Marketing Biz: How to Market Your Small Business

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px" class="Apple-style-span">Each month, Business Today asks local experts to weigh in on a marketing or advertising issue facing small businesses. </span>

How to Find Products that Inspire Customer Loyalty

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #666666; line-height: 17px" class="Apple-style-span"><i style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px">Knowledge@Wharton</i> sat down with managing director of TSG Consumer Partners, Alex Panos, to discuss the ins and outs of finding and promoting products that get consumers to keep coming back, even in a down economy.</span>

Looking for Extended SBA Loan Incentives? Apply ASAP

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px" class="Apple-style-span">New funding extends the Small Business Administration&#39;s popular incentive program until March 28, but the money is expected to run out before then.</span>
3/1/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Victoria Fulkerson
vfulkerson@nglcc.org
PHONE: 202.234.9181

Washington, DC (March 1, 2010) - The NGLCC has long recognized the important contributions of women business leaders and appreciates the difficulties faced by women in the LGBT business community. During this month dedicated to the historical achievements of women, the NGLCC invites its members to celebrate contemporary female leaders and learn more about the Women's Business Initiative (WBI).

3/9/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Victoria Fulkerson
vfulkerson@nglcc.org
PHONE: 202.234.9181

Washington, DC (March 10, 2010) - The NGLCC kicks off Women's History Month and the 2010 Women's Business Initiative (WBI) teleconference series with an exclusive conversation with U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., on March 10th.

NGLCC National Dinner: An Evening of Courage!

Friday, November 19, 2010 - 5:30 pm — 11:00 pm

Location: Washington

State: DC

An Evening of Courage! will, once again, be held in the Great Hall of the historic National Building Museum in downtown Washington, DC.

5:30 - 7:30 PM - Founders & Friends reception and Silent Auction
7:30 - 10:00 PM - National Dinner Program

2010 NGLCC National Business & Leadership Conference: Out for Business!

Thursday, November 18, 2010 — Saturday, November 20, 2010

Location: Washington

State: DC

Join us in the Nation's Capital for our 2010 National Business and Leadership Conference: Out for Business!

November 18-20, 2010
Capital Hilton

 

 

 

New Bill Would Allow Foreign Entrepreneurs to Stay in U.S. if They Can Create Jobs

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #666666; line-height: 17px" class="Apple-style-span">An Inc.com article discusses the newly introduced legislation that would grant immigrants U.S. visas if they are backed by angel investors or venture capital firms, and if they can create jobs.</span>

'Badge' Value: Finding and Promoting Products That Inspire Customer Loyalty

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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"><i>Alex Panos and his colleagues at TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based investment fund, believe that consumers will always be interested in products that enhance their lives, even if it means paying more than they have in the past.</i></span>

SBA Chief Karen Mills' Talks About Plans to Close Credit Gaps for Small Businesses

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; color: #444444; line-height: 14px">Karen Mills, the head of the Small Business Administration, sits down for an interview and offers her case for what the Obama administration is doing to fill the biggest small-business funding gaps—working capital and commercial real estate loans.</span>