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Review: 3 Website Monitoring Services

A look at services that alert you to website slowdowns and crashes.  Read more

Online Inventory Management Tools

Not interested in spending thousands of dollars on an inventory management system? Here's a look at two Web-based offerings that make the job easy for a low ...  Read more

Tech Trends: Tools for Managing Contacts

We tried out two basic CRM tools that help organize contacts--and stay in touch with them.  Read more

How to Use Accounting as Strategy

Accounting isn't just a necessary evil; sometimes the methods used can be a key part of your business strategy.  Read more

3 Killer Tools for Scheduling Shifts

These Web-based platforms take the hassle out of organizing employee shifts and vacations.  Read more

Tech Trends: Next on the Agenda

Check out cool apps that keep you on schedule all day.  Read more

Take an Ivy League Class for Free

Slingshot SEO co-founder Aaron Aders takes a free online class with Coursera, taught in real time, to see if it's really worth your time. Here's what he disc...  Read more

3 Signs You Aren't Paying Yourself Enough

If you can't take home a proper salary, it's time to take a long, hard look at your business.  Read more

Time to Break Up With Your Bank

Your relationship with your bank may be one-sided--and expensive. But you won't know unless you play the field.  Read more

Romney Opened a Swiss Bank Account. Should You?

The presidential candidate is learning the hard way that they're not good for PR. But they might not be great tax havens anymore either.  Read more

6 Big Tech Debuts in 2013

Did you see all of these coming? Keep an eye out for several major hardware and software developments next year--some of them may surprise you.  View slideshow

Secure a Bank Loan or Credit Line--Even in a Tough Economy 

Advice on how to woo bankers from Ami Kassar, founder of MultiFunding.com, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

What's the Next Billion-Dollar App?

Silicon Valley is hot on the trail of the next billion-dollar idea. Here are a few of the top contenders.  Read more

What Happened When Grooveshark Couldn't Meet Payroll 

Grooveshark founder Sam Tarantino wanted to reinvent the music business. But in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, funding was quickly drying up, and he ...  Watch video

6 Marketing Techniques for Every Entrepreneur 

Tools and advice from Neil Patel, co-founder of KISSmetrics, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

Get Website Users to Stay Longer: 7 Tips 

Advice from Emerson Spartz, founder of Spartz Media, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

Why You Should Care About Marketing Attribution

Marketing attribution tracks user behavior before an online sale, allowing each channel that played a role in influencing the consumer to get credit for the ...  Read more

Should You Track Economic Value Added?

It's a complicated formula that provides excellent insight into performance... but does it matter for your business?  Read more

How to Host A Successful Webinar 

Engage your audience and win new customers. Here's how, including tips from Shama Kabani, president of the Marketing Zen Group.  Watch video

How to Increase Your Online Ad Conversion Rate 

Find out why Matt Mickiewicz, co-founder of 99Designs, a graphic design marketplace, recommends website live chats.  Watch video

How to Identify Your Next Business Opportunity 

As the co-founder of a Brooklyn gourmet food and wine shop, Jason Richelson knows first-hand the shortcomings of cash register software. So in August 2008 he...  Watch video

Mobile Sales Lessons From Girl Scout Cookies

What does a pet product start-up have in common with a Girl Scout selling cookies? They can both teach you about mobile payments.  Read more

5 Ways to Get Your Business Through Crisis

When a marketing initiative fell through, my husband and I were left holding hundreds of thousands of dollars in inventory. Here's how we turned things around.  Read more

How to Crowdfund to Raise Money 

Here's 4 tips to take advantage of social networks to raise money from investors. You'll also hear from Daniel Epstein, CEO of the Unreasonable Institute, wh...  Watch video

Post Office Delays: How to Avoid a Cash Flow Crunch

Changes coming soon to the U.S. Postal Service will slow payments from your clients. Take steps to minimize the impact now.  Read more

Why Aren't You Using Google AdWords?

Is this digital version of the Yellow Pages too powerful to pass up? Or is Google AdWords a total waste of time?  Read more

Can This Start-up Eliminate Social Media Overload?

Think of it as Siri for your social life. Using artificial intelligence, Bottlenose reads and interprets messages--so you don't have to.  Read more

The Payment Revolution is Coming

Transaction costs suck up to $50 billion a year out of the economy. But they could be on their way out. Here's why.  Read more

Halloween Haunts Get Boost From Start-up

TicketLeap, an online ticket exchange, helps local haunts go hi-tech.  Read more

5 Back-Office Tech Innovations

These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact yo...  View slideshow

Is Your Budget Ready for Worst Case Scenario?

Thanks to credit crunches and slow sales, experts say the key to budgeting for 2012 is being prepared for the worst. Here are the simple steps to building a ...  Read more

7 Ways to Work From Anywhere

Author John Warrillow shares the tech tools he uses to run his start-up remotely while traveling through Europe.  Read more

How a $1,500 Start-up Changed Health Care

Serial entrepreneur and The Future Well co-founder Jay Parkinson is teaching everyone that a good idea doesn't cost much to grow.  Read more

InterSys Consulting Interview: Great SaaS Solutions

InterSys Consulting keeps its operations lean by outsourcing and working in the cloud.&nbs...  Read more

How to Attract a Peer Lender

Peer-to-peer lending has found its niche among small business owners in need of quick cash. Find out if it’s right for you, and learn some expert tips on a...  Read more