NSBA Delivers 2009 Year-End Economic Report

On January 20, 2010

NSBA Delivers 2009 Year-End Economic Report

The National Small Business Association has released its 2009 Year-End Economic Report, and as you might have guessed, a lot of the organization's data doesn't point to it having been a good twelve months.  Still, there were a couple of ways in which small business owners came out looking okay.

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On January 20, 2010

M&A Activity In Defense To Grow?

It had been expected that Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activity would have increased over the last two years in the defense industry. Other then a few big events such as Northrop Grumman's (NOC) divestiture of its SETA arm, TASC, there was not as many actions as had been expected. The feeling was that if the defense budgets of the U.S. and other European countries did decline due to changes in policy and economic difficulties that would would spur activity. Now recently there have been several transactions announced or completed which may signify a major shift in the defense industry as larger companies move to diversify or get out of certain business areas. M&A also might be happening as smaller companies...


On January 20, 2010

The Art of Zen Copywriting for Bloggers

If you’re like many bloggers, you have (or you’re thinking of developing) products and services to sell to your readers. Your instinct might be to write the sort of hard sell copy you’ve seen so much of, because you will assume that’s what always works. But will it? Maybe. Maybe not. The trouble with hard sell is that [...]


On January 20, 2010

YouTube Basics for SEO

In this article, SEO expert Wil Reynolds explains how to get maximum search engine optimization value out of your YouTube videos. He explains how to include your link in the description, how to take action on what you learn YouTube Insight analytics, and how this relates to universal search.


On January 19, 2010

It’s Never Too Late for Success: One Man’s Story

Today I have the honor of interviewing an amazing man with a truly inspiring story. So often, I hear from entrepreneurs who are experiencing setbacks in life and business, some are heartbreaking stories. But most often the lessons learned through...


On January 19, 2010

A New Newsletter

You may notice something new on the front page of our website (and if you don’t, make sure to scroll down below The Daily Blog). There in the middle of the page you can opt in to receive our new (!) email newsletter, The Keen Thinker. Those of you who have been following us or [...]