Small Business Events Not to Miss | Small Business Ideas

Every other week we compile a list of great events to help you with your business. The following Small Business Events Guide is worth a close look:

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Score Workshops & Events
Multiple Dates & Locations

Western Massachusetts Event ? August 5, Springfield, MA
Home Based Business Seminar ? August 17, Monmouth, NJ

See SCORE website for more local workshops.

National Veteran Small Business Conference
August 15-18, 2011, New Orleans

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting this event. The largest nationwide conference of its kind, the National Veteran Small Business Conference provides veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs and SDVOSBs) an opportunity to learn, network and market their businesses.

4,000 leaders from various VOSBs, SDVOSBs, large contractors and federal agencies as well as veterans from the New Orleans area are expected to participate.

Tribal Leadership: The 5 Stages to Increasing Performance and Tripling Profits
August 16, 2011, Online

The principals behind Tribal Leadership can help you change the culture of your organization bit by bit ? and make it run faster, better and more effectively. The result you will achieve will be greater strategic success, more effective workplaces, less stress, more fun and 3-5 times more profit! This interactive webinar presentation will focus on leveraging Tribal Leadership to foster a high performance culture and a thriving organization.

Online Marketing & Social Media Crash Course
Multiple Cities & Dates

Discover how you can harness the power of the Internet to get your business found online (in an affordable way), engage new customers with your brand and keep old ones coming back. Deluxe for Business and Sprint are proudly sponsoring these free small business events across six cities in 2011, with the help of host Entrepreneur EXPO and keynote speaker Starr Hall.

August 16 ? Los Angeles
September 13 ? Miami

2011 Business Conference & Tradeshow
August 17, 2011, Milpitas, CA

The Milpitas Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Industry Council for Small Business Development (ICSBD) and National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) presents the 2011 Business Conference & Tradeshow. This event will include procurement information with large corporations, business to business opportunities, seminars and more.

Biz 2 Beach
August 19, 2011, Santa Monica, CA

Biz2Beach is an inaugural networking conference bringing together thought leaders, innovators and trendsetters for an exciting day of exchanging ideas. The ?unconference? format of Biz2Beach is unlike most events. Featured speakers with a wide variety of business expertise will lead four intimate breakout discussions. B2B is presented by CallFire, which will unveil the latest iteration of its suite of telecom services.

Affiliate Summit East 2011
August 21-23, 2011, New York City

Affiliate Summit East 2011, the premier affiliate marketing conference, is taking place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City. This three-day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.

The Science of Social Media 2011
August 23, 2011, Online

Wondering what really works with social media? Looking to eliminate all the guesswork?
In this new webinar, Dan Zarrella, author of The Social Media Marketing Book, reveals brand new research from 9.6 billion pieces of social media data! You?ll discover how to extend your reach, ensure your ideas spread and measure the real impact of your social media activities. Data-backed, scientifically-proven best practices show you how.

Consumer Products Investing Conference
August 25, 2011, Chicago

Sponsored by Perkins Cole LLP, this conference will discuss trends in early-stage investing, the factors that are most important to investors when they are considering an investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get investors? attention, strategies for growing their businesses, additional advice for entrepreneurs and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other investors.

NAWBO Women?s Business Conference 2011
August 31 ? September 1, 2011, San Diego

The NAWBO Women?s Business Conference is the only event of its kind focused on connecting women entrepreneurs to real business opportunities that deliver bottom-line results. The conference brings together businesses of all sizes from various industries to provide women entrepreneurs with both personal and professional tools and resources to take their businesses to the next level of success.

Content Marketing World
September 6 ? 8, 2001, Cleveland, Ohio

Learn how to transform your marketing department into a storytelling factory, and engage your prospects and customers in all the right channels with the right messages ? including social, mobile, email, online and even print and in-person strategies.

Includes keynotes by NYTimes writer David Pogue and author David Meerman Scott. Choose from 30+ breakout sessions and get the tools you need to be a successful content marketer. Plus, start with an opening night reception at the infamous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Attendees at this year?s conference include marketing professionals from Honeywell, Siemens, Citrix, Oakley, FedEx, Gannett, KeyBank, GE, JD Power & Associates, Cisco, NASA and hundreds of other leading small and large brands.

Use code SBT during checkout to receive $100 off.

25th Anniversary Entrepreneurial Woman?s Conference, Women?s Business & Buyers Mart
September 14, 2011, Chicago

The oldest conference and business opportunities fair for women in business in the country, this is the premier event for women business owners in the Midwest.

This year?s conference offers women business owners solutions to the current problems they are facing and the opportunity to increase the profitability of their businesses by building relationships with corporate and government buyers, business experts and other women business owners.

What Small Businesses MUST Know About Their Website Analytics
September 14, 2011, Webinar

Our guest expert this month is Pierre DeBois of Zimana. In this live session Pierre will discuss the importance of tracking website analytics for small business owners, and attendees will walk away with tips and tools that they can implement immediately. We?ll discuss:

• Why small businesses must know their website analytics
• How to get started
• Which data are the most important to track and what they tell you
• What are some best practices and tools to use
• Where social media fits in and more

This live webinar will be recorded and available afterward to all registered attendees.

