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Business Articles by SCORE
Welcome to the Archives of the “Ask SCORE” Articles
written by Dean L. Swanson, SCORE Mentor and
District Director of SCORE Minnesota.
ARTICLES FROM 2013
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| May 22, 2013 |
Mobile Devices And Your Website |
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| May 15, 2013 |
Lessons from JCPenney |
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| May 08, 2013 |
Is Good Customer Service Dead? |
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| May 01, 2013 |
Grow Your Business With Your Competitors Customers |
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| April 24, 2013 |
The Cost of Bad Customer Service |
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| April 17, 2013 |
Customers Don’t Always Tell The Truth |
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| April 10, 2013 |
Women In Business |
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| April 03, 2013 |
How Big is a Business Plan? |
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| March 27, 2013 |
Business Marketers Create Survey Fatigue |
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| March 20, 2013 |
SEO to WPO |
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| March 13, 2013 |
Lessons From a Pumpkin Patch |
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| March 06, 2013 |
Can a Business Fail While Profitable? |
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| February 27, 2013 |
Geese Lessons For The Small Business |
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| February 20, 2013 |
Your Monthly Cash Flow Checklist |
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| February 13, 2013 |
Business Ratios |
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| February 06, 2013 |
Forecasting Profit and Loss and Cash Flow |
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| January 30, 2013 |
What is Forecasting? |
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| January 23, 2013 |
Choosing an Accounting Method |
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| January 16, 2013 |
Small Business Report Cards |
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| January 09, 2013 |
Basic Business Accounting Principles |
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| January 02, 2013 |
Starting Right |
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ARTICLES FROM 2012
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| December 26, 2012 |
Know Your Business Numbers |
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| December 19, 2012 |
Strategies When Cash is Tight |
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| December 12, 2012 |
Growth Pains of a new Business |
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| December 05, 2012 |
When Hard Times Come |
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| November 28, 2012 |
Controlling Inventory Costs |
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| November 21, 2012 |
Lowering Employee Costs |
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| November 14, 2012 |
Lower Fixed Costs |
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| November 07, 2012 |
Does Spending More on Business Mean You'll Pay Less Taxes? |
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| October 31, 2012 |
Controlling Expenses |
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| October 24, 2012 |
Diversify Your Business Income |
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| October 17, 2012 |
Spring, Summer, Winter, Fail? |
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| October 03, 2012 |
Managing Your Sales Income |
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| September 26, 2012 |
Profits, Income, and Pricing |
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| September 19, 2012 |
A Large Business Provides Grant to Help Small Businesses |
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| September 12, 2012 |
Know Your Business Numbers |
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| September 05, 2012 |
Every Business Decision Is A Financial Decision |
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| August 29, 2012 |
Young Business Entrepreneurs |
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| August 22, 2012 |
Building Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty |
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| August 15, 2012 |
Small Business Helps Curiosity in Space |
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| August 08, 2012 |
Has Relationship Selling Died? |
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| August 01, 2012 |
Sales Strategies For The Small Business |
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| July 25, 2012 |
What is Your TAM, SAM and SOM? |
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| July 18, 2012 |
Women-Owned Businesses Among The Leaders In Job Creation |
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| July 11, 2012 |
Is it a Fake? |
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| July 04, 2012 |
Learning From Young Entrepreneurs |
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| June 27, 2012 |
Summer Job Options for College Students |
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| June 20, 2012 |
Increasing Sales Strategically |
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| June 13, 2012 |
The Cure for the Small Businesses Blues |
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| June 06, 2012 |
Cyber Attacks on Small Businesses |
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| May 30, 2012 |
It’s all in How You Use the Tool |
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| May 23, 2012 |
What Is Your Business Data Protection Plan? |
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| May 16, 2012 |
Create a Sustainable Business…the real goal for all startups |
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| May 09, 2012 |
The Check’s In The Mail |
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| May 02, 2012 |
Success Begins Before the Business Plan |
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| April 25, 2012 |
Happy Customers |
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| April 18, 2012 |
Unique Ways to Obtain Growth Funding |
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| April 11, 2012 |
What Drives a Successful Business? |
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| April 04, 2012 |
Business Card Marketing |
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| March 28, 2012 |
Business Loan Refinancing Available |
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| March 21, 2012 |
A Marketing Success Story |
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| March 14, 2012 |
Where are Jill's Customers? |
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| March 07, 2012 |
If Your Company Sucks, Make Changes |
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| February 29, 2012 |
“Like us”, “Follow us”, “Plus us”….Why?? |
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| February 22, 2012 |
Do you know about your Customers’ Pain Points? |
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| February 15, 2012 |
Free Source For Increasing Business Success |
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| February 08, 2012 |
Where’s My Refund? |
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| February 01, 2012 |
Most Small Businesses Report Success in 2011, but…
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| January 25, 2012 |
What I wish I knew before I Started My Business |
