We Can Help you Feed the (Web) Beast
PMA
No time to create meaningful web content for your customers? Not sure what to post on your website that is interesting to your customers? Heres an easy and fast solution - a video player with current photography tips to help your customers have an improved picture-taking experience. Video topics include photography do's and don'ts, the importance of cropping, top 10 photography tips, how to get a unique shot of tourist icons, and more. In five simple steps you can post the video player AND the videos to your website. Viola! A quick and easy solution for you, and a new resource for your customers. Its one more way your PMA membership works for you! More

Entrepreneurs Turn to Alternative Finance
Business Week
The credit binge and the crash that followed have left entrepreneurs in a bind. Banks, faced with rising defaults, dramatically tightened lending standards to reduce their risk. Small business owners who borrowed liberally when credit was easy were blindsided by the downturn, and many now find their credit scores wrecked. Enter the alternative finance companies.More

Get Found and Boost Sales Online
Smart Money's Small Biz
Running an online shop might spare you the pain of paying rent each month, but rest assured, you'll still need Alka-Seltzer. Just ask Daniel Hallac, a co-founder of Kidmondo, an online baby journal service. Of all the obstacles that have surfaced in the last year, Hallac says marketing has been his chief concern.More

Ten Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know
Inc.
A business is a living entity with needs of its own, and unless the leaders pay attention to them, the business will fail. There's only one way of knowing what those needs are: by looking at the numbers and understanding the relationships between them.More

The Twittering Class
Entrepreneur
Social networking sites and services such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have followed the same path to the business world that blogs did only a couple years ago: Theyre all online hangouts that evolved into sophisticated branding, lead generation and sales tools for business. And with the right approach, they are an ideal way to quickly - and cheaply - promote your business.More

Turning Around Negative Attitudes
Work 911
At one time or another, organizations develop an over-abundance of "negative energy" or attitudes. The negative organization is characterized by increased complaining, a focus on reasons why things can't be done, and what seems to be a lack of hope that things will get better. What can you do?More

Ten Sure Fire Ways to Fail as a Manager
Business Know-How
In an effort to be less than constructive as a manager, here are ten sure-fire ways to alienate and demotivate your team on your change journey. Hit-or-miss approaches don't go far enough; this is your chance to use the best methods of corporate torture and humiliation developed by dictators, steamrollers and other "tough guy" bosses. More