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The importance of creating your own web content for your small business

Guest blogger Matt Cook writes about the importance of constantly creating fresh content for your small business website to keep your search engine results strong and to encourage return visits by your customers and prospects.

Good small business reads #38: Building a strong culture, pros and cons of owning your own business and more

This month’s issue of Good Small Business Reads provides plenty of food for thought on how to build a strong culture for your small business, provides advice on making the most of online reviews, and discusses the pros and cons of owning your own business.

Be careful out there: Internet defamation can take down your small business

The Internet is a great small business tool but it also poses dangers, writes blogger Jeanne Yocum. Here’s an infographic on Internet defamation that is a must-read.

Small Business Success Q&A #24: Prolifix Design

Meet the folks from Prolifix Design, a Wake Forest, NC, creative agency that handled the redesign of SucceedinginSmallBusiness.com.

Good small business reads #37: Don’t be a social media fool, mastering Instagram, and important things your employees won’t tell you

This month’s issue of Good Small Business Readers has great articles on how you can better use social media to promote your small business, plus a list of nine things your employees aren’t telling you that you definitely need to know.

Book review: Start Me Up! brings great advice to new small business owners

Blogger Jeanne Yocum reviews Ebong Eka’s new book, Start Me Up!, an easy-to-read primer for anyone thinking of starting a small business.

Good small business reads #36: How to lead by listening, master Google+ Hangouts, inspire business change and growth, plus a new infographic

Blogger Jeanne Yocum brings you the 36th edition of Good Small Business Readers. For March, she recommends articles on leadership, promoting cultural change, hosting Google+ hangouts, and more.

From profile to profit: 5 secrets to finding VIP clients and your best referral partners via LinkedIn

Guest poster Diana M. Needham gives five important tips on how to maximize LinkedIn as a tool for growing your small business.

Social media is here to stay: Basics small business owners need to know

Blogger Mark Auerbach tells small business owners what they need to consider before venturing into the world of social media.

Tidy up these small business details so you begin 2014 renewed!

Blogger Mark Auerbach recommends five simple but important steps you should take to get your small business tidied up for the new year.

The Self-Employment Survival Guide can help you succeed. Learn all about it here.

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