Once you start your own business, the advice pours in from all sides: Your sister has a great idea for a marketing campaign. Your brother thinks you should get a franchise. Your father wants you to be tougher on your employees. And your mother, who's ...

Abby Weaver is the marketing director for Fajita Grill (Fajitagrill.com), a small restaurant with locations in Oswego and Fulton, New York, that successfully uses email marketing and its website to boost sales.When did Fajita Grill launch its website ...

It may seem counterintuitive that niche e-commerce sites do so well. After all, who would think a store selling only ball bearings, a Beerbelly beverage container or "Back to The Future" memorabilia would be successful? And yet sophisticated search-e ...

Hate collecting your money? Join the crowd. Recent OPEN Small Business Network Polls from American Express shows accounts receivables is the top cash flow concern of small business owners. Learn the secrets of collection letters and other mastery tip ...

In the old days--anywhere from centuries ago to even the 1980s--the word "entrepreneur" often conjured up images of money-grubbing men like railroad barons, bankers or the famed character Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties. Nowadays, however, we know bett ...

One of the more difficult parts of running a Web site is being able to gauge how a user will want to navigate your site. I've tackled this problem by showing my site and its many features to as many people as possible. Since the DormItem site is desi ...

http://testedadsenseniches.com/Dmitri Davydov and David Deprice may very well be the two individuals who have the best idea what keywords pay out best with AdSense. That is other than Google’s employees.“When I first started playing with AdSense two ...

Senior-care services: As America ages, the senior-care industry is maturing beautifully. Growing 342 units in 2006, established franchises are flourishing and new ones are emerging. Franchising only since October, Caring Transitions specializes in se ...

By KARA L. RICHARDSON Gannett News Service Catherine Cook is 17 years old, and runs a business that brought in millions in sales in its first year. The Montgomery (N.J.) High School senior founded www.myYearbook.com in 2005 with ...

Have you ever considered suing someone for not holding up their end of a bargain? Or were you the one being sued? Whether you're in business or not, you probably encounter contracts almost every day. However, few people understand what it ta ...