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Fresh Overflow Cafe Reviews

Overflow Cafe – The most effective website promotion service, trusted by over 36,000 business owners and professionals. We are the #1 ranked small business marketing firm. We’ve launched version 7.0 of our service which includes many new improvements! – Faster … Continue reading

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Free Shipping: Seven Ways it Can Hook Your Customers

If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s free shipping. This shopping perk has gone from a rare bonus to almost an entitlement in consumers’ minds. Nearly half of transactions last year involved free shipping, and 61 percent of consumers say … Continue reading

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How to Move Your Business Data into the Cloud – Safely

At Overflow Cafe, we’ve been very wary of “the cloud”. We’ve heard horror stories of clients losing valuable data to hackers, but there are safe ways to use the cloud. Here’s an article from Entrepreneur Magazine: Q: Which business apps … Continue reading

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10 New Words Every Business Owner Should Know

Do you have a “bajillion” things to do? Have you ever had a “light-bulb moment”? Entrepreneurs need to keep up with the new business-related words and lingo that pop up almost every day. The publishers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary … Continue reading

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An Eclectic Treasure Hunter Lends a Vintage Touch to Modern Homes

Two of the most significant artifacts in Alexandra Cirimelli’s 3,000-square-foot antiques store are not for sale. Yet they may be the best reflection of both the Leiper’s Fork, Tenn.-based Serenite Maison’s aesthetic and Cirimelli’s respect for things that have gone … Continue reading

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Four Tips for Getting Started in a Collectibles Business

Victorian-era furniture is so yesterday. The opulent sofas, sideboards and buffets once synonymous with the antiques market are old news, supplanted by the streamlined, function-over-form Danish modern aesthetic that characterized mid-20th century design. It’s a shift symbolic of a larger … Continue reading

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Meet the 10-Year-Old CEO of a $500,000 Family Business

A few years back, Rick and Lauren Altman launched an online retailer that sells decorative zipper pulls, pencil toppers and other products. But when it comes to strategic decisions, they turn to their fifth-grader-turned-CEO daughter, Hannah. Read the full article … Continue reading

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Hang in there

Starting a business or even making drastic changes in an established business can be like a rollercoaster ride. It’s filled with stress and risk. If you’ve made a decision to improve your business and you’ve started the process only to … Continue reading

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Groupon Raises, Like, A Billion Dollars

We are copying and pasting a news release from Business Wire. One of the companies we’ve followed and rooted for since it’s early days was Groupon.com and we are so excited to hear about it’s rapid expansion plans. Way to … Continue reading

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8 Financial New Year’s Resolutions for Small Business Owners

By Rosemary Peavler Small business owners face many financial management challenges as they operate their businesses. It’s the beginning of a New Year and most small business owners are making their New Year’s Resolutions about their businesses. Here’s what you … Continue reading

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