Found on the Fourth

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:16 PM ET | Jul 4, 2008

In my search for a relevant post for Independence Day, I happened upon three items I thought worthy of passing along.

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Guard Your Laptop While Traveling

Courtesy of Business Know-How 08:23 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

While traveling by train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, I sat near a man who spent a portion of the time working on his laptop, but then fell asleep with his laptop on the seat beside him.

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Flat Is The New Up

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:52 PM ET | Jul 2, 2008

Small business employment growth is slowing, but at least small businesses aren't actually shedding jobs.

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Wednesday's Woman: What Working Women Want Mo$t

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:57 AM ET | Jul 2, 2008

Wanted: Some jerk named Dan's head on a platter.

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Slip Sliding Away: Small-Biz Survey on the U.S. Economy

Posted by Gayle Kesten 08:44 AM ET | Jul 1, 2008

How low can small businesses' confidence in the U.S. economy go?

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Research | SmallBizResource

A Trio of New Social Networks for Small Businesses

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:49 PM ET | Jun 30, 2008

Another day, another social network. And for good reason.

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IRS Increases Mileage Rate Again

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How 09:45 AM ET | Jun 27, 2008

In recognition of the skyrocketing cost of gasoline, the Internal Revenue Service has increased optional standard mileage rates for the last six months of 2008.

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Server How-To Center -- A New Service From bMighty.com

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:15 AM ET | Jun 26, 2008

Is your business ready to add its first servers? The new bMighty Server How-To Center is THE place to go for practical, hands-on information about how to choose, install and maintain your company's servers.

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Wednesday's Woman: Do Wedding Bells Cause Last Name Hell?

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:09 PM ET | Jun 25, 2008

Should you change your last name when you get married? Seems like a timely question for working women to ponder during these last few days of wedding-crazed June.

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Jaxtr: Another Option For Low-Cost Calling

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:47 AM ET | Jun 24, 2008

Two months after Skype debuted a trio of inexpensive plans for calling abroad comes a new option from VoIP provider Jaxtr that lets callers dial out of network for a handful of pennies per minute.

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No Hot Air: Telecommuting Saves At the Pump

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:25 PM ET | Jun 23, 2008

Working from home, I like to joke that I'm going nowhere fast.

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Are You In Compliance With CAN-SPAM? Find Out For Free

Posted by Janet Attard 01:21 PM ET | Jun 20, 2008

You’ve no doubt heard about CAN-SPAM, the government's antispam legislation. But did you know the law was updated this year with significant implications for some e-mailers -- particularly those mailing affiliate offers?

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The Upside of Being IT-Less

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:00 PM ET | Jun 19, 2008

I just discovered the bright side of not having your own IT staff.

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Wednesday's Woman: Meet Mytopia Co-Founder Galia Ben-Artzi

Posted by Gayle Kesten 08:41 AM ET | Jun 18, 2008

Galia Ben-Artzi clearly remembers the corporate recruiting process during her senior year at college for two reasons: One, it wasn't very long ago. Two, "I remember watching my peers marching around in suits and ties and just knowing very distinctly that wasn't what I wanted to do."

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Internet | Women in Business

In Praise of Mozilla's New Firefox 3 Browser

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:34 AM ET | Jun 17, 2008

Mozilla's Firefox 3 browser has entered the building. Could a place in the Guinness World Records book be next?

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Internet | Productivity | SmallBizResource

Scream and Run: 5 Google Products To Avoid

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:06 PM ET | Jun 16, 2008

Just because Google is so pervasive that it has transformed to verb status doesn't mean you should drink every cup of Kool-Aid the search giant offers.

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Comcast Woes, or How I Learned to Love Free WiFi

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:44 PM ET | Jun 16, 2008

How important to a telecommuter or someone running a small business out of their home is access to the phone and the Internet? I found out the hard way. (And, in the process, decided that free wireless access should be a constitutional right.)

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Internet | Networking & Communications

What You Can Learn From Stew

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:39 PM ET | Jun 13, 2008

The name Stew Leonard conjures up the kind of guy who typically asked me out in my younger years, but make no mistake: I'm about to introduce you to a very cool guy.

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Back-End Sales: Your Real Pot of Gold

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How 10:49 AM ET | Jun 12, 2008

I stopped at the supermarket on the way home from work last night to pick up some Italian bread. It was on sale: two loaves for $3.

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Wednesday's Woman: Hear Our Ringtones Roar

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:12 PM ET | Jun 11, 2008

Time to come clean: I don't own a smartphone. Yet. But with my wireless contract soon to expire, I'm ready to wipe the slate clean and join the 10.4 million women who bought a smartphone in 2007.

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Apple Unveils 3G iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 07:58 AM ET | Jun 10, 2008

Fans of the "i" will be happy to know Apple's next-gen iPhone is just one month away from availability.

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Customer vs. Employee: Who's Right?

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:03 PM ET | Jun 9, 2008

"Isn't it funny how it's just the little things that can make or break customer perceptions and loyalty?"

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Business Lessons From a Spelling Bee

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:10 PM ET | Jun 6, 2008

Today my son was in the third grade spelling bee. For weeks I have been containing my excitement, which finally escaped in the form of an extremely loud snort/laugh when Jared stood up on stage and spoke his name.

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What's In A Name?

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:57 PM ET | Jun 5, 2008

Why do small business owners mind being referred to as "small-business owners?"

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Marketing

Beware: Google AdWords Phishing Scam

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How 10:03 AM ET | Jun 5, 2008

If you buy Google Adwords, watch out for a very real-looking phishing scam.

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