Company Activities & Management

We present several effective ways to market your small business this holiday season and give yourself the gift of big profits.

If you own a business, it is important to begin thinking about your 2011 tax return now. Here's where you should focus your efforts.

Study shows that people exposed to social media are up to seven times more likely to spend more money at “quick service restaurants.”

Signs look promising for small retailers for the 2011 holiday shopping season, if they are flexible enough to take advantage of their opportunities.

The company's Folio lineup will offer small businesses another alternative to the wildly popular MacBook Air -- and claims of up to 9 hours of battery life.

Business, government and education admins will get better management of employees on mobile devices

The think tank's latest report on global economic conditions suggests that small businesses should brace for two years of weaker growth.

Does your small business have a social media policy? The Evil HR Lady explains why it's time to get one -- and what can happen if you don't.

In this week's YEC video, Eric Bahn, founder and vice president of Beat the GMAT, shows you how to defuse a situation with an angry or upset customer.

All it takes is one angry customer to ruin your reputation. And all it takes to prevent that from happening is a sense of accountability.

Banks would like you to use your credit card more this holiday season -- and they're offering their most generous perks ever to encourage you to do so.

Marketers say they get far more leads via search engine optimization than from either Facebook or Twitter.

Email signatures are like letterhead for your small business. So why would you have five different people using three different formats?

The Durbin Amendment has put more money into small merchants' pockets. Here's what you need to do to ensure that the profits keep rolling in.

Big businesses don't like the idea of a new system for creating top-level Internet domain names. Small businesses shouldn't like it, either.

There is such a thing as bad PR -- and it's all too easy to find. Carol Roth explains why PR campaigns go wrong and how to make PR work for your small...

John Jantsch takes a closer look at Google's long-anticipated business-branding support -- and sees a lot of room for improvement.

Women-owned businesses in the U.S. are a significant economic force, yet financing remains tough. Here are some great resources beyond traditional banks.

Small businesses may soon have more access to capital if a new bill passed by the House of Representatives becomes law.