As per the recent global SMB IT and Hosted Index 2010 by Microsoft Corp, has shown how small and medium-sized businesses have recovered during the recession and how they use technology. As per the research, the small and medium-sized businesses that value IT as a facilitator for increasing business productivity and effectiveness and also those [...]
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According to the Equifax Business failure reports, there is a decrease in number of businesses failing, but it is not as far as the pre-recession levels. It also reports that there is 19.1 percent year-on-year drop for the second quarter of this year. On comparison with the first 3 months of this year, there was [...]
It is expected that efficiency would be key driver for the small business owners in 2010. According to a survey released by Brother International Corporation, about 79 percent of respondents expressed that they are planning to make their company by hiring new employees, increasing marketing budgets and work space. The respondents wanted to be more [...]
As per the Nationalwide study conducted by Pepperdine University Private Markets Capital Project, nearly 78 percent of small business owners are having plans to expand their companies. But, only few of them have capital or resources to expand their business. About half of the small business owners who were surveyed expressed that they were relying [...]
There is improvement in outlook of overall small businesses expenditure. Many entrepreneurs are getting ready for investing in marketing and IT. According to latest FedEx Office of the Times National Small Business Survey, 42 percent of the small business owners are likely to spend more on marketing and advertising in this year. 46 percent will [...]
According to Kelton Research on behalf of LogMeIn survey of 500 small and medium businesses in U.S. and U.K., SMBs are going mobile. Key findings Around 96 percent of IT managers reported that their department is viewed as a strategic part of the business. Almost 63 percent of non-IT managers expressed remote access services increases [...]
Customer service has gained back importance in 2010. Now-a-days, it has become a new type of marketing. It has become a trend to offer outstanding customer service. It is all only to make some economic sense for their small businesses. Providing good services has become a new marketing for getting credible mark. All the small [...]
The small firms provide employment for roughly around one and half of all the Americans. Around 60 percent of job creation is accounted by small businesses. Small businesses have and have been contributing a lot to US economy. Even though, they are denied credits from bank. Many major banks are easily providing loans for the [...]
According to latest Intuit Inc. Small Business Employment Index, there was increase of 0.09 percent in small business employment which is equal to 1.10 percent of annual growth rate in June of 2009. About 18,000 new jobs in June were provided by small businesses and around 330,000 new jobs were provided since October of 2009. [...]
According to a new survey by Discover Small Business Watch Index, in June, the small business owners economic confidence became even and halted a two month increase. There was a dip in the Discover Small Business Watch Index. It was a dip of 86.1 percent in June from 87.4 in May. There was a hike [...]