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Building Customer Relationships That Last: Effective CRM and Retention Strategies for Small Businesses

8 minute read

June 23, 2025

In today’s competitive landscape, acquiring new customers is important, but keeping the ones you already have is what drives true growth. For small businesses, customer loyalty is not just about making sales, it’s about building...

2025 Business Trends: How Businesses Are Navigating Growth, Cash Flow, and Technology

3 minute read

May 20, 2025

Business owners across the country have entered 2025 with a mix of cautious optimism and strategic planning. According to Fora Financial's 2025 Business Insights Trends Report, entrepreneurs are forging ahead, despite persistent inflation, rising operating...

Help Wanted: Five Ways to Overcome the Labor Shortage

3 minute read

April 15, 2025

In December, a National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) report found that 34% of small business owners had unfilled job openings. This finding underscores small business owners' ongoing need for labor. In fact, each of...

10 Smart Reasons to File Your Business Tax Return on Time

6 minute read

April 8, 2025

Sure. In the dead of winter, you may not want to bring the vibe down even more by crunching numbers for your tax return. But if you take that idea too far, you're opening up...

Seven Easy Ways to Get into Trouble with the IRS

5 minute read

April 1, 2025

What's the most unfortunate part of making a mistake in filing your business taxes? Yes, an audit notice. In fact, being audited could make a week or two of jury duty seem attractive. (Even worse...

Stay on Top of 2025's Tax Deductions

5 minute read

March 25, 2025

When's time for you to claim deductions on your federal tax return, remember this: If you under-report income or claim too many deductions, you may face serious financial—and possibly criminal—consequences. But if you cheat yourself...

Six Notable Business Associations for Entrepreneurial Women

4 minute read

March 18, 2025

Whether you're just starting to pitch your business idea to investors, or you've been up and running for years, sometimes you need a little boost. This could mean hearing about new ways to do the...

Nine Women Share their Takes on More Enlightened Entrepreneurship

5 minute read

March 11, 2025

The last decade or so has seen women make great strides in founding and growing their own businesses. And with that progress have come some of the same problems everyone faces when starting a business...

Women-Owned Business Certification: Four Heavy-Hitters

4 minute read

March 6, 2025

If you're an entrepreneurial woman, have you noticed that many of your peers have joined organizations offering women-owned business certifications? These groups let mix and mingle in exciting new networks — and perhaps win some...