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    1. After easy passage in the Senate, online sales tax bill faces much tougher road in the House

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      After easy passage in the Senate, online sales tax bill faces much tougher road in the House

      After passing with bipartisanship support in the Senate, an online sales tax proposal faces a much more difficult path in the House of Representatives, with opposition already mounting from tax-averse Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) earlier this week said he “probably” will not support the legislation, which he believes places too heavy of a burden on online merchants by requiring them to begin calculating and charging varying sales tax rates depending on where they are shipping

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    2. How Great Business Writing Gets Done Quickly

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      How Great Business Writing Gets Done Quickly

      Great writers know a thing or two about how great writing is done. After all, that’s their job. For you, the business owner or marketer who needs to do some writing, it’s helpful to know what countsContinue ReadingIf You Liked This Post. . . :Weekend Favs March TwoWeekend Favs April TwentyWeekend Favs April ThirteenWeekend Favs March Twenty ThreeWeekend Favs March Nine How Great Business Writing Gets Done Quickly is a post from: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing

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    3. Minimum Wage Legislation, And The Small Business 'Survey' Scam

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      Minimum Wage Legislation, And The Small Business 'Survey' Scam

      A group calling itself the Small Business Majority (SBM) recently released a survey to support its argument that two-thirds of small businesses support a hike in the minimum wage. It’s a counterintuitive result: After all, if small businesses don’t mind a minimum wage hike, then pursuing the policy should be a no-brainer for Congress. But a closer look at SBM reveals that it’s just another misleadingly-named activist group more interested in playing politics that supporting good policy.

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    5. How will Sellers of Downloadable Products Deal with State Sales Tax Requirements?

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      How will Sellers of Downloadable Products Deal with State Sales Tax Requirements?

      If online retailers are required to adhere to state sales tax rules, how will sellers of downloadable products deal? When the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act Monday, advocates of the bill hailed a victory in fairness, saying the legislation will level the playing field between brick and mortar and online retailers. But what about online retailers who don't sell physical products? A recent Cnet article pointed out that some states treat digital goods as non-taxable, so companies with offices in only those states don't need to worry about collecting sales tax. But if the MFA becomes law ...

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    6. Women Leaders: Stop Trying to Lead Like a Man

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      Women Leaders: Stop Trying to Lead Like a Man

      To be a true leader, you must establish trust and build bonds with your employees, says Simon Sinek. What's lacking in the world right now is not women leaders, but rather leaders who lead like women, said best-selling leadership author Simon Sinek, speaking at the Women Entrepreneurs Rock the World conference in New York Wednesday. "In business, largely, we teach male leadership. And we are teaching you [women] how to be like men. Ignore it all. Follow your gut. Follow your instinct," he said. "And if your instinct is to look out for someone, to care for them--and maybe ...

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    7. The Small Business Advocate – May 2013

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      The Small Business Advocate – May 2013

      The May edition of the Small Business Advocate spotlights the chief counsel’s recent visits to Regions II and VII to meet with small businesses, learn about their operations, and hear their concerns firsthand. The Chief Counsel’s message recaps Dr. Sargeant’s testimony on Advocacy’s FY 2014 budget request. The issue also summarizes Advocacy comments on proposed FCC Aviation Communications Rules. And finally, it bids a fond farewell to Jody Wharton, director of information, on her retirement from federal service.

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    9. 4 Reasons Business Owners Are Not Confident About the Economy

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      4 Reasons Business Owners Are Not Confident About the Economy

      Take a closer look at some of the fundamentals underlying the recent positive economic news. In its monthly "beige book" report, the Federal Reserve recently reported moderate economic growth across the country. This was backed up by gross domestic product numbers, which showed a 2.5 percent annualized growth in the first quarter--a significant improvement from the 0.4 percent annualized growth from the fourth quarter of 2012. The unemployment rate continues to tick down. Personal income and spending both increased, pending home sales reached a three-year high, new residential home sales improved, and home prices are surging. The American ...

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    10. This New Rule Means More Government Contracts for Women-owned Small Businesses.

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      This New Rule Means More Government Contracts for Women-owned Small Businesses.

