March 18, 2009

Growing Pains

photo credit: Robber Esq Many home based business inevitably face the choice of wether they should grow their business larger or not. Many of them want to keep their small business atmosphere but at the same time want to project confidence that they are a big enough company to accommodate their customers needs. Starting with […]

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Spicy Pickle’s Bread Garden Urban Cafés Set For Ambitious Expansion

MSNBC: Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc., fast casual restaurants serving all natural premium meat and poultry and other fresh products, provides this update on current business activity at its Bread Garden Urban Café chain. Marc Geman, CEO of Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. which is the franchisor of the Bread Garden Urban Café chain, said, “While we

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Should a Small Business Blog?

photo credit: myuibe Many small business owners ask themselves either “what is a blog”, or “do I need to blog about my business”. A blog is just writing updates about your business on an online site. To determine if you should start a blog about your business is pretty simple. Make a list of questions

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Link Staffing Services Opens Franchise In Allentown, Pennsylvania

SYS-CON Media: Link Staffing Services, a national provider of industrial staffing and productivity solutions, has just opened its newest franchise location in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company has been staffing businesses for over 28 years. “We are thrilled to have opened here in the Lehigh Valley,” said Paul Wilson, Franchisee of Link Staffing Services – Allentown.

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International Art Franchise Co. Announces Top Honors In Nationwide Student Artwork

Franchising.com: KidzArt, an international children’s art enrichment franchise company, announced its 2009 Featured Youth Artists in honor of National Youth Art Month. The following five children were chosen from kids around the nation based on creativity, age of student, mastery of art materials and use of color and design in their artwork: · Caroline Cavanaugh,

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Why Small Businesses Fail

photo credit: F33 Most small businesses are able to have a personal relationship with customers. This is one advantage that huge corporations do not have. You need to focus on good quality products and services and aim on high customer satisfaction levels. Today there are many people contemplating the idea of starting their very own

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Tracking Lucrative New Niche

Globe and Mail: It all started over a couple of beers. Deland Jessop and Adam Cooper, classmates at the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business MBA program, were out at a bar one night tossing around ideas for a business of their own. Jessop, a former Toronto police offer, mentioned how difficult

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Half Empty Or Half Full?

Jeff Cornwall: A new Fortune Small Business/Zogby Poll has found that a little less than half of small business owners say that they have been affected by the recession. What is really remarkable to me about these results is that if you listen to the media, every business in the US is on the brink

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