Ask an Expert: Flexing your digital muscles can pump up business

Q: Steve, I appreciate all of the low-cost marketing methods you have been sharing lately. For my business, we have found that doing a lot of online social networking makes a big difference. But most of my friends who are self-employed are not doing this. I think it’s a mistake. Mike

Ask an Expert: Abusive customer? Time to get tough

Q: Our place of business has a customer who is a real pain. Unhappy with something that happened with regard to his account, he has become increasingly belligerent. He calls and yells at me and others. He threatens to take his business elsewhere and so on. How should we handle this guy placate him, fire him, or what? I should note he makes us a lot of money. Sue

Ask an Expert: Hold your ‘fire’ power and check legal issues

Q: I would like to let one of my employees go, but I hear whispers that he will cry “discrimination!” if I do. That is not my reason business is slow. What do I do? Jim

Stress Management for Small Business Owners

It’s a fact that running a small business is stressful. When you bear the ultimate responsibility for the success or failure of your own business, there’s no way to eliminate the experience of stress. It’s also important to note that stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Stress is something that …

Expert Q & A – Protecting Assets During a Recession

Wondering what you need to do to protect your assets during a recession. Kevin Irle, Financial Advisor with Waddell & Reed Financial Services, shares his thoughts on the subject with American Small Business News readers.

Q: What do small business owners need to know about how an economic recession can impact …

Expert Q & A - Wage and Hour Law for Small Business Owners

If you have even one employee or if you have any “contract workers”, you need to know the basics of wage and hour law. Find out more in this exclusive expert Q & A with employment law attorney Kelly Collins Woodford, J.D., Special Counsel, The Kullman Firm.

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The Big Money: Small biz and the tax man

For many, it’s not about the money. It’s about the sheer hassle of compliance with the tax laws and the complete loss of control you feel when dealing with the government.

Video: Getting it wrong

March 22: It’s incredibly important in this economy to keep the customers you have. And to do that, you need to be in touch with what they’re looking for. Meet two restaurant owners who learned that the hard way. (MSNBC)

Video: Obama Tax Plan & Small Business

March 22: Some entrepreneurs are being faced with the reality of higher taxes under President Obama’s budget plan. We asked two experts to break it down: Rosanne Altshuler, Co-Director of the Tax Policy Center and Bill Rys, Tax Council for the NFIB. (MSNBC)

Video: Business Answers: Taking the leap

March 22: John Chait, Partner at Dace Ventures & Darren Hardy, Publisher of Success Magazine answer viewer questions about how to expand a niche product to a wider audience and when is the right time to leave your 9-5 job and run your business full-time. (MSNBC)

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