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Forbes Best of the Web 2005Welcome to Small Business Trends. Small Business Trends is an award-winning comprehensive online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them.

We offer a variety of features to help you stay informed about the small business market. You can track, explore and learn from trends affecting small business through these informational resources:

  • Small Business Trends — Our flagship site (you are on it right now) in which we explore the trends driving the small business market. Updated regularly.
  • Small Biz Experts — Small Business Trends has an avid community of experts who volunteer their knowledge, insights, experiences, successes and failures.
  • Radio — The Small Business Trends Radio show airs on the Internet on Tuesdays at 1:30 PM Eastern U.S. time. (Past archives are available as podcasts.) Features interviews of small business experts and business owners sharing their expertise.
  • Newsletter — Offered 17 times a year, our free email newsletter is a convenient way to stay up on the SMB market.
  • Forums — Seek advice and opinions from other small business owners
  • Marketing Tips — We have a specially-designated section of this site underwritten by HP. It gives information about do-it-yourself marketing. Many thanks to HP for making it possible to provide the information in that section.
  • TrendTracker — Essays on 9 major trends in the small business market

Alltop, all the top storiesThe site’s content is syndicated through Newstex and via RSS feed to countless other sites around the Web.

Small Business Trends has been highlighted in the Wall Street Journal and twice in the New York Times. The site also has won numerous awards / been praised by:

Forbes Best of the Web (twice - in 2005 and 2008)
MSNBC Your Business “Website of the Week”
CODIE 2007 Finalist
HP Best Business Blogs (winning 2 out of the top 4 spots)
Alltop Small Business
Entrepreneurs at About.com - #1 Most Practical Blog for Entrepreneurs
Honorable Mention Marketing Sherpa Best Marketing Blog
Internet Public Library List of Best Business Blogs
Montague Institute (BUS-LIB) Best Business Blogs
Top 25 Authorities on Business Blogging (PDF file)
Smart Stops on the Web by the Journal of Accountancy
Top 50 Blogs for Startups to Watch in 2008
96 Women Bloggers to Watch for Spring 2008
Best Small Business Blogs You Might Not Know About by America’s Best Small Companies.

Anita Campbell serves as Editor in Chief of Small Business Trends. Read more about Anita Campbell.

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