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Make Sure It's Deductible, 4th Edition

By Evelyn Jacks

No matter what kind of small business you have, you owe it to yourself to take advantage of every legitimate business deduction and personal tax planning advantage at tax time. In the newly updated fourth edition for 2010 of Make Sure It’s Deductible, Evelyn Jacks, Canada’s bestselling and most trusted tax author and educator, delivers vital tax facts that will save you money—presented in a clear, friendly style that’s easy to read, understand and apply to your own business.

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Hiring Your First Employee: A Step-By-Step Guide

By Fred Steingold

Hiring anyone can be intimidating -- but this is especially true if you're considering hiring your first employee. A new level of laws and regulations kick in, not to mention all the costs involved.

Fortunately, Hiring Your First Employee provides a complete, easy-to-read overview of hiring an employee, as well as legal and practical advice at every step.

Categories: Marketing, Sales, Employees

Wealth Creation for Small Business Owners: 75 Strategies for Financial Success in Any Economy

By James E. Cheeks

This book shows how to raise the right amount of money from the right source for each phase in a new company's growth cycle. Ask any established business owner to identify his or her toughest challenge when just starting out, and you'll likely get this answer: raising capital. Most aspiring entrepreneurs know far too little about the sources of money that can help start a business or fuel its growth. Where do you get capital? What are investors looking for? How do you ask for money in a way that gets results?

Categories: Money

Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook

By Darren Barefoot, Julie Szabo

The rules of marketing have changed. Savvy marketing professionals know that they must engage with individuals directly on the Web, and smart businesses know that customers can become friends—with benefits. Friends With Benefits shows you how to get into the online marketing game. A guide filled with tips, tricks, and real-world case studies, Friends With Benefits shows how you can increase your company's online visibility and Web traffic and win over online influencers.

100 Great Business Ideas: From leading companies around the world

By Jeremy Kourdi

Poised to be the catalyst for business success, this collection of great ideas provides the fuel for companies of all sizes to create value and success. Some of the biggest corporate names supply their fire-tested strategies, accompanied by advice on applying their suggestions to different business situations.

Free: The Future Of A Radical Price

By Chris Anderson

In Free, Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them. Far more than a promotional gimmick, Free is a business strategy that may well be essential to a company's survival.

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