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Essential Small Business Tools You Probably Never Heard Of – Part 1

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

As an owner of a small business it is always surprising to me to find out when speaking with other small business owners about how unaware they are of some of the free and cheap tools available out there to make their business better. In this post, I will list (in  no ...

Extreme Couponing for the Rest of Us

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Many have heard of the TLC show "Extreme Couponing" which shows people basically paying nothing for groceries with creative use of coupons. There is also bloggers like the CouponMom and The Krazy Coupon Lady. The problem with their approaches is that they take a lot of time, and tedious work, ...

How Small Retailers Survive by Offering Better Service

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

One of the recurring themes that often comes up in debates about sales tax on Internet sales is how big impersonal companies like Amazon tend to kill small local retailers on price alone. However, I recently had two experiences with local small businesses which leads me to believe that a ...

Financial Tip: Easy Way to Always Save 5% on Gas

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

With the higher cost of gas, people are always looking for ways to save money on it. In the end of 2010 when I did my annual review of our personal finances, that was one of the things that I looked it. I wanted an easy way to save money ...