Business Tools, Tips and Resources
September 11, 2009
Every week I visit dozens if not hundreds of websites depending on my current projects. Here’s a few of the better sites I visited this week that offer advice and business tools to help you succeed: Here are two articles I enjoyed reading this week published by Inc.com: Great No-Cost Software: Free is a lovely [...]
Small Business Resources: Greater Richmond Partnership
July 15, 2009
Partnership Launches New Website – Redesign The Greater Richmond Partnership launched a new website, which includes a variety of business resources such as regional news, business publications, newsletters and business data for Central Virginia. Here’s an excerpt of their recent press release announcing the site redesign: Richmond, VA (July 14, 2009) – The Greater Richmond [...]
Small Business: How to Get Your DUNS Number for ARC Loans
July 14, 2009
ARC Loan Application Processing Info Is your business applying for an ARC Loan? If so, you’ll need a DUNS number. To process applications for SBA’s ARC Loan Program, small businesses need to provide their existing DUNS number or obtain one for their business entity. DUNS numbers are needed to obtain the credit score required for [...]
SBA Warns of Fraudulent Letters
February 23, 2009
SBA Warns of Fraudulent Attempts to Obtain Bank Account Information from Small Businesses AIM Custom Media News: Small Business Association – SBA/Feb. 18, 2009/Press Release/WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration issued a scam alert today to small businesses, warning them not to respond to letters falsely claiming to have been sent by the SBA [...]
Weekly Briefing – digital AIM
February 14, 2009
Website Trends & Tips What we think of as a website has changed. Long gone are “static” brochure like websites with infrequently updated content; replaced by dynamic, automated marketing machines. Read more at Aliza Sherman’s blog, Are Web Sites Obsolete Yet? Static verses Dynamic websites: Website Essentials for Small Business Owners Here’s an article we [...]
SCORE Launches Ask an Expert Blog for Business Owners
February 2, 2009
AIM Custom Media News/SCORE PR/Washington, D.C.—SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” announces the new “SCORE Ask an Expert Blog” at the SCORE Web site, www.score.org. Five SCORE experts offer their tips, insights and answers to questions from entrepreneurs across America. Comments and questions from blog visitors are welcome. The blog Web site address is http://askanexpert.score.org. [...]
Google’s View on the Future of Business
December 29, 2008
The “Top Interviews of 2008″ was the subject line in an email newsletter I frequently read. After opening the newsletter I found a link to 10 excellent interviews conducted in 2008 by the publishers of the McKinsey Quarterly. Here’s one that caught my eye – I enjoyed reading it and I think you may as [...]
Marketers on the Move to Retain Market Share
December 18, 2008
Online marketing ad spends continue to trend up as target audiences spend more time on the Internet. Marketers are responding by shifting their marketing budgets to retain market share. According to recent findings by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA), the Internet has more than gained traction, it is the place to attract new customers [...]
Virus Affecting YouTube Videos Today
December 2, 2008
TechCrunch alerted us to this aggressive virus that is targeting certain embedded YouTube videos. We thought you might like to know so here’s the warning from TechCrunch: Apparently some sort of relatively aggressive virus is affecting certain embedded YouTube videos. Some are saying it affects IE and Firefox users, while others say it’s only going [...]
First Time CEO’s Recession Survival Guide
November 30, 2008
TechCrunch has a post you might enjoy, First Time CEO’s Recession Survival Guide. Here’s an excerpt and link to the full story: Editor’s note: The following guest post [on TechCrunch]is written by Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate broker. His industry went into recession a year ago, so he’s had a [...]












