It is difficult for small businesses to face larger competitors in the same industry, let alone have strong digital traffic in comparison to big corporations that are household names.   Yet, small companies can compete with bigger rivals because the internet connects everyone on the same network.   SEO is a crucial step to allow your website to generate traffic…

What’s one of the most difficult challenges you’ve faced in your life? If you’re a marketing professional, you’ll probably say it was getting your first 1,000 email subscribers. Luckily, there are some easy, yet not so widely talked about, ways in which you can increase your list at a super-fast pace. Sure, you already have…

Who doesn’t want to make extra money through their blogs and articles? Many bloggers turn to Google AdSense to monetize their site, and not without good reason. Google AdSense is the most popular pay-per-click program used on the web, is lightweight, reliable, and offers publishers a decent share of the revenue generated. However, it certainly…

The company now provides an average of $6.5M in business capital each month Since the company’s inception in 2007, Fund&Grow has experienced significant year-over-year growth in all areas. This includes their client base, staff, and the millions of dollars in business funding they create for their clients every month.  To be able to continue providing…

Running your own business is an extremely rewarding endeavor; however, it can be a very difficult one as well. One of the most challenging aspects of being an entrepreneur is securing the funds needed for putting a promising business idea into action. More often than not, applications for credit are rejected – not because of the…

Heading into 2014, the housing forecast seems strong. 2013 will be remembered as a year in which the market gained strength. Just look at some of these numbers in US News. A positive upward trend: Since December, the number of single-family and multifamily homes under construction had gone up for 28 consecutive months. GDP numbers…

There was a time, not so long ago, when most banks were local. Until the early 1980s, most people conducted their financial transactions at a bank that was chartered and owned in the county in which they lived. As a result, these financial institutions were of the “small” and “local” variety (source). Enter the deregulation…

The government shutdown has already begun to take its toll on our country in a number of ways, including the unemployment rate. First-time unemployment claims made a definitive and rapid jump during the first full week of the shutdown. Specifically, almost 375,000 people filed for their first week of unemployment benefits during that week.  …