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| January 18, 2012 |
Word of Mouth Power |
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| January 11, 2012 |
Why Do you Want Your Own Business? |
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| January 04, 2012 |
Marketing Buzz for Business in 2012 |
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ARTICLES FROM 2011
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| December 28, 2011 |
Businesses Still Trying to Figure out Social Media |
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| December 21, 2011 |
Tips on Raising Money for Starting or Growing Your Business |
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| December 14, 2011 |
Tips for Email and Website Marketing |
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| December 07, 2011 |
Top Ten Reasons For a Pre-tax Audit |
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| November 30, 2011 |
Reflections on Small Business Saturday |
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| November 23, 2011 |
Frustrations of a Business Owner |
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| November 16, 2011 |
Can’t Deliver? What Can I Do? |
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| November 09, 2011 |
Small Businesses Use Square Magic |
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| November 02, 2011 |
Where are the Inventors? |
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| October 26, 2011 |
Why Are You In Business? |
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| October 19, 2011 |
Marketing Your New Product or New Business |
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| October 12, 2011 |
What is A Business Expenses? |
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| October 05, 2011 |
Grants For Promoting Exports |
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| Sept. 28, 2011 |
Loans, Grants & Funding For Small Businesses |
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| Sept. 21, 2011 |
Stepping Out of Your Business |
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| Sept. 14, 2011 |
Lies Business Owners Tell Themselves |
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| Sept. 07, 2011 |
Avoid Networking Mistakes |
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| August 31, 2011 |
Become a Business Networker |
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| August 24, 2011 |
Home Office Tax Deduction |
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| August 17, 2011 |
Claim Your Listing |
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| August 10, 2011 |
Small Businesses Mentored by SCORE |
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| August 03, 2011 |
Small Businesses Benefit from SCORE Mentoring |
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| July 27, 2011 |
Does Your Online Business Need to Collect Sales Tax? |
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| July 20, 2011 |
Doing Business Online |
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| July 13, 2011 |
A Home Based Business can be Great! |
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| July 6, 2011 |
Pitfalls of a Home-Based Business |
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| June 29, 2011 |
Setting Up your Business Payroll System |
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| June 22, 2011 |
Managing Your Business Credit |
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| June 15, 2011 |
Using Online Payment Services |
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| June 08, 2011 |
Offering Credit to Your Customers |
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| June 01, 2011 |
Consider the Pros and Cons of Plastic Payments |
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| May 25, 2011 |
Accepting Checks in Your Business |
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| May 18, 2011 |
Doing Business with Cash Only |
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| May 11, 2011 |
How to Begin Exporting |
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| May 04, 2011 |
Could your next Customer be Outside the U.S.? |
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| April 27, 2011 |
Taking Your Business Abroad |
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| April 20, 2011 |
Online Business…a good sales strategy? |
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| April 13, 2011 |
How Do Your Customers Find Your Business? |
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| April 06, 2011 |
What’s Happened to Employee Loyalty and Satisfaction? |
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| March 30, 2011 |
What’s Hot in Business Marketing? |
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| March 23, 2011 |
Businesses Licenses and Permits |
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| March 16, 2011 |
Laws & Regulations Affect Small Businesses |
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| March 09, 2011 |
Is The Price Right? |
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| March 02, 2011 |
“Crowdsourcing”, A Tool for Your Business |
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| February 23, 2011 |
Where are the Customers? |
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| February 16, 2011 |
Grow Your Business By Making It a Franchise |
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| February 09, 2011 |
Financing Growth for a Small Business |
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| February 02, 2011 |
Keeping Customers “Engaged” Using Digital Media |
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| January 26, 2011 |
Using Digital Media for Marketing Can Be Tricky |
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| January 19, 2011 |
Round Tables Help Small Businesses |
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| January 05, 2011 |
Taking Your Small Business to the Next Level in 2011 |
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ARTICLES FROM 2010
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| December 29, 2010 |
Business Ideas and Trends for 2011 |
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| December 22, 2010 |
Sharpen Your “Work-finding” Skills for the New Year |
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| December 15, 2010 |
E-Commerce And Small Business? |
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| December 08, 2010 |
SCORE Counseling Makes a Difference |
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| December 01, 2010 |
Small Business Survival |
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| November 24, 2010 |
Small Businesses Impact Our Economy |
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| November 17, 2010 |
Good Planning is Key to Successful Ownership Transfer |
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| November 10, 2010 |
Transferring Ownership in a Family-Owned Business |
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| November 03, 2010 |
The Business Goblins |
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| October 27, 2010 |
Business Insurance Prepares For the Unexpected |
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| October 20, 2010 |
Financing Your Business |
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| October 13, 2010 |
Getting a Handle on Business Expenses |
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| October 06, 2010 |
Look at the Legal Structure When Buying a Business |
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| Sept. 29, 2010 |
Starting a New Business?….Find Your Niche! |
