Article Contributed by Ray Haiber Are you thinking of starting a retail business but have serious concerns about the potential high costs of getting started? Have you heard horror stories about the high monthly profit eating overhead expenses of operating a traditional retail business such as rent and employees? If you fit this description you might [...]

Article Contributed by Steve Sutherland As far as business models go it doesn’t get much better than a Laundromat. While there are some barriers to entry such as high start up costs there are also many advantages. This industry has quite a low failure rate compared to other small business opportunities and the return on [...]

You just put the finishing touches on your kick-butt marketing plan that’s going to skyrocket your business. Hooray! Only problem is that kick-butt marketing plan isn’t going to do a thing for your business unless you actually put it into action. And that, alas, is where most marketing plans end up — a really good [...]

Article Contributed By Maureen Aylward of Zintro The Wall Street Journal reports that small businesses in the US are still struggling in the worsening economy. The study says that small businesses are tweaking business plans, shifting marketing strategies, and making changes to clientele, products, and services. Zintro experts tell us what they think the tweaks [...]