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More Small Businesses To Hire New Workers

More small businesses plan to hire new employees in the second half of 2010, according to a new survey from CareerBulider.Thirty-two percent of companies with 500 or fewer employees plan to add new employees between July and December. Twenty-one percent will hire full-time, 11 percent will hire part-time and 6 percent will hire contractors or temporary workers.Among companies with 50 or fewer employees, 24 percent plan to hire in the second half of 2010.

Facebook Hits 500 Million Users

This week, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a very important milestone: his site now has 500 million active users.  Which means Facebook is now more valuable than ever to small business owners, and a new app called "Facebook Stories" helps prove that point.

Understanding Why Customers Are Always Right

We've all heard the saying thousands of times that the customer is always right. In all fairness, we know that the customer isn't always right. Instead, businesses have to let them feel in control. Did you ever think about why the customer truly believes he or she is right?

USPS Aims To Grow Online Retailers Sales Via Catalogs

The U.S. Postal Service is reaching out to ecommerce retailers with a campaign focusing on the power of catalogs with potential to double online transactions and boost revenue 100 percent by creating print extensions of their shopping websites.

FSB Reports Gloomy Outlook For Third Quarter

While it's possible - and desirable - that another report will contradict this one in the next couple of days, the Federation of Small Businesses has found that confidence levels among small business owners are rather low.  Indeed, it seems most small business owners in the UK don't have anything resembling high hopes for the third quarter of this year.

Amex Launches New Tools For Small Businesses

American Express Open, the small business division of the financial services company, has launched a campaign for small businesses called "Start Booming" that features real business owners in ads."While there are certainly people who continue to find the current economy challenging, there are entrepreneurs who are not only thriving but also building a roadmap for future growth," said Julie Fajgenbaum, vice president at American Express Open.

Googler Discusses How To Discover Start-Up Ideas

Established businesses may not need new ideas; it's hard to argue with a product line that is already profitable.  On the other hand, even successful products an be improved - think where we'd be if people hadn't started adding seatbelts, power steering, and eventually airbags to cars - so a post from one Google employee about finding startup ideas may be worth a look.

More Businesses Hiring Workers

More businesses are hiring new employees than they are cutting jobs, according to a new survey from the National Association of Business Economics (NABE).

Higher Back-To-School Sales Predicted

Whether or not children are still forced to endure old "uphill in the snow both ways" stories, parents are giving in and buying them more stuff for the new school year, according to the National Retail Federation.  Sales are supposed to be up by quite a lot, in fact.

How to Deliver an Effective Marketing Message

Why is it so difficult for marketers to get their message to stand out? Although the marketplace is already overcrowded and is continuing to grow, it is possible for messages to be heard.