Startup Princess Touchpoint

September 15-16, 2011, Salt Lake City

Touchpoint is the premiere event for women entrepreneurs, where practical planning meets sky-high inspiration, networking fuels momentum, and high impact strategies are the most coveted party favor.

The 5th Annual event features two days of keynote speakers and panels, as well as plenty of opportunities to network. Topics range from ?Making Meaning in Your Business and Contributing to the World,? to how to bootstrap your startup, to how to crush QVC. Enjoy a concert by Jessie Clark Funk, and a Sparkle & Shine Spa Party, featuring manicures and massages.

Brooklyn Business Expo 2011
September 20, 2011, Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Business Expo will bring together the brightest business leaders from the most dynamic companies throughout Brooklyn and the adjoining counties. The Brooklyn Business Expo provides an environment for businesses to enhance their relationships, research the market for the leading products and services, and learn about the latest best business practices. This will be the largest business-to-business expo in Brooklyn.

The New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards
September 21, 2011, New York City

The New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards is the annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of the 500,000-plus small businesses throughout the tri-state area. In its sixth year, the Awards Gala?which sold out in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010?attracts more than 400 business owners and executives and is often referred to as ?the networking event of the year.? Don?t miss the chance to do business with the ?who?s who? of the New York small business community.

How Small Businesses Can Do Very Big Things With Technology
September 22, 2011, New York City

Very small businesses are often asked to do very BIG things. In fact, in order to thrive (and not just survive) it?s critical that they leverage technology as a powerful tool for business growth. There are hundreds of free and fee tools that you can use to help you save time, save money, be more productive, boost revenue and more.

You?ll learn how to gain insight about your customers, better market to your customers, know what new products or services to launch and much more.

Inc. 500/5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony
September 22-24, 2011, National Harbor, MD

The Inc. 500 | 5000 Conference and Awards Ceremony celebrates the revered Inc. ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. The momentous event brings together current Inc. 5000 honorees and alumni of the list, along with the greater business community, to recognize the remarkable achievements of these companies and the great contributions they have made to the global economy.

Small Business Technology Tour
September 27 ? Mountain View, CA
October 12 ? Salt Lake City
October 18 ? Boston
November 2 ? Atlanta
Date TBA ? Chicago

Smallbiztechnology.com is excited to bring you the second annual Small Biz Tech Tour. This event is a full day of information, insight, energy and fun.

• Attendees will learn:
• How to boost sales with website analytics
• How smart companies are using mobile technology to be more productive
• Why many small businesses are not getting results with social media and what you must do
• How to stop selling and start publishing content for more sales
• Why websites and email marketing are not dead, and how to get the most out of yours
• How local companies are getting more local customers using technology
• How to increase sales by segmenting your customers

The Small Business Expo
October 5, 2011, New York City

Full-day networking event, trade show and conference for business owners, entrepreneurs and decision-makers.

The Summit for Women in Business
October 6-9, 2011, Pigeon Forge, TN

The Summit for Women in Business is providing and showing you how to implement the needed strategies and tools to remain competitive and current within today?s evolving business climate. Created by women business owners for women business owners, this Summit is designed for SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) entrepreneurs, independent and self-employed professionals.

Western Mass Business Expo
October 18, 2011, Springfield, MA

As the region?s business publication, The Business Journal of Western Massachusetts believes the businesses and communities that comprise Western Massachusetts should be represented at a region-wide trade show to better promote buying and doing business locally. The day begins with breakfast at 7:30 followed by the Expo?s official opening at 9 a.m. and will feature seminars, speakers, lunch and a high-energy, end-of-day networking event featuring music, food and drink.

Media and Entertainment Investing Conference
October 27, 2011, Coral Gables, FL

Sponsored by The Launch Pad at the University of Miami, this conference will cover trends in early-stage investing, the factors that are most important to Investors when they are considering an investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get investors? attention, strategies to grow their businesses, additional advice for entrepreneurs and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other investors.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo
November 3-5, 2011, Los Angeles

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is the first and only industry-wide conference, tradeshow and media event dedicated to blogging, podcasting, social media, social networking, online video, music, Internet TV and radio. BlogWorld conference attendees enjoy more than 120 cutting-edge educational sessions presented by leading bloggers, podcasters and content creators, while the New Media Expo provides the only industry-wide new media marketplace for networking, online business and marketing resources.

Register with the promo code SBTVIP20 to save 20% off any conference pass, or use code SBTVIP50 to save 50% off Expo Passes (which include access to the Exhibit hall as well as all keynotes and parties, just like the conference passes).

Social Media Makeover Forum at Digital Atlanta 2011
November 8, 2011, Atlanta

This half-day, innovative business conference will take place during Digital Atlanta 2011 ? a weeklong (November 7-11) calendar of events that will focus on the digital and social media scene in Atlanta. The SMB Social Media Makeover Forum will feature three panels of social media experts from leading brands and agencies. These experts will provide advice to three small and mid-sized businesses who will be selected for social media makeovers.

