• Letter Writing Help
  If you get tongue-tied when it’s time to write a business letter, there’s a Web site just for your. Business Letter Templates offers more than 3,000 business letter templates in 58 different categories.
  

• Survey Says . . .
  Constant Contact Inc., a provider of marketing tools and services for small businesses, has launched an online survey tool designed to help small businesses gain insight into their customers.
  
  

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Nifty ideas you can use to build a better business

• Your Golden Years
  Most entrepreneurs are on their own when it comes to planning for retirement. And many are making mistakes. The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants reports two major errors people make.

• Can Exercise Improve Your Business?
  This spring, the semiannual Open from American Express Small Monitor reported that there may be a connection between exercise and business success.

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Savvy strategies to help reduce your taxes

• Estimated Taxes
  If you’re a sole proprietor, partner or S corporation shareholder, you may have to pay estimated taxes. To learn more about estimated taxes, check out the Estimated Taxes article from the IRS.

• Worried About Taxes?
  Taxes were the leading concern of small-business owners during the second quarter of 2007 according to a poll released by International Profit Associates (IPA), a management consulting firm based in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

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Trade shows, conferences, seminars and workshops to boost your business

• Can A Trade Show Boost Your Small Business?
  Trade show exhibiting can be one of the most profitable and cost-effective ways to promote your small business – or it can be a colossal waste of time and money.

• Succession Planning For Small Businesses
  If you want your small business to survive after you give up the reins, succession planning is a must. The potential complexity of the process, not to mention the sometimes difficult emotional decisions that must be made, make it easy to shove succession planning to the back burner.

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Know-how you need to succeed

• Sales Letter Fix
  If your sales letters aren’t pulling in responses, maybe you need to get personal.

• Go Local
  Even if your small business caters to neighborhood residents, you can still advertise online to reach more locals. Try these online advertising venues.