Small Biz Flash
Your flash briefing for small business news, trends, and insights.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
9-26-23 - How To Get Your Small Business Found on Google
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Ranking high in search engines results, especially on Google, is a concern of most small businesses. There are a few basic things you can do to help your site be found, like consistently crea…
9-12-23 - The New I-9 - What You Need to Know
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The Department of Homeland Security issued a new Form I-9, also known as the Employment Eligibility Form, on August 1. If you have employees, you need to be completing an I-9 on every new hir…
8-29-23 - 3 Ways Your CRM Can Boost Company Performance
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Many small businesses already have a CRM in place, but these platforms can be very robust, and you’re probably not taking full advantage of the functionality available to you.
If don’t already …
8-15-23 - Advertise to Prospects Incoming From Your Lead Magnets
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After you’ve completed the hard work of developing, deploying, and promoting your lead magnet, you’re still not done. The leads have started to come in, but what’s next? In most cases, you’l…
8-1-23 - Promote Your Lead Magnets With These Proven Methods
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Once you have developed a solid lead magnet, you want as many prospects as possible to interact with your valuable offer. You need to promote the lead magnet through a variety of channels.
You…
7-18-23 - Deploy Lead Magnets To Get More Prospects
Feature begins at 4:12 (News roundup prior to that)
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Lead magnets are an inexpensive way to get on the radar of more prospects. They are popular because they work.
There are numerous kinds of le…
7-4-23 - AI Causes Mixed Feelings & Inflation Worries Persist
NEWS ROUNDUP
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62% of owners with businesses of annual revenue between $250,000 and $5 million said inflation was their top concern.
https://stories.td.com/us/en/article/small-business-owners-concerned-…
6-20-23 - Things To Know for Small Business Sales
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There are many aspects to sales that a small business needs to get right. We discuss the difference between sales process and sales methodology, and the difference between a sales plan and a …
6-6-23 - SBA Loan Rates Top 10% & Small Biz Tax Deduction Expires in 2025
NEWS ROUNDUP
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The average rate for a Small Business Administration loan has now hit double-digits.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-rate-increases-hit-small-businesses-the-hardest-7da7fb8e
https://www.n…
5-23-23 - Avoid 2 Big Mistakes Companies Make Hiring for Sales
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Sales is a foundational to the success of your small business. No sales means no revenue, which means no business. But many small businesses struggle to get sales right. And as they scale, …
5-16-23 - Segment Your Email List for More Clicks
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Many small businesses use email marketing to reach prospects and customers. But a common mistake is to not segment the list to better target the recipients with messaging and offers they will…
5-9-23 - SBA Loan Applications and Using a Credit Line
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We continue the conversation from last week with an SBA loan expert, talking about the timely topic of credit availability, as well as what paperwork is needed to get a loan. We also look the…
5-2-23 - Types of SBA Loans and Basic Eligibility Requirements
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Small Business Administration, or SBA, loans play a critical role in financing many small companies. In this episode, we discuss the difference between 7a and 504 loans and talk about some of…
4-25-23 - The Balanced Scorecard: Focus On What’s Important
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The balanced scorecard is a tool that any small business can use to focus on the important areas of operations, as well as finances, linking them to specific goals to generate better outcomes.…
4-18-23 – Why Your Small Biz Probably Needs Corporate-owned Life Insurance – Part 2
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Today’s guest is Jack Smith, of The American Insurance Group:
Jack’s email: [email protected]
Jack’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonsmith1/
The American Insurance Group…
4-11-23 – Why Your Small Biz Probably Needs Corporate-owned Life Insurance – Part 1
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Today’s guest is Jack Smith of The American Insurance Group:
Jack’s email: [email protected]
Jack’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonsmith1/
The American Insurance Group’…
4-4-23 – Simplify Your Workflows With Standard Operating Procedures
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If you don’t have systems, you won’t be efficient and you won’t be able to scale.
SOPs keep your employees on the same page and promote quality, efficiency, and smoother operations.
SOPs are esp…
3-28-23 – Emergency Savings Accounts for Employees Boost Retention and Productivity
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Nearly 1/3 of Americans would be unable to cover an unexpected expense of $400.
Remember to consult your financial, HR, and legal counsel when creating any specific program.
Congress passed the …
3-21-23 – Protect Your Deposits Over $250,000
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Chances are, few of the commercial depositors had checked into these banks’ health before doing business with them. But even if they had, the Wall Street Journal reports that SVB’s trouble wa…
3-14-23 – 4 Ways to Harness ChatGPT for Your Small Business
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Remember the caveats from last week regarding ChatGPT, including it isn’t 100% correct all the time. And don’t depend on it to dispense legal and professional advice.
ChatGPT can help you writ…