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Helping a good cause can help bring you loyal customers

Now more than ever, your customers are being bombarded with messages from your competitors demanding their attention and motivating them to open their wallets.

3 things you should do when using new media

These days, you don’t need a gigantic printing or advertising budget to get your message across. Facebook, Twitter and e-mail marketing services such as Constant Contact have made it easier and cheaper than ever for everyone – from small businesses and nonprofits to large corporations – to communicate directly with people who care about what they have to say.

How one Tucson company creates its own good luck

AGM Container Controls, named the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Small Business of the Year, is a company on top of its game. The chamber award honors the Tucson-based manufacturer for being a leader in the community, demonstrating intelligent business judgment, and showing a true commitment to its employees and customers.

Friendly fraud is latest challenge for businesses

If until today you had never heard the term Friendly Fraud, join the club. I hadn’t heard of it until recently and thought to myself, “boy, if that doesn’t fit the definition of oxymoron.”

What it takes to be in business with your spouse

A question-and-answer session with two women business owners who know what it’s like to be in business with your spouse. Rosemary Beck and her husband Jon are the  owners of TimeTrak Systems of Arizona and Marion Hook and her husband Jim are owners of Adobe Rose Inn Bed and Breakfast, and Adobe Rose Buttermilk Scone Mix.