One of Steve Martin’s best jokes on Saturday Night Live went something like this: “How can you be a millionaire and never pay taxes? First, get a million dollars…” Every small business owner sets out hoping to make good money, but it doesn’t always go that way—especially in the beginning. So the question becomes: How […]
Back to school promotions are well underway – Is your business participating? – and there are a variety of ways small business can benefit from this yearly phenomenon. The July through September retail season, which includes the back-to-school period, is second only to the Christmas shopping season in terms of retail sales and it’s replete […]
Love is a many splendored thing and when your love is directed at a small business, and captured in a photograph, one of those splendors might be $10,000. Manta is back with its annual Manta Photo Contest. It kicked off in July and runs through August. The idea is to share a photo of your […]
Watch one of the “hoarders” shows on cable TV and you get an glimpse of one home shopping niche market. The poor guys who have fallen into the hoarding lifestyle often don’t even get their merchandise out of the boxes. There’s even a pretty long discussion thread on the topic on the QVC community forum […]
If you get packages delivered to your business regularly, then this could be an easy scam to fall victim to. Scammers are sending emails posing as the United States Postal Services alerting you about an undelivered package. The email advises you that because they have been unable to deliver your package you should download the […]