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How To Start A Blog For Your Small Business

Buffer Social

After all, you’re a small business owner, and probably not a trained writer. A blog can also be a low-cost way to elevate your small business’s reach and also build credibility with your followers, making it a win-win situation. Why start a blog for your small business?

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Is Proprietary Or Open Source Better For Business?

Small Business Mavericks

Many people continue to use his computer systems in an open source world despite their distinct proprietary nature. Some people would rather use the Barnes & Noble Nook over Amazon Kindle simply because the former uses the ePub format for its books, which is open source. Is it proprietary or open source?

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Ask Buffer: How Many Social Media Platforms Should a Small Business Be Active On?

Buffer Social

Question: How many social media platforms should a local business be using? Realistically, it is a challenge to manage multiple platforms well with the limited resources of a small business. – Keegan Edwards There’s no end to the tasks small business owners have to juggle daily.

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Open Source is a feature, not a benefit

The Way of the Web

Open source is a wonderful thing. But reading Matthew Ingram’s post last week about the lack of adoption for an open Twitter alternative highlighted the key reason why so few open source projects become mainstream success stories at the level of WordPress or Firefox.

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The 4 Best Ecommerce Platforms for Selling in 2023

Hootsuite

What is the best ecommerce platform for small business? The best ecommerce platform for small business depends on what kind of small business you own. That being said, many small business owners gravitate towards ecommerce platforms that are easy to use.

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CRM for the SMB

Small Business Mavericks

Today’s CRM market is filled with many systems that are appropriate for the small business owner. provides contact management for the small business owner. Infusionsoft – Infusionsoft was created by small business owners for small business owners. But times have changed.

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Google Knol Is Dead

Small Business Mavericks

I’d say that Annotum appears to be an open source endeavor being pushed by for-profit companies like Solvitor LLC and Crowd Favorite. But it makes me wonder whether the new face of Knol – Annotum – will provide any value to the average small business owner. Nothing is wrong with any of that.

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