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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Jobless Benefits to Expand as Cities Ease Advertising Restrictions

Today: Unemployment benefits may increase, signage restrictions easing, the case for business ethics, small business security solutions, the effects of healthcare reform and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, unemployment benefits, start-ups, economy, healthcare reform, business ethics, termination, open-source software, computer security, customer service, recruitment, online video, online marketing

Filed Under: ABC Small Business Brief

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Posted: 1/6/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Obama Contemplates Tax Cuts as Retail Bankruptcies Expected to Soar

Today: A possible tax cut from Obama, changes to the ADA, reevaluating your business strategy, the importance of the subject line on your email and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, tax cut, retail, bankruptcies, economy, 2009, website optimization, ebusiness, ada, hiring, email marketing, customer relationship marketing

Filed Under: ABC Small Business Brief

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Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

New Year, New Tax Cuts

You have to appreciate Barack Obama. Just when you think he’s committed to spending us back to prosperity as he promised during the campaign, he turns around and proposes some $300 billion in tax cuts to individuals and businesses in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy over the next two years.


Tags: business tax cuts, obama, economic stimulus

Filed Under: The Bottom Line

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Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Janelle
Janelle

ABC Guests on Chicago’s Business Matters Radio Program

Start the New Year right with influential strategies from America’s Best Companies. Business Matters host Thomas White speaks with the ABC president on small business goals and trends.


Tags: abc, guest, interview, jimtracy, thomaswhite, businessmatters, americasbestcompanies, radio, podcast

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Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Happy New Year from America's Best Companies

Everyone here at ABC wishes you and yours all the best in the coming year. May your businesses prosper in 2009 and beyond. We will resume the ABC Small Business Brief on Monday, January 5th, 2009. So, until then, Happy New Year! Today: Pension funding relief and raises to the minimum wage, outsourcing and much more.


Tags: small business, bush, economy, email, pensions, minimum wage, vacations, hiring, online marketing, fear-based marketing

Filed Under: ABC Small Business Brief

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Posted: 12/31/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Tax Cuts Coming Despite the Economy

Today: Obama says the tax cuts will go on even as the fallout of the holiday season hits American retailers, how your business can survive a cash-flow crisis, the ADA rises again, the road to a paperless office and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, holiday shopping season, financial crisis, entrepreneurs, partnership, paperless office, branding, online video content, ada, tv, marketing

Filed Under: ABC Small Business Brief

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Posted: 12/30/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Retail Stimulus

There has been a lot of talk of how the trillions in bailout money should go to Main Street now that Wall Street has wasted its cut and the automakers are about to take their piece. Now, with a proposal from the National Retail Federation, that might be a step closer to happening, but will it work?


Tags: retail, bailout, stimulus, national retail federation, nrf

Filed Under: The Bottom Line

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Posted: 12/29/2008 | Comments Comments (2) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Retailers Seeking Their Own Economic Stimulus

Today: Retailers are looking for some economic stimulus of their own, “Productivity Bankruptcy Day,” small business ads on MySpace, email red flags and much more.


Tags: small business, state budgets, credit outlook, retail stimulus plan, government contracting, production bankruptcy day, labor-waste elimination, myspace, advertising, 401(k), holiday slump, email list rentals, customer service

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Posted: 12/29/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBA Expands Emerging 200 Initiative, New Labor Secretary to Hit The Ground Running

Everyone here at America's Best Companies wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today: News from the SBA, insight on success from Sir Richard Branson, small business wins the space race against the likes of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, and much more.


Tags: small business, sba, emerging 200 initiative, lending, treasury, federal reserve, retail, holiday season, last-minute shopping, richard branson, virgin, social media, space business, obama, solis, labor, starting salaries, branding, holiday e-cards, marketing

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Posted: 12/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The IRS Collecting Less From Audits as More Businesses go the Way of the Buggy Whip

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the IRS reports lower collections from taxpayer audits, things not to do when cutting costs, a look at mobile computing strategies and much more.


Tags: small business, irs, audit, collections, recession, cost-cutting, businesses facing extinction, exports, mobile computing, employee pay, employee focus, advertising, 2009, fusion marketing, marketing

Filed Under: ABC Small Business Brief

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Posted: 12/23/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Happy Holidays from America’s Best Companies

During this season of giving, where everyone seems to be getting their bailouts, even Santa could use some help from Congress.


Tags: santa, bailout

Filed Under: The Bottom Line

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Posted: 12/23/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Mills to Head SBA, Agency Gets More Lender Oversight

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: new SBA head and oversight, niche market strategies, confusing tech buzzwords and much more.


Tags: small business, karen g. mills, sba, kennedy, healthcare, reform, lender oversight, disaster loans, niche businesses, building a business, most confusing high-tech buzzwords, cloud computing, employee morale, congressional budget office, obama, social media, massaging, marketing

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Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Credit Games: Adjusting Limits According to Where People Shop

We have heard of universal default, where trouble with one creditor can mean interest rate hikes for all the others, but lowering your credit limit based on where you shop? American Express is doing just. What does that mean if your business is one flagged as being frequented by deadbeats.


Tags: small business, american express, universal default, credit limits

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Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Kim
Kim

Small Biz Tip: Press Releases Done Right

Small Business tips about doing press releases right.


Tags: small business, tips, press release, how-to

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Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Should Government be Run Like a Business?

The Congress just gave itself a pay raise. For you and me, pay raises are predicated on things like a good financial picture and personal achievement; you know, meeting goals, raising the bar, exceeding expectations—all that good, positive stuff—but pay raises for our legislators don’t work that way. Maybe it is time they should.


Tags: small business, congress, government, pay raises, bailout, waste, corruption

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Posted: 12/19/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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