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Mobile Technology and Your Small Business

Ari Herzog

Because of the expense, many small businesses have relied on more basic ways to spread information about their business: customer loyalty and word of mouth. For years, mom and pop businesses remained open because of their personal touch and their expertise in product or service. This is what mobile technology can do.

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141,900 Blue Boxes

Ari Herzog

Companies will need to use those couriers to mail bills and customer letters at a higher cost. Small businesses and nonprofits that require low USPS mailing rates would be put out of business. Catalogs and magazines might end. 100,000 employed veterans would be furloughed or laid off.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

There is a trend among small business marketing in stores. Small businesses have increased their social media and digital presence online and are now taking it to the brick and motar level in some very traditional ways. Small business owners are not telling customers about the featured beer or the cost of eggs.

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The New Small

Ari Herzog

My next book is called The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. It is about how small businesses are using cloud computing, SaaS, open source, mobility, and social networks to compete with larger organizations. editing, cover design, and production costs.

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Why This Blog is Hosted with Tubu

Ari Herzog

While you can find similar costs at GoDaddy, BlueHost, DreamHost, RackSpace, and other web hosting companies, Tubu’s customer service is top-notch and second to none. The fact they’re a small business is a plus, as popular web hosting companies are very large in staff.

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Internet Sales Taxes are Coming…

Ari Herzog

This does not compel any state to join, but those that choose to adopt this system would then have the authority to require online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes the same way that businesses on local Main Streets do now. I am acquainted with many small business owners with internet-only presences.

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3 Benefits for Small Business Cloud Computing

Ari Herzog

As an advocate for small businesses, I am always looking for resources and innovations that can help them to compete and succeed. While cloud computing is not a recent development – in fact, it’s actually been around for quite a while – it is something that offers increasingly viable and affordable opportunities for small businesses.