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| Sept. 22, 2010 |
Thinking About Starting a New Business….I Dare You! |
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| Sept. 15, 2010 |
Changes In Tax-Favored Health Plans |
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| Sept. 08, 2010 |
Dollars and Cents of Small Business |
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| Sept. 01, 2010 |
Strategic Thinking can help Maintain Business Momentum |
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| August 25, 2010 |
How Do I Get Out of a Contract? |
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| August 18, 2010 |
What is a Contract? |
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| August 11, 2010 |
Need an Affordable Health Care Option? Consider an HSA |
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| August 04, 2010 |
What is a Small Business? |
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| July 28, 2010 |
Sixteen Steps to Get Out of A Business |
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| July 21, 2010 |
How to Get Out of A Business |
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| July 07, 2010 |
Marketing Needs to be Consistent with Daily Practice |
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| June 30, 2010 |
Marketing Ideas |
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| June 23, 2010 |
Targeted Marketing for the Small Business |
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| June 16, 2010 |
Creating a Successful Marketing Strategy |
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| June 09, 2010 |
Running an Ethical Business |
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| June 02, 2010 |
Affordable Care Act and Small Businesses |
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| May 26, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 6) |
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| May 19, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 5) |
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| May 12, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 4)
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| May 05, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 3) |
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| April 28, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 2)
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| April 21, 2010 |
A Financial Checklist for the Small Business (Part 1)
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| April 14, 2010 |
The Rewards of Franchising
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| April 07, 2010 |
Yes, The IRS Can Help?
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| March 31, 2010 |
Small Business Resources Aid Veterans
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| March 24, 2010 |
Update: Email Marketing for Small Businesses
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| March 17, 2010 |
The Next Generation of Business Planning
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| March 10, 2010 |
Protecting Your Business Idea
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| March 03, 2010 |
Keep Insurance Coverage Current
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| February 24, 2010 |
Where are the Free Grants for Small Businesses?
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| February 17, 2010 |
Choose Accounting Services Carefully
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| February 10, 2010 |
Sole Proprietorship Isn’t Always the Best Choice
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| February 03, 2010 |
Accuracy is Essential in Small Business Valuations
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| January 27, 2010 |
Bridge Your Short-Term Staffing Needs With Talented Temps
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| January 20, 2010 |
Put Time on Your Side With Better Task Management
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| January 13, 2010 |
Is Social Media the Magic Bullet for Small Business Marketing ?
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| January 06, 2010 |
Social Media and Business?
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ARTICLES FROM 2009
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| December 30, 2009 |
IRS Small Business Changes for 2010
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| December 09, 2009 |
The Internet Is a Wide-Open World for Small Business Start-Ups |
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| December 02, 2009 |
Good Habits Can Translate Into Great Sales
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| November 25, 2009 |
Talk Isn’t Cheap When It Comes to Word-of-Mouth Marketing
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| November 18, 2009 |
Small Business Survivors Plan for Success
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| November 11, 2009 |
Plan Now to Survive the Seasonal Sales Cycle
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| November 04, 2009 |
Use Mindful Management to Control Routine Costs
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| October 28, 2009 |
A Sound Marketing Strategy is a Must for Small Businesses
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| October 14, 2009 |
Overtime Awareness Will Protect You and Your Employees
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| October 07, 2009 |
Some Insights on Successful Outsourcing
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| September 30, 2009 |
What Business Structure is Best for My New Company?
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| September 23, 2009 |
Your Price is Right—If You Do Your Homework
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| September 16, 2009 |
Good Planning Will Help You Know How to Grow
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| September 09, 2009 |
The Potential Power--and Pitfalls--of Partnerships
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| September 02, 2009 |
Point, Click, Read: The Power of Good Web Copy
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| August 26, 2009 |
Ethics: Don’t Do Business without Them
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| August 12, 2009 |
Borrowing From Friends, Family Requires Wise Management
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| August 05, 2009 |
Build a Better Business By Listening to Your Customers
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| July 29, 2009 |
Equipment Leasing Equals Lasting Value
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| July 22, 2009 |
Use Search Engines to Rev Up Your Web Traffic
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| July 15, 2009 |
When It Comes to Collections, Never Assume
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| July 08, 2009 |
“Green” Business: The Shade of Things to Come
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Each week the Rochester Post Bulletin publishes an article in the Wednesday Business section on a topic geared toward the small business community in Southeast Minnesota and written by SCORE.
The news paper article is sometimes trimmed to accommodate the space that they have allocated. Therefore, in most cases these articles have more content than that which is printed. In an attempt to provide more complete information and to better serve the interested reader, the writer includes a link notation at the end of the article to lead the interested reader to this site.
If you have a topic that you would like us to address in a future article, please email that request to Dean Swanson
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