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Friday 5 for May 15th, 2020

Reevaluating Your Marketing After Covid-19 By Taylor Hughes To ensure your business is receiving optimal return on investment from marketing expenditures during this time of varying consumer spending habits and stricter marketing budgets, it is crucial… Read article The Accidental Leader: How to Lead During a Crisis If You Haven’t Done It Before By Deborah…

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Friday 5 for May 8th, 2020

CDC Guidelines for Workplace Health and Safety By Taylor Hughes Implementing policies and procedures corresponding to CDC guidelines demonstrates the importance a small business owner places on health and safety, not only for employees but for customers… Read article How Your Business Can Survive Covid-19 By Rick Gossett What does your business need to do…

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Friday 5 for May 1st, 2020

Share Your Business’s Story! By GoSmallBiz The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every business in the country, especially small businesses. But in this time of crisis, many have also found creative ways to adapt, with new strategies for… Read article Additional Funding for the Paycheck Protection Program By Taylor Hughes The Paycheck Protection Program and Health…

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Share Your Business’s Story!

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every business in the country, especially small businesses. But in this time of crisis, many have also found creative ways to adapt, with new strategies for managing employees, new approaches to delivering goods and services, and new tactics for reaching out to clients and customers. If that sounds like you,…

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Friday 5 for April 24th, 2020

Updates on the Paycheck Protection Program By Taylor Hughes On April 15th, 2020, the SBA announced that funding for the $350B federal relief program known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been entirely allocated. If you have not yet applied for a PPP loan, you can… Read article Facebook’s Small Business Grants Program By…

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Facebook’s Small Business Grants Program

Businesses that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic (that’s practically all of us!) have been looking for financial relief, including SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans, the Paycheck Protection Program, and more. Other organizations have also been stepping up with grants and financial relief programs for small businesses, including a new small business grant program…

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Friday 5 for April 17th, 2020

The Paycheck Protection Program and the Self-Employed By Taylor Hughes Self-employed individuals, sole proprietors, and independent contractors interested in applying for a PPP loan should contact their preferred local lender immediately to find out if the lender is… Read article Survey: Small Businesses Impacted by Covid-19 By ADP In a recent survey of 1,000 small…

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Today’s Trends Become Tomorrow’s Reality

While we’re still in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s not too late to start thinking about how the business environment will look when the pandemic someday ends, and we reach a new normal. First, think about some of the most prominent features of life in the crisis. Millions upon millions of people are:…

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Friday 5 for April 10th, 2020

Economic Injury Disaster Loan vs. Paycheck Protection Program By Taylor Hughes Small business owners are likely eligible for both the EIDL program and the PPP and have the ability to apply for both. Borrowers may apply for both loans; however, the PPP loan cannot be used… Read article Download The Bottom Line App! By GoSmallBiz…

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SBA Launches Paycheck Protection Program

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza last Friday launched the Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion emergency loan program created last week with the President’s signing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). The program provides forgivable loans up to $10 million to small businesses left financially distressed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The loans,…

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