What’s your small business story? And what are the small business stories of other entrepreneurs just like you? Today’s small business news roundup from Small Business Trends looks at the stories successful small business owners can tell each other and what we all can learn in the process. What can your small business story teach others? And what can...

Online project management is a crowded space.  It takes a clean approach to stand out and Clutterpad is doing a good job of offering a simpler, faster interface for the busy small business owner. Clutterpad is a collaborative platform for small business owners that want a simple-to-use workspace where employees can keep track of a project or customer.  It can...

Many small business owners and marketers understand the benefits of using e-mail marketing and online surveys to develop relationships with their customers. Yet, a surprising number of businesses send e-mail communications without thinking about their long-term goals. Take some time to think about your customer communications strategy. The upfront planning you...

As we get closer to the day Microsoft officially takes over Yahoo search (look for that in late summer/early fall), small business owners are going to put more focus on optimizing for search engines not named Google. And that means learning the tools that go along with them so that they can better control their rankings. With that in mind, it”s fitting...