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Running a small business during the COVID-19 outbreak comes with unprecedented challenges. To assist small businesses during this time, the federal government has passed the CARES Act, which includes multiple programs to provide financial assistance to small businesses and their…

Running a small business during the COVID-19 outbreak comes with unprecedented challenges. To assist small businesses during this time, the federal government has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which includes multiple initiatives to provide financial…

One of the best places to connect directly with your customers is in their inboxes. A study of the email behaviors of nearly 2,000 Americans in The Inbox Report 2017, by marketing platform Fluent, shows just how important email is to…

The worldwide COVID-19 outbreak is a quickly changing, uncertain situation. You may be seeing hourly updates about travel bans, upticks in cases, and restrictions on day-to-day life – all of which are affecting your business. It’s an unprecedented challenge for…

The worldwide COVID-19 outbreak is an evolving, uncertain situation. For small business owners, this is an especially challenging time. Fortunately, various local and state government agencies are announcing assistance programs for small businesses during the economic slowdown. For more information…

Small business owners can control what they sell, whom they hire, and how they do business. Having the power to make decisions is one of the reasons many business owners like running the show, rather than working for someone else.…

Economic downturns are not always all bad news for businesses. Here’s why: Downtrodden economies can lead to great innovation. Existing companies must find new ways to survive and thrive, launching products that might not have fit in better moments and…

A sign with opening hours is one of the fixtures of a small business storefront. But “open” and “closed” are not quite as black and white as they appear at first, and there are a lot of decisions when it…

All businesses have their busy and slow periods, often driven by holidays or the weather. For customer Lisa Forman, owner of Legends Sports Pub in Salt Lake City, UT, planning ahead for her busy season involves tracking when professional football…