November 2012

The NYER 2012 Small Business Award winners share the best practices that led to their success

How do you know when it's time to hire a chief marketing officer?

News coverage can be a big boost to your company’s success. No matter what you want the public to know about, press coverage not only gets your message out, but lends credibility to your business.

The host of MSNBC’s small business show Your Business and founder of GoodSearch.com, shares some tips on managing employees from her new book, It’s Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that Will Transform Your Small Business.

A call can turn a potential client into a long-term customer, so it’s vital that your employees set the proper tone on the phone and professionally represent your business.

Can you tell right away, or does it take a while?

He may be best known to the public as co-creator and executive producer of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, but Mark Koops is known in his industry as the creator of a virtual mini-empire of independent production.

NYER’s 2012 Small Business Awards was a great night of networking, celebration … and some deliciously loose talk. Here’s what we overheard.

A recent poll about capital spending found that an improved sales and revenue outlook would make at least 8 out of 10 US small businesses more likely to make capital investments in their companies.

What allows a company to produce consistent growth, year after year?

In less than 10 years, Nutricap Labs, a vitamin and supplement manufacturing company based in Farmingdale, Long Island, has grown to 350 employees, and to more than $75 million in sales.

These two apps will help you save time, in a snap.

65 percent of small businesses in the US faced a legal problem over the past year

Small Business Award pics, the latest blogs, and more