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As much as we talk about energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprints, there are limits. Many businesses rely on driving, air travel, shipping and production for their core operations. They may be able to shave their pollution by, say, driving hybrid vehicles. But they can’t exactly call themselves “carbon neutral.” So, another option: buying carbon [...]

Often the best learning experiences come from a combination of listening to experts and interacting with your small business peers. The next few months have some great opportunities to do both. This list of small business events, webinars and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends [...]

Welcome to the One on One conversation series, where Small Business Trends will be speaking to some of the best minds in business today. The goal of the series is to pick the brains of successful entrepreneurs, best-selling author, and executives with organizations serving the small business community, to provide the Small Business Trends community [...]

Building a website does not have to be difficult, as we learned earlier this month in our 7 Powerful and Free Website Builders for Small Businesses post.  Here are eight more services that offer free website building tools and hosting. Thanks to everyone for your comment, e-mails and suggestions for other great website builders that [...]

Our roundup this week has some great chances for SMBs to win recognition, cash prizes and business services. This list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses is brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. – * * * * * New Ideas Contest Enter [...]

Do you want to start a new small business? Here at Small Business Trends we pride ourselves on creating the best content available to the small business community. But we also strive to help others join their ranks. Think of the resources below as an owner’s guide to your new business. We’ve kept it basic [...]

Often the best learning experiences come from a combination of listening to experts and interacting with your small business peers. The next few months have some great opportunities to do both. This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends [...]

Sometimes small business news and advice is just too theoretical, too poetic, too colorful to help the average small business owner or entrepreneur. We get it. That’s why we assemble the Small Business Trends small business news roundup to give you the news you need to start operate your business more creatively, more efficiently, more [...]

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of social media books out there.  So how is a many-hat-wearing business owner supposed to know which ones to read?   Here is a list of the 10 social media books that small business owners can read to get the most bang for their social media investment of time and [...]

Welcome to the One on One conversation series, where Small Business Trends will be speaking to some of the best minds in business today. The goal of the series is to pick the brains of successful entrepreneurs, best-selling author, and executives with organizations serving the small business community, to provide the Small Business Trends community [...]