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How to Keep Your Small Business’s Trade Secrets Safe

Kathy Simpson

What creates the nooks and crannies in Thomas' English Muffins? What is the recipe for Coca-Cola? What algorithm makes Google the number-one search engine? The answers to these questions are closely guarded trade secrets. Almost all... Continue

How to Protect Your Small Business’s Reputation

Allie Johnson

Reputation is everything in business, so it's easy to see why reputational harm poses a costly risk to small businesses. Reputational harm generally occurs when a business gets portrayed negatively in some way, from a bad online review to... Continue

How to Protect Your Business Income in 5 Steps

Stephen Robert Morse

As a small business owner, you probably work hard to keep your finances in check, but unexpected events can sabotage those efforts — and these events happen more often than you might think. An estimated 25 percent of... Continue

How to Create Content to Generate Leads While You Sleep

Allie Johnson

Generating leads involves a lot of hard work. But what if you could work smarter by creating an amazing piece of content, promoting it and letting the leads roll in over time? Before you work on developing and publishing that one stellar... Continue

What You Need to Know Before You Lease Commercial Property for Your Small Business

Kathy Simpson

Finding a small business space for rent involves more than finding the perfect location at a price you can afford. Businesses also need to sign a lease, which is a complex document that typically favors the landlord and a business’s... Continue

5 Easy Steps to Take When Your Small Business Suffers a Data Breach

Mike Kelly

Most businesses are forced to close shop after experiencing a data breach and those that manage to stay open rarely reclaim the success they experienced prior to the breach. You can't undo a data breach once it has happened to your... Continue

Is My Small Business’s Data Completely Safe on the Cloud?

Gene Marks

As recently as five years ago, cloud-based software was relatively new. Bigger companies were migrating towards these systems, but many of my small business clients were hesitant. When it came to cloud-based storage, most business... Continue

How Small Business Owners Can Keep Customers Loyal and Coming Back for More

Stephen Robert Morse

When you own a small business, it can be challenging to differentiate your business from your competitors. For example, in many cities and towns, there may be a dozen Chinese restaurants, a dozen bakeries, or a dozen photocopy stores to... Continue

3 Steps to Prepare For an Unplanned Weather Event

Kelly Spors

Whether due to natural disaster, fire, or another unforeseen event, businesses sometimes must suspend their operations temporarily—for days, weeks or possibly even months. A temporary closure of even a few days can be devastating to a... Continue