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May
07, 2009
1. Small Business Advice on How to Keep Your Customers
2. The Amazing Benefits of a Good Nights' Sleep
3. SBA Expands Eligibility
for 7(a) Loans
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1.
Small Business Advice on How to Keep Your Customers
Copyright
©; 2008 Allison Babb International LLC.
http://www.GreatSmallBusinessAdvice.com
http://www.TheSmallBusinessSuccessMovie.com
Whether
the economy is up or down, as self-employed professionals,
we all want to
be sure we're doing everything to keep our customers.
Some of you have shared
that your customers are disappearing or
just not returning to your business.
Some have expressed a concern
that their business is viewed as a luxury expense
and is the first to
go when hard times hit.
Here
are five ideas to keep customers on board with you.:
http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2661.htm
2. The Amazing Benefits of a Good Nights' Sleep
by
Susan Koranki
http://www.better-sleep-better-life.com
©
2009
We all know that we feel better after 8 hours
of zzzz's, but the reasons
behind that feeling of well-being are not so well
known. After a long,
tiring day, the idea of climbing into bed can seem like
heaven. But for
many of us, life is so busy, that sleep has become a 'luxury',
the first
thing we cut back on when time-crunched.
Sleep
isn't an luxury, it's a vital and integral part, of a healthy lifestyle:
http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2662.htm
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3. SBA Expands Eligibility
for 7(a) Loans
More small businesses will be eligible
for U.S. Small Business Administration
-backed loans, meaning greater access
to much-needed capital in this tough
economy, as a result of a temporary alternate
size standard for the agency's
largest lending program.
Going
green may mean more green next tax season, read more:
http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2663.htm
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