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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

What do you need to know about small business loans before you apply? You have a lot of options, and there are a lot of variables in the equation that determines whether you’ll qualify for the loan you’re applying for (or whether that loan is even a good fit for you and your business). Scott: Hi everybody.

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3 Essential Ways To Build Online Customer Trust In 2018

YoungUpstarts

by KJ Dearie, product specialist and small business advisor at Termly. As the regulations that govern the internet evolve and threaten the safety of online users’ personal information, more and more individuals are engaging the digital world with increasing suspicion and hesitance. Customers Demand SSL Reassurance.

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ESG: Why Should Community Banks Care?

Board Effect

The media is reporting on ESG matters ubiquitously, and that should spark the interest of your community bank board. The fact that investors have put four times more money into ESG investment funds in 2020 than the previous year is another clue that community bank boards should consider the impact of ESG initiatives. What Is ESG?

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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

For example, many ongoing businesses have access to standard business loans from a traditional bank that would not be available to startups. Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth.

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5 Reasons Why Public Relations Is Important to Your Brand

The Startup Magazine

To succeed, brands need to take a strategic approach to their communications activities – one that not only maintains but increases brand value and market visibility. Public relation is all about spreading accurate information about a company or brand with the right people on the right platform, to build a strong brand reputation.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

It can, however, be easy to overlook the importance of small businesses like the Chatuchak stallholders, not just to their surrounding communities but also to the wider national economy. Serving the community by looking beyond it.

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7 Keys To Using Social Media to Kickstart Your Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.