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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2011

Small Business Labs

  To see our past lists, click on the year: 2010 , 2009 , 2008.    Social and Social Media.   Social Media Moves to the Small Business Mainstream:  Despite the hype, the vast majority of small businesses haven't used social media on a regular basis for business purposes. 

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

  The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps.    It was also a key factor in our 2008 forecast that the number of small businesses would increase during the recession - a forecast that met with a lot of skepticism but proved correct (OK, I admit to patting ourselves on the back on this one). 

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Virtual workers can be from a “Temp-Agency&# or a from contracting firms. Said on January 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am [.] You want the whole tree."

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