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Marie Shires
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Is Your Business Growing at the Same Pace as Social Media Marketing?
Social media marketing is a must these days as most businesses, large and small, are finding the need to reach the masses to be competitive. There is both an art and a science to creating a successful presence in the social media realm…. something our own small business financing organization has experienced as we gro...
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Helping Hand for Small Business…$25 at a time
As a non-profit organization assisting small businesses with financing requests every day, we at PCDfc understand the struggles of those looking for small loans. Fortunately, there are quite a few options for those seeking micro funds; unfortunately, getting the word out as to what those options are is not always an e...
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Celebrating Women’s History Month - March
March is Women’s History Month and I hope this article will inspire Women as well as the Men who wish to encourage Women in their lives. Women have been the cornerstone of many well established businesses throughout time. In US history’s early settlement era Taverns and Brothels were women owned. The beginning of the...
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How Small Businesses Can Spread the Love to Your Community
February has become the month of Amore! Love! Businesses large and small incorporate Valentine’s Day into sales and marketing efforts with the hope that customers will spread a little more love their way. Another great way to acknowledge this amorous time is to spread a little love yourself — back to the community tha...
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Reevaluating your Business Strategy
January the best time of year for creating resolutions. As a business owner your version of a personal resolution could be labeled as your business plan, business strategy, some refer to it as goal setting. Now that your business is plugging away into year 3 or 9, you may not have thought about your Business Plan for...
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Forward Thinking- Planning for your Small Business Success
As a Small Business Lender working with dozens of entrepreneurs throughout the year, we find there is a common key element needed from our small business borrowers seeking an SBA504 loan; that is a Business Plan. Not all of our small business clients are startup ventures seeking to purchase real estate or equipment. M...
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