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Small business loan approval rates at big banks were up 20% in February from a year ago. Here is the good news.

No matter how attractive the product, a plan to make money in consumer goods must have the following three components.

A compelling testimonial, if used correctly, can turn a window shopper into a loyal customer. And the same goes for online shoppers. Here is what you need to know.

Whether your logo is red and intense, yellow and joyful or black and mysterious, its colors are announcing something to the customer. As you create the perfect logo, be sure to pay attention to the color messages you're sending.

Web design trends come and go every year, and it’s important for designers and business owners to keep up with them in order to stay up-to-date and avoid having an outdated website. Here are the three key concepts to embrace this year.

Effective content marketing is more than just writing great content and launching it into digital orbit. It’s about learning, measuring, analyzing and modifying your approach to fine-tune your tactics and get more results.

The time to think about pursuing investors is long before your company’s bank account is near empty. Here is why.

Here are simple steps and tips for creating and marketing web videos to grow your business.

What about your team? Don’t they deserve honors? Yes, it’s quarter-end, and salespeople are fiercely working to make it to the President’s Club. So take a minute, look around, and consider who deserves recognition on the following.

Team collaboration has come a long way, and remote teams today can operate at a level of energy and engagement that approximates that of in-house teams, thanks to the latest technology.

While companies with hard assets and stellar credit ratings should usually qualify for a typical bank loan, what about companies that also generate revenues but have no collateral and less than perfect credit? Here's what you need to know about revenue-based financing.

Your company might be basically 'technology enabled' but you may be missing out on new, fast-evolving technologies that could grow your business, regardless of its size. Here's what you need to know.

WordPress is a very customizable CMS software, which means you can accomplish almost anything you want with it. It also has a lot of developer support so there are many plugins available, most of which are free. Here are 10 to know.

After successfully creating and selling StubHub for $310 million, Jeff Fluhr is onto the next. The entrepreneur is now at the helm of Spreecast, a social video platform, that allows users to have conversations face-to-face on the Web in real time.

From building a relationship with your banker to creating an indebt business plan, here’s five ways to position yourself to get a small business bank loan.

Try a self-assessment as 2014 picks up speed. Here are three things to look at in order to quickly get a pulse on how your business is performing.

Do you have a chance with VC's when you are not a twenty-something entrepreneur?

Are you thinking of building your own app and striking gold? Here is some advice.

Here are some useful apps — and some firsthand advice — to make your next conference participation a worthy investment of both your time and money.

In this post I will show you how to set up a simple and (almost) free sales pipeline to help keep track of how well your business is doing with its sales initiatives.