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Back to Steve's Current Article Author Steve Strauss answers your questions about entrepreneurship. E-mail Steve Strauss: sstrauss@MrAllBiz.com Need a speaker for your next event? Contact Steve! He is one of the world's leading business experts, a popular speaker on the business lecture circuit, and is sure to leave any audience thrilled. A columnist for USA TODAY, lawyer and author, his latest book is the best-selling The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed in Your Small Business. You can sign up today for his free newsletter, *"Small Business Success Secrets!"* at his website - www.MrAllBiz.com.		Article Archives (2009): Top Trends in Small Business (part 1) (12/30/09) Best Business Resolutions (12/23/09) Business Risk (12/16/09) Holiday Parties on a Budget (12/8/09) Help Your Business Right Now (12/4/09) World Entrepreneurship Forum 2009 (11/30/09) PR: Getting Noticed (11/11/09) Making Your Website Standout with Video (11/3/09) Business E-mail Bill of Rights (10/28/09) Creating Mobile Apps (10/21/09) Following Policies Instead of Customers (10/13/09) Successful Business Recipes (10/12/09) Legal Tips for Business (9/29/09) E-commerce Basics (9/22/09) The Value of Newspaper Advertising (9/17/09) School (and Business) Advice (9/9/09) Working With a Teammate (9/1/09) Tools For Trying New Markets (8/27/09) The Small Biz Quiz (8/19/09) Old School Business Thinking (8/12/09) Closing the Doors (8/7/09) Healthcare and Small Business (7/27/09) Surviving the Great Recession (7/20/09) Entrepreneurial Opportunities With Baby Boomers (7/14/09) Use a Toolbar to Market Your Business (7/6/09) Advertise More...Or Not? (6/29/09) How to do Business Research (6/19/09) Strategies for Business Growth (6/4/09) Veterans in Small Business (5/28/09) Cutting Prices (5/21/09) Lessons From Mom (5/13/09) Mass Media Advertising (5/6/09) Buying a Business (4/29/09) Going Green and Saving Money (4/22/09) Twutter,,,Recinsudered (4/16/09) Twitter For Your Business? Nope. (4/9/09) A Business Web Workout (part 2): Email Marketing (3/29/09) A Business Web Workout (part 1) (3/22/09) Dealing With Jerks (3/15/09) Negotiate Like a Lawyer (3/2/09) Tapping the Community (2/22/09) First Impressions (2/18/09) ROO: Return on Organization (1/27/09) The State of Small Business (1/20/09 Advertising That Works (1/13/09) Top 10 Small Biz Trends (1/7/09)
	*Article Archives (2008):* Top 10 Small Biz Trends (12/31/08) Be a Successful Franchisee (12/26/08) Get Organized! (12/17/08) Starting a Biz Part-Time (12/10/08) Technology Systems for Small Business (12/8/08) A Good Sales Presentation (11/25/08) World Entrepreneurship (11/14/08) Your 401(k) (11/7/08) Need Business Capital? Credit Options (10/31/08) Your Business Slogan (10/24/08) Surviving a Recession (10/15/08) Small Business Bible (10/6/08) Selling to Big Business (10/1/08) The Candidates and Small Business (part 2) (9/29/08) The Candidates and Small Business (part 1) (9/14/08) Small Business in a Slow Economy (8/30/06) Starting a Global Business (8/25/08) Five Small Business Lessons From Nike (8/18/08) Thinking Big in Hard Times (8/11/08) Top Ten American Entrepreneurs (8/4/08) Using the Net to Your Advantage (part 2) (7/25/08) Using the Net to Your Advantage (part 1) (7/14/08) Strategies for Success in Lean Times (7/7/08) Using Humor (6/30/08) Making Your Business "Popular" (6/23/08) Entrepreneurship After Prison (6/16/08) Gen