The Ultimate Business Tune Up For Times Like These
from Inc.
In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. Inc. asked their favorite entrepreneurs for the tips and tricks they have used to pilot their businesses through difficult times. The result: 23 things you can do right now to energize your employees, wow your customers, and get your business back on track. More

2009: Keep More Cash
from Fortune Small Business
When your accountant prepares your business tax, you may feel a bit like Bill Murray's character in Groundhog Day, only this time forced to relive the indignities of 2008 again and again. Yes, last year was a bummer for many American entrepreneurs. But like Murray's cynical weatherman, you have an opportunity to improve upon the past. With smart tax moves, you may be able to recover some of the money you lost in a bruising 2008. More

How to Build a Profitable Power Product Display
from Just About Everything A Retail Manager Needs To Know
The key to successful retailing is being consistent in your relay merchandising and entrepreneurial in your displays. The power displays is the most important display in your store as it sets the image for the whole store, plus it should be the most profitable square metre of retail space of your whole floor space. Power spots need to be planned and managed and a few pointers will maximise the return of your investment. More

10 Things the IRS Won’t Tell You
from Smart Money
If you think your taxes were complicated last year, just wait till you try to sort out the trials and tribulations of 2008. Here's what you need to know. More

Green Lights Save Green
from Stores Magazine
Most of us take power for granted, but retailers are keenly aware that energy is becoming more expensive. One strategy for reducing consumption that makes good environmental – and, increasingly, financial – sense is quite simple: change light bulbs. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting consumes 22 percent of the country’s electricity and “represents a great opportunity for energy efficiency,” says Greg Merritt, director of corporate marketing for Cree, a manufacturer of semiconductors and devices that enhance the value of solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance and efficiency. More

The Easiest Way to Build Trust With Customers
from Customer Service Magazine
If you didn't offer a particular service, would you say that you did anyway? Would you say you were open a certain time when you were not? Or that you accepted a particular type of payment even though you didn't? Honesty really is the best customer care policy. Find out how you can get your customers to trust you. More

Why Businesses Must Push Science Education
from Forbes
There's an argument taking place about America's dwindling stock of talent in science, technology, engineering and math. It is not an abstract argument; its outcome will affect our livelihoods for generations to come. More

Uncensored Sales Strategies
from Entrepreneur
Sydney Biddle Barrows is a speaker, consultant, writer and sales professional. Her first book was a take on her life story that ended up on the Fortune Top Ten Best Business Books of the Year list, and it eventually found its way onto a couple of reading lists for classes at Harvard University. From there her fame grew. See, she already had notoriety, owing to the business she took from so-so to top-shelf. Because her first book was called Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows. More