      The government just eliminated a cap on contracts for women-owned small businesses. Here's what the change could mean for your business. If you run a woman-owned small business and you want to get government contracts, things just got a little bit better for you. Sequester or no sequester, the U.S. government spends a ton of money. Regardless of how you might feel about that politically, it means opportunity for small businesses. A small change to the federal rules that just went into effect that means more of those opportunities could go to women-owned small businesses. First, the bad ...

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    11. How Starting a Company is Like Climbing Everest

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      How Starting a Company is Like Climbing Everest

      You know what happens to people who try to rush to the top, don't you? Our accelerator, The Triangle Startup Factory, is in week five of the current 12-week program. A combination of structured mentoring and serendipitous advice is the order of the day. Our current founders are all smart, thoughtful, high-energy, pedal-to-the-metal people. This is fun. But I have one concern. A big one. I was having trouble describing it naturally. So one of our local mentors offered an analogy that seems to fit: In order to climb Mt Everest, you must plan, work, and make adjustments at ...

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    13. How 3 Kickstarter Projects Beat the Odds

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      How 3 Kickstarter Projects Beat the Odds

      Fashion start-ups have a lousy track record on Kickstarter--the vast majority never reach their goals. Here are three instructive exceptions. Of the 40,000 successful Kickstarter campaigns hosted on the crowdfunding platform since it came onto the scene in 2009, fashion campaigns are the least successful--only 28 percent of them meet their funding goals. But in recent months a few breakaway campaigns in this space are worth noting for the lesson they offer any consumer product company seeking to win hearts and pocketbooks. Each company is founded on noble principles that you might think would be the key to their ...

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    18. Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses

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      Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses

      Turning small business owners into stars has become a winning formula for television producers, but some businesses featured in them are cashing in, too. Sales explode after just a few episodes air, transforming these nearly unknown small businesses into household names. In addition to earning a salary from starring in the shows, some small business owners are benefiting financially from opening gift shops that sell souvenirs or getting involved in other ventures that spawn from their new-found fame.

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    19. 5 Lessons from Warren Buffett's Letters

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      5 Lessons from Warren Buffett's Letters

      Berkshire Hathaway's chairman has a reputation for eloquence in his annual shareholder letters. Here are five gems from over the years. For decades, the unflappable chairman of Berkshire Hathaway has addressed shareholders in an annual letter that is part economics manual, part philosophical musing, and part conversation between friends. Warren Buffett's reports on Berkshire’s earnings and losses over the years have transitioned smoothly between lessons in basic accounting, anecdotes from his personal life, and metaphors equating Woody Allen’s sex life to a clever investment strategy. In April, editor Max Olson published a complete anthology of Buffett ...

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    21. Launching a Startup -- How Much Money Do You Really Need? And From Who?

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      Launching a Startup -- How Much Money Do You Really Need? And From Who?

      After your first validation of market needs, you’re planning for a constant push. If you have 18 months worth of funding, you need to reach goals in 12 months – and all the while cyclically checking the market to make sure nothing has changed, and to make adjustments if it has.

      So .. how much? And from who?

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    22. Online Sales Tax Passes Senate. What's the Word on Main Street?

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      Online Sales Tax Passes Senate. What's the Word on Main Street?

      Last night the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would require online sellers with more than $1 million in annual revenue to collect sales tax on transactions across state lines if the essence of the bill makes it through the House and is signed into law. Are Main Street shop owners rejoicing? Depends on who you ask, of course, though many businesses (large and small) and advocacy groups support it, as Karen E. Klein pointed out in January. Small Business Majority CEO John Arensm

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    23. Soup Up Your Sales Team

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      Soup Up Your Sales Team

      Tepid sales may be the result of more than just a sluggish economy. Maybe it’s time to reevaluate your sales approach and how you attract new customers. Want to know how you can grow your business? Make more sales. And while the answer is a little obvious, the execution is a tad more complicated. You assess your market, price your products and services competitively, fire up your marketing and sales engines and hope for the best. But how does a small business take on the competition, deliver on its products and services, keep its customers satisfied and, at the ...

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