X and Gen Y (6/9/08) Veteran G.I. Entrepreneurs (5/30/08) What About Franchises? (5/23/08) Mompreneurs (5/19/08) Shoestring Advertising (5/8/08) Disaster Planning (5/2/08) Too Much E-mail (4/29/08) Your Successful Online Business (4/17/08) Free Money (4/10/08) Travel Tips (4/3/08) March Madness (3/26/08) Selling to Small Business (3/17?08) Entrepreneur Mistakes (3/10/08) Handling Adversity (3/3/08) Blogging (2/25/08) You Must Have a Website (2/18/08) Super Small Business Bowl (2/8/08) Breaking a Lease (2/4/08) The Customer: Always Right? (1/25/08) Suing vs. Small Claims Court (1/17/08) Top 10 Trends in Small Business (Part 2) (1/10/08) Top 10 Trends in Small Business (Part 1) (1/7/08)	Article Archives (2007): Tips for a Better Business (12/28/07) Advertising Online (12/23/07) Increasing Cash Flow (12/13/07) Business Writing (12/6/07) Growing Too Fast (11/19/07) Going Green (11/11/07) Business Proposals (11/8/07) Radio Ad Basics (11/1/07) Breaking Policy (10/25/07) PR Store (10/8/07) Employees Leaving (10/1/07) Are You LinkedIn? (9/27/07) Implementing Entrepreneurship (9/24/07) No. 1 Mistake: Too Much Debt (9/13/07) Planning (9/7/09) Greetings from Amman! (8/29/07) Entrepreneurs: Made or Born? (8/27/07) Avoiding Foreclosure (8/15/07) In Praise of Mistakes (8/9/07) Complaints Today (8/3/07) Minimum Wage Increase (7/24/07) X Factor (7/17/07) Recipe for Success (7/10/07) Marketing Today (7/3/07) Mobile Technology (6/26/07) Tony Soprano - Bad Boss (6/14/07) Business Cliches (6/11/07) The Pros and Cons of Exporting (6/1/07) Motivation (5/24/07) Avoid These Sales Mistakes (5/16/07) The Future of Small Business (5/11/07) Taking a Stand With Difficult Customers (5/4/07) Cutting Back on Costs (4/25/07) Tax Debt (4/19/07) Becoming a Corporate Sponsor (4/11/07) Women Entrepreneurs: "Make Mine a Million" (4/5/07) Reducing Risk (3/29/07) Online Expansion (3/21/07) Microsoft Vista (3/16/07) Microsoft Office 2007 (3/7/07) Negotiate Like a Lawyer (3/1/07) The Hispanic Consumer (2/21/07) New Profit Centers (2/15/07) Direct Mail (2/7/07) Trade Show Tips (1/23/07) Mentors (1/18/07) Top 10 Trends (Part 2) (1/10/07) Top 10 Trends (Part 1) (1/5/07)
	Article Archives (2006): Having a Sale (12/27/06) Business Resolutions (12/22/06) Business Wisdom (Part 2) (12/14/06) Business Wisdom (Part 1) (12/6/06) Hiring Your First Employee (11/29/06) Giving Thanks (11/22/06) Business Jargon (11/15/06) Party Differences (11/7/06) Election of 2006 (11/2/06) Business Travel Tricks (10/24/06) Landlords and Leases (10/18/06) Creative Financing (10/12/06) Family Business, Part 2 (10/5/06) Family Business, Part 1 (9/27/06) Unique Ad Ideas (9/20/06) Post 9/11 Entrepreneurship (9/14/06) Hiring Interns (9/7/06) Your Dream Business (8/30/06) Competitors (8/25/06) Business Manners (8/16/06) Sales Tips (8/11/06) Press Releases (8/3/06) Overhead (7/25/06) Who runs your biz? (7/17/06) Global Competition (7/12/06) Retaliation (7/5/06) Entrepreneurship Education (6/29/06) Partners (6/20/06) Big Lessons For Small Business (6/13/06) Values (6/5/06) Just Say, "Yes" (5/24/06) Mom: The Secret Ingredient (5/17/06) Workplace Privacy (5/11/06) Rising Gas Prices (5/3/06) Veteran-Owned Business Resources (4/25/06) Home-Based Legal Issues (4/19/06) Never Pay the Rate Card (4/12/06) Launching a New Product (4/5/06) Top 5 Financial Mistakes (3/29/06) Older Entrepreneurs (3/21/06) The 80-20 Rule (3/15/06) Multi-level Marketing (3/4/06) Thinking Globally, Acting