom Line?

August 14, 2007  | In this European accounting process, profits and sustainability are of equal weight. Find out what it will mean to you when it hits the U.S.
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CEO Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing

August 14, 2007  | Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the network you'll need to outsource your operations effectively and safely.
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Hiring Tips for a Changing Workforce

August 14, 2007  | Employees are demanding more flexibility, and rejecting the corporate latter for the "lattice" of different jobs and careers. What does it mean to your search for great staff?
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Boost Your Sales Force

August 14, 2007  | Discover how to boost your sales force by contracting with an outside sales rep firm. Sales expert Jim Dickie points out the caveats and lays out the advantages.
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