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In January, Amazon.com ran a promotion encouraging consumers to use its mobile app. If customers purchased an item via its app while in a retailers' store, Amazon provided a monetary incentive to choose the online …
By Mark H. Clevey, MPA, Entre/Intrapreneurship Consultant and co-author of the Michigan Entrepreneurship Scord CardIn 2011 the Michigan Municipal League published a new book titled, “The Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around …
Today at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Business Next at the Michigan Business Network: SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler talks about why he believes 2012 will be a breakout year for small business. And, …
(By David Fant, owner of Market Mapping plus and chair of SBAM’s Strategic Communications Advisory Committee. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine)What do Microsoft, Apple Computer, and Amway Corporation all have in common? …
By Steven StraussLast week, I began my annual look at the Top Trends in Small Business. This week we get to the Top 5 and what is interesting about the overall list is that it …
In November of 2008, the Small Business Association of Michigan launched a new initiative to actively seek out regional and statewide business organizations who shared our vision in moving toward an entrepreneurial economy. Lansing’s Old …
New? You bet! Who (except marketing gurus and analytical chemists) would think changing Coke’s hundred-year formula for success would be sound strategy? And then give the new product the flagship brand name? New Coke? Was …
The weatherman has the world’s easiest job. He can over promise and under deliver to his heart’s content and still keep his job. Other than a few unhappy school kids, no one gets upset when the predicted …
Never fear, we’ve found some terrific applications for you to “Maximize Your Web Surfing ROI!” The list of applications contains a mix of browser “plug-ins,” cloudbased applications and local applications. Before we get started though, allow …
Social media marketing is growing in popularity and is being used by companies small and large. Through the networks for social media marketing, people share information, share opinions, tell people what they think about products, …
by Tracy Panich, Regional Director of Preparedness and Health and Safety for the Mid Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. On average 500,000 Americans die of cardiac …
By Nancy Boese, Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. Companies have different stages of development and the decision to diversify into new markets or new products can …
By David Fant, chairperson of SBAM’s Strategic Communications Advisory Committee. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. Sitting here in my home office, I got to thinking about the idea of a company of one. …
By Paul Hense, CPA. From the Small Business Association of Michigan’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. I love to spend time with my wife, kids, grandkids, brothers, my farm in Cheboygan, my Boston Whaler, the …
By Julie Mann, MSIR, SPHR, CCP While the news focus is on the state of unemployment in Michigan, the state of employment has become a topic of the past. But yet, we know that history repeats …
By John Westra is Director, NuWave Government Solutions. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. Ask any small business owner about their “relationship” with government and you are likely to get an earful. Listen to …
By Rob Fowler, President and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan (from the association’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine.) I’d like to expand on a thought expressed in our previous Communiqué by 2010-2011 …