Locally (2/28/06) Search Engine Optimization (2/22/06) Readers' Advice (2/16/06) Negotiating (2/8/06) Branding (2/1/06) Nice Office software (1/25/06) Remnant space advertising (1/19/06) Minority Entrepreneurs (1/11/06) Best Ideas Contest (1/4/06)	Article Archives (2005): Remember to be thankful (12/28/05) Resolutions (12/20/05) Fine Arts business (12/14/05) Co-op advertising (12/5/05) Tech terms (11/30/05) USP : Unique Selling Proposition (11/21/05) 7 Steps to Sales (11/15/05) Training (11/8/05) Turning "No" into "Yes" (11/3/05) New marketing tricks (10/25/05) Innovation: risks and rewards (10/18/05) Estate planning (10/12/05) Business travel tips (10/5/05) New bankruptcy laws (9/28/05) Do the unexpected (9/20/05) Home-based businesses (9/14/05) Suppliers (9/6/05) SBA loans (8/30/05) Blogs (8/21/05) Go global (8/15/05) Wellness (8/11/05) Seminars (8/1/05) Summer fun (7/24/05) Small business news (7/17/05) Guard and Reserve (7/10/05) Virtual business (7/4/05) Business writing (6/27/05) Miracle (6/19/05) E-marketing (6/11/05) Expect the best (6/5/05) Franchisors (5/31/05) Swap meet (5/24/05) Bankruptcy (5/17/05) Mompreneurs (5/10/05) SBA Expo (5/3/05) BuyerZone (4/22/05) Passing on the biz (4/18/05) Turn it around (4/12/05) E Myth Mastery (4/4/05) Sharpen the saw (3/26/05) SCORE (3/21/05) Finding customers (3/15/05) Employment lawsuits (3/7/05) Franchise success (3/2/05) Hockey (2/22/05) Key man insurance (2/14/05) Super Bowl ads (2/7/05) Fee increases (2/1/05) Research (1/23/05) Strategic partnerships (1/18/05) Employment contracts (1/11/05) Incorporating (1/4/05)
	Article Archives (2004): Sales (12/27/04) Software (Part 2) (12/21/04) Software (Part 1) (12/15/04) Computer Security (12/7/04) Vision (12/1/04) Policies (11/23/04) Drop shipment (11/15/04) Interns (11/9/04) Splitting the biz (11/2/04) Little (10/28/04) Market research (10/18/04) In praise of trial lawyers (10/10/04) Publicity (10/4/04) Moving (10/1/04) Brochure (9/20/04) Retirement plans (9/13/04) Bush / Kerry (Part 2) (9/5/04) Bush / Kerry (9/2/04) Overtime (8/23/04) Quiz (8/15/04) Direct marketing (8/8/04) Big Box (8/1/04) Sales secrets (6/29/04) Profit margin (6/16/04) ADA (6/8/04) Branding (6/1/04) SBA Expo (5/25/04) Globalization (5/15/04) Healthcare costs (5/10/04) Backup power (5/1/04) Bankruptcy (4/24/04) Open book (4/19/04) Tax tips (audit) (4/15/04) Firing (4/5/04) Locations (3/27/04) Selling a biz (3/20/04) Apprentice lessons (3/15/04) Speakermatch (3/8/04) $0 down purchase (2/29/04) Barter (2/22/04) MPC (2/15/04) Paying yourself (2/9/04) Dean (2/2/04) Government contracts (1/24/04) LLCs (1/17/04) Coachability (1/10/04) Customer disservice (1/7/04)	Article Archives (2001-2003): Party alternatives (12/20/03) Selling a business (12/15/03) Money skills (12/7/03) Tax tips (12/1/03) Minority businesses (11/22/03) Small is the new big (pt.2) (11/15/03) Small is the new big (11/10/03) Get into stores (11/3/03) Elevator pitch (10/27/03) Marketing on a shoestring(10/3/03) The 7 deadly sins of advertising (8/10/03) Tax tips (3/19/03) Pay is only one incentive for good employees (10/15/02) Benefits of developing an online image (8/28/02) Avoiding small business failure (5/28/02) Advertising has rules, and you better know them (3/4/02) Antidote for burnout: How to stay fresh (2/25/02) Complaints can be your best friend (2/4/02) Succeeding in business when times are tough (10/15/01)

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