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December 4th, 2009The $375 million in stimulus funding for small business loans has run out.
Funds allocated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to loan to small businesses through the Small Business Administration has been exhausted at a time when the Federal Reserve is saying credit to small businesses is "substantially limited."
Fears of a credit drought for small businesses are prompting the National Small Business Association to lobby Congress for additional SBA-loan program funding and an extension of the 90 percent SBA guarantee granted in the Recovery Act.
The NSBA calls the $375 million in funding a "drop in the bucket" and are urging its members to contact their elected representatives and demand more funding. The SBA is asking for more funds as well so contact your congressmen if you agree this program deserves more funding.
August 27th, 2009A big part of running a small business is trying to figure out how to get your name out there to market products and services. The Internet provides tremendous opportunities, provided you know how to harness all the tools out there.
SEO Advantage has unveiled its new and improved knowledge center to help small businesses like yours learn insights into optimizing your website for the search engines, which boosts search engine rankings and qualified site visitors and thus leading to higher sales and revenues.
It's designed for small businesses no matter their online marketing experience and informs them of the inner-workings of SEO and how it can be a valuable tool to market their products and services.
The search engine optimization firm helps small businesses by designing optimized websites for search engines, bringing more qualified traffic and boosting online sales.
Copywriters at SEO Advantage develop short and informative articles weekly to the knowledge center that's divided into 8 sections, including: SEO, copywriting, PR, social media, e-commerce, search engine marketing, working with an SEO company and a Q&A about SEO Advantage.
Visit the search engine optimization Knowledge Center today by visiting http://www.seo-advantage.com/seo-topics/.
August 27th, 2009In an effort to help small business owners correctly determine the risk associated with starting a business, an Odds of Success Calculator has been unveiled by business advice and networking website StartUpNation.com.
Eight factors are used to determine the chance of success for an entrepreneur: amount of capital investment, difficulty in obtaining funds, quality of financial management, degree of business planning, annual industry growth rate, management experience, industry experience and timeframe.
After completing a questionnaire, the utility calculates the probability of success by comparing the company with data points of up to thousands of other companies.
The idea for the calculator was in response to site visitors wanting a tool that could tell them if they're on the right track or not. It's also a bit entertaining - giving quick and definitive results.
Learn more and see how Twitter fared on the calculator by reading this Daily Dose post from Entrepreneur.com.
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