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A step-by-step guide to setting up Google App passwords, which, along with 2-step verification, add a second layer of security to your Google Account.

Instagram story highlights can help you promote your small business. This step-by-step guide shows how to create a highlight, a permanent part of your profile.

How should brands tackle content marketing in a pandemic-influenced world? By remembering this eternal truth: Human interest stories always win.

An evolved version of the traditional business plan, the lean business plan is a live document, reflecting how business itself has changed in the last decade.

A resilient supply chain means listening to the data. Here's an analytic approach to strengthening your supply chain: four types of data that provide insight.

Establishing an Instagram business account is easy and intuitive. This step-by-step guide will get you connecting with your customers via Instagram in no time.

Successful marketing doesn't need to cost thousands. Here are 10 tips to stretch your shoestring budget, from using word-of-mouth to VIP programs.

COVID-19 has caused an increasing number of firms to switch from whole to retail. Here's how real-life companies are making the necessary operational changes.

How do you go about setting up an e-commerce store? These 4 tips, listing all the features you need, make it easy for DIY-ers.

Wondering what's the big deal with small business credit cards? Learn about the pros and cons, and how they compare to personal and corporate credit cards.

Working from home is the new normal. This map of needs and solutions offers the tools and tech SMBs need to enable employees to work productively and securely.

Unified, cloud-based collaboration solutions put together a slew of resources for SMBs to support the remote worker--making it easy to switch from phone to video call, for example.

A new CARES Act tax break allows businesses to provide their employees with up to $5,250 of tax-advantaged payments to use toward student loans in 2020.

For small businesses with locations in multiple areas, re-opening is especially hard to do. Here's how several are negotiating the crazy quilt of guidelines.

For small businesses with locations in multiple areas, re-opening is especially hard to do. Here's how several are negotiating the crazy quilt of guidelines.

As society re-opens, business owners are now grappling with the increased costs of starting up again. These four cost-saving strategies will help.

This analysis of the changes in the original PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and the new streamlined EZ version also explains how to fill out the forms.

The new 24-week limit and other changes to PPP Loans means changes in calculating payroll costs, and thus the amount of loan forgiveness.

The SBA reinstated its EIDL Loan and Loan Advance program for SMBs on June 15, 2020. Loans up to $150,000 and emergency grants up to $10,000 are available.

What's involved in turning a company into a PPE maker and doing so in a matter of days? Here's how several businesses pulled it off.

If you're seeking financing for your small business, compare the Main Street Lending Program and PPP, how they work, and when the application deadlines are.

The way you name your website, aka the domain name, can affect how much business it draws. The 5 tips will help you pick a domain name that works.

Marketing during an ever-changing climate means changing up your strategy. Here's what you need to know to make best use of your marketing budget.

WhatsApp can be a strong marketing tool for businesses. Here are five reasons why you should consider dipping your company's toes into the WhatsApp pond.

To further address the shortcomings of the execution of the first round of the Payment Protection Program, on May 28, 2020, the SBA, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, announced that $10 billion in funding would be reserved specifically for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).

On May 28 the SBA announced that $10 billion in PPP funds would be reserved specifically for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). Will that help small businesses?

To help minority and other underserved businesses, the SBA is earmarking $10 billion in PPP funds for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and launching a Lender Match service.

The Paycheck Program Flexibility Act loosens up some of the Paycheck Protection Program's restrictions on loans. But what's it really mean for small businesses?

Here are some steps small businesses can take to stay safe and protect property and assets during riots, looting, and other periods of civil unrest.