How Email Marketing Benefits Your Small Business + MORE

In some offices the insistence on collaboration is forcing people to take creative measures to focus. What’s the new etiquette when it comes to connection vs. concentration?Collaboration is all the rage (so much so that some are even speculating it might be the new greenwashing), but this trendy we’re-all-in-it-together ethos doesn’t just set off some folks’ hype sensors, it also presents other dangers…

The ‘next big thing’ in social media might not have debuted this week, but SXSW 2013 was not without noteworthy startups.

A look at how incubators are affected by the new health-care law, often referred to as Obamacare, which provides financial incentives to providers that embrace technology.

We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business Spotlight.

You earn your customers’ trust through regular contact, and the easiest way to do that is with email marketing. Learn more about why it’s so important for small businesses to build, grow and use their customer contact list.