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What Your Employees Really Want
Being in a tight labor market as now exists requires employers to find ways to keep employees satisfied and loyal. Unfortunately, this isn’t an easy ... -
Hiring Your Child for the Summer
If you put your own child on the payroll full time for the summer or even part time throughout the school year, there are a ... -
The Story of Being Hacked
According to SiteLock, website attacks on small businesses rose by 59% in 2018, averaging 62 attacks per day. Now BigIdeasForSmallBusiness.com is a statistic. Let me ... -
State of Small Business: Let’s Celebrate!
National Small Business Week (May 5-11, 2019) is a time to honor the contributions of entrepreneurs and small business owners to the U.S. As the ... -
Crafting a Social Media Policy and Practice Guide
According to a survey from Visual Objects, 38% of small businesses don’t have social media accounts, although another 22% plan to have them. Have you ... -
Association Health Plans (AHPs): Where They Stand Now
One of the key issues for small businesses is how to pay for health coverage for employees. These employers want to offer coverage to their ... -
5 Lessons from the Government Shutdown
The federal government “shutdown” ran from midnight on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019, a total of 35 days. During this time, many small ... -
Special Tax Breaks for Farmers
The majority of the more than 2 million farms in the U.S. are small businesses. The USDA says that “in 2016, farms organized as pass-through ... -
Looking Back on 2018: Good News for Small Businesses
Media headlines may have been hogged by politics, natural disasters, and the deaths of well-known people, such as President George H.W. Bush. But buried below ... -
Trading Goods, Services, and Property: Taxes Implications
Some businesses like to swap their goods and services with other companies. In fact, according to Barter News Weekly, nearly one-third of small businesses in ...
