Starting May 12th, it will cost you an additional penny to purchase first class stamps.
On May 12 the Postal Service will adjust prices for its services. While the most visible change is the 1-cent increase for First-Class Mail letters, the changes are broader and include prices that could save you real dollars when [...]

You can never do too much marketing and we all need to schedule time on our busy calendars to focus on marketing. The SBA put together a list of some great marketing ideas that may help you with your next marketing campaign or get you motivated to get that marketing plan started. Visit http://ww w.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/manage/marketand [...]

Record retention is critical for personal, business and tax reasons. It is important that you have a specific records retention policy, preferably written down, and followed regularly.
Record retention policies should be tailored to your type of business, the type of records involved and any applicable Federal and State laws. For additional information, read IRS [...]

Now is a good time to do an annual check of your credit report. Everyone has a file with the 3 main credit bureaus – TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. It’s important to check these reports periodically because the data retained by each credit bureau affects your credit scores. These, in turn, determine the interest rate [...]

If you need to reset your printer/fax/scanner after a computer meltdown and can’t find the manual that came with the device, then try www.Retrevo.com. You can download the manual, print the page from their troubleshooting guide, and you’ll be back in business in no time!

Have you received an email in which the sender included a Web site link that ran to more than one line and you were unable to view when you clicked on the link. You then probably had to cut and paste it together in Internet Explorer or another Web browser in order to open up [...]

CogMap is the Wikipedia of organization charts.
CogMap provides a collection of online organization charts that you can edit, add to, and maintain. It’s a tool that assists sales people, entrepreneurs, and recruiters in understanding organizations and keeping information up to date.
If you are like most business people, you may have [...]

This site gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do just about anything. You can learn how to get funding from the SBA for your business, how to add a Skype Call Me Button to your website or learn how to go about fixing your leaking faucet. Their database includes over 35,000 articles containing clear [...]

You can now book a no-charge telephone conference bridge that also allows you to record at no charge. FreeConferenceCall.com is now offering this service.
Just submit your name and email and they will assign a phone number and code which will be good for 120 days. You will get a returned teleconference number, [...]

Need to get out a press release about a new business development? Don’t quite know how it should be structured? Check out www.press-release-writing.com. This site gives you the basics, along with a sample press release that you can follow. Need even more help? Maureen Murray from The Write Stuff. . .etc. can help [...]

As you begin to plan for your summer getaway – here are a few travel websites that may make the process a bit easier for you and may even save you some money.
Kayak.com gathers fares from more than 120 sources. Click on the best deal, and Kayak.com will send you to a site where [...]

A new web site is offering a community for small-business owners. Work.com is a new service from Business.com and was started to address the needs of small businesses seeking concise, actionable answers to key business questions. Work.com is an entrepreneur’s owner’s manual that provides information on where to go, what to know, and how to [...]