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Front page coverage in Inquirer Sunday business section today. Co-working concept is launched. Alex Hillman, above, at Independents Hall, an Old City site he helped set up. Members pay up to $275 a month to work in a group setting there, where facilities include a kitchen and a conference room. Way to go Alex. Putting [...]

Brian Brown has some 10 good thoughts on myths that stop small business owners from adopting blogging. I think #2 is the most critical to overcome. Myth #2: My company doesn’t need a blog. Yes it does. The top five reasons your company needs a blog are: blogs generate huge internet traffic compared to traditional [...]

Mat McGee’s post about SEO for small business: Time. Money. Knowledge.Those are the three biggest challenges a small business must overcome to achieve search marketing success, and the three things that make small business search marketing unique. Many small businesses have one or two of those, but not the third. And some small businesses don’t [...]

Would You, Could You, Should You Blog?. Journal of Accountancy · Online Issues Lawyers have quickly adopted blogs, but what does this tool offer accountants, relative novices to the medium (see “Resources”)? Blogs can help CPAs enhance the marketing and knowledge management functions of their firms. Marketing. Blogs provide a low-cost way to reach a [...]

Saturday, April 23, 2005 Relationship marketing. You’ve often heard the term used, but were never really certain what it meant. It does sound kind of touchy feely, doesn’t it? Really all it means, however, is building good long term customer relations through interpersonal communication. To turn your present marketing system into relationship marketing, you have [...]

Horsefeathers Restaurant…It’s About The Food, Folks!. From the left coast, we get word that Horsefeathers was talked about in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. The story was a feature on businesses that use weblogs. Our blog was mentioned prominently. Isn’t it neat that the largest newspaper, in one of the world’s greatest restaurant cities, located just [...]

Signs Never Sleep. Lincoln Sign Company is a small, custom sign shop specializing in carved, sandblasted & dimensional signs, but we will happily do just about any job (big or small) that is sign related. The company has been in operation since 1972 and was started by Rick & Chris Weissbrod. J.D. & Vicki Iles [...]

Small Business Trends. Anita Campbell, Editor Priya Ganapati writes in Inc.com that business blogs are growing as a business marketing tool, in particular among small businesses. I believe that the blog as an external marketing vehicle is well suited for smaller businesses, more so than for large corporations. Small businesses, on the other hand, have [...]

Adirondack Outdoor Furniture :: Chairs, Tables, Garden Benches: About Us. Welcome to Carolina Adirondack! We design and build the most distinctive outdoor furniture around. We use the finest materials–cypress, stainless steel screws, waterproof glue–to insure that you’ll enjoy your furniture for years to come. We take pride in our craftsmanship. We’re not inexpensive, but then [...]

Blogs Will Change Your Business. Business Week 5/2/2005 Must Read