Category: Success Tips

Beware of IRS Email Scams

Imagine getting an email from the IRS regarding a problem with your personal or business taxes. Definitely could add a little stress to your life to say the least. Well, don’t be alarmed or fooled by these official looking emails. Scammers are using the IRS logo to send official looking emails to you to try to get you to respond. In reality, it’s a scam known as “phishing.” The cyber criminals attempt to trick you into revealing your personal and financial information, and then they use this information to commit identity theft or steal your money.

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Share Your Small Business Exporting Success Story.

More than 70 percent of the world’s purchasing power is located outside the United States. That’s why many small businesses find exporting to be a huge boom for their business. If you export your goods or services around the world and have used a federal government program or assistance to get there, you have an opportunity to win as much as $10,000 from Visa just for sharing your story via video as part of the the “2013 SBA-Visa Export Video Contest”.

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Take a Tech Time-Out: National Day of Unplugging

Could you do it? Could you take a pledge to unplug from technology for 24 hours? I don’t know if I could make that commitment. In today’s fast-paced world we are all so addicted to our constant electronic connectivity that it’s difficult to let go. Think about how many times you see families together eating dinner out and everyone has their head buried in their smart phone. What happened to good old-fashioned conversation? Is anything so important it can’t wait for dinner to be over?

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March Forth Toward Your Small Business Success

Tomorrow is the first day of March. I don’t know about you, but it feels to me as if this year if flying by. Are you on track with your business goals and objectives for this year? Many small business owners start the year off with ambitious plans for the New Year. Then the demands of running the day-to-day operations of the business distract you and before you know it, the first quarter is nearly complete and you haven’t made much progress.

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