Small Business Tips and Advice

Whether you are an ecommerce only small business or you have a bricks-and-mortar store in addition to an online one, your website speaks volumes about you. But many small business owners often confuse a good-looking website with a good website -- or ignore the design, layout, content, and navigation of ... (more...)

Thinking about starting an ecommerce business? Use this handy ecommerce checklist to make sure you set up your new small business properly. 1. Create an LLC. 2. Open a business checking account -- and get a business credit card. 3. Trademark your intellectual property (your business name, business logo, and any product names). 4. ... (more...)

I’ve been writing about entrepreneurs and small business -- and web design and ecommerce and social media -- for over seven years now, and the spouse thought it was high time I tried practicing what I preached. So one day ... (more...)

There are dozens of web-based tools and services that claim to drive online traffic to local retail and service businesses. But some of them, such as daily sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, actually wind up costing businesses money -- and don't deliver sustained traffic. So how does a small retail or ... (more...)

Today's guest post was written by Uri Foox, the founder of Pixafy, a NYC-based web development and technology firm. *     *     *     *     * If you are a business owner who is not an expert in web development, finding someone (or an agency) you can trust to build your website is ... (more...)

Mobile apps seem to be all the rage right now. And many of them (think Angry Birds) appear to be tremendously successful. But can small businesses actually make money or get enough return on investment (ROI) to make investing in a mobile or Facebook app profitable? To find out, I ... (more...)

As of January 2011, 65.8 million Americans had a smartphone -- an 8 percent increase over the previous three months, according to comScore. More significantly, those smartphone users are shopping via their mobile devices – some 48 percent of them, according to a recent comScore mobile commerce survey. And that’s ... (more...)

As many home bakers and sellers of food products have found out, you have to be one tough cookie to be successful at selling food online. Not only do you need a good ecommerce site, you need ... (more...)

This post was written by Nina Kaufman, Esq., an attorney specializing in small business and an online columnist/blogger for Entrepreneur ******* Like lightning, an ingenious e-commerce business idea flashes before your eyes.  Totally jazzed, you boot up your laptop, get online, sign up for a PayPal account, create a template website, ... (more...)

Why work with one designer or agency and pay thousands of dollars for a logo or web design when you can work with hundreds of designers and receive hundreds of great designs -- for less than a thousand dollars? That is the premise -- and promise -- ... (more...)