To find more small business events, contests and awards, visit the Small Business Events Calendar.

If you are putting on a small business event or contest, and want to get the word out, please submit it through our Events & Contests Submission Form (it?s free). Only events of interest to small business people, freelancers and entrepreneurs will be included.

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Senate takes up debt limit bill, passage likely

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, returns to his office after emergency legislation to avert a government default and cut federal spending passed a showdown vote in the House of Representatives, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, returns to his office after emergency legislation to avert a government default and cut federal spending passed a showdown vote in the House of Representatives, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, a critic of the debt deal agreement, walks to the floor of the House to vote on the emergency legislation to avert a government default, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., leaves the House chamber after the House of Representatives passed the emergency legislation to avoid a government default a day before the deadline on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? With just hours left before the national debt bumps against its ceiling, emergency bipartisan legislation to allow the government to borrow more faces one final test in the Senate. Expected passage there sends the bill to President Barack Obama, averting a potentially disastrous, first-ever government default and making a down payment toward taming out-of-control budget deficits.

The legislation, which easily passed the House on Monday, is virtually assured to clear the Senate shortly after noon Tuesday by a bipartisan tally. The White House promises Obama will sign the measure into law.

The legislation pairs an increase in the government's borrowing cap with promises of more than $2 trillion of budget cuts over the upcoming decade. Its passage caps a long, difficult battle between tea party-powered House Republicans and Obama ? with House Speaker John Boehner caught in the middle more than once.

After months of fiercely partisan struggle, the House's top Republican and Democratic leaders swung behind the bill, ratifying a deal sealed Sunday night with a phone call from Boehner to Obama.

"I'm not happy with it," Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. "But I'm proud of some of the accomplishments in it. That's why I'm voting for it."

Much of the measure was negotiated on terms set by Boehner, which included a demand that any increase in the nation's borrowing cap be matched by spending cuts at least as large. But it also meets demands made by Obama, including debt increases large enough to keep the government funded into 2013 and curbs on growth of the Pentagon budget.

Even though Obama strongly supported the measure, half of the chamber's Democrats opposed it. Sixty-six conservative Republicans opposed the measure as well.

Still, after storming the Capital in January ? only to see bill after bill die in the Democratic Senate ? many junior House lawmakers opted to view the legislation through the prism of optimism.

"It's about time that Congress come together and figure out a way to live within our means," said Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis. "This bill is going to start that process, although it doesn't go far enough."

The measure would provide an immediate $400 billion increase in the $14.3 trillion U.S. borrowing cap, with $500 billion more assured this fall. That $900 billion would be matched by cuts to agency budgets over the next 10 years.

What follows next is more complicated. The measure establishes a special bipartisan committee to draft legislation to find up to $1.5 trillion more in deficit cuts for a vote later this year. They're likely to come from so-called mandatory programs like federal retirement benefits, farm subsidies, Medicare and Medicaid. The savings would be matched by a further increase in the borrowing cap.

There's no guarantee the committee, to be evenly split between the warring parties, will agree on such legislation. But there are powerful incentives to do so because more budget gridlock would trigger a crippling round of automatic cuts across much of the budget, including Pentagon coffers.

On Monday, the White House dispatched Vice President Joe Biden to the Capitol to lobby recalcitrant Democrats in both House and Senate. He heard an earful, especially from liberal and black lawmakers upset that Obama surrendered on taxes and agreed to cuts from a budget ledger built up over the first two years of his term, when Democrats dominated Congress.

"They expressed all their frustration," he conceded after a session with House Democrats.

Biden said the deal "has one overwhelming redeeming feature" ? postponing the next debt limit battle until 2013 and leaving the current fight behind. "We have to get this out of the way to get to the issue of growing the economy," he said.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., said the Republicans got the better of the deal.

"Republicans intentionally created a crisis in order to get their way," Schakowsky said. "This is the wrong medicine for a sick economy. This bill could increase unemployment, slow economic growth and deepen already historic income inequality."

GOP leaders lobbied their members as well, but with Democratic leaders and Obama behind the legislation, there was far less pressure on them than last week, when they were forced to delay a vote and rewrite an earlier version of the measure to assuage tea party lawmakers.

"This measure is not perfect or the way we would have done it if we were in charge, but it will finally begin to change the way Washington spends taxpayer dollars," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said. "As is the case with any major change, these things will take time and this is the first significant move ? of many to come ? to turn Washington around."

In the Senate, support from Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky virtually guarantees the measure will receive the 60 votes required to pass on Tuesday. The vote is set for noon, plenty of time to ship the measure up Pennsylvania Avenue to Obama. The administration has said that without the new borrowing authority, the government won't be able to pay all its bills after Tuesday.

Enactment of the measure would provide welcome closure for Obama, who has seen his poll numbers sag during the debt limit battle ? especially as Tuesday's deadline neared and the stock market sank.

GOP presidential candidates such as Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann issued statements opposing the legislation.

"As with any compromise, the outcome is far from satisfying," Obama conceded in a video his re-election campaign sent to millions of Democrats.

In a tweet, the president was more positive: "The debt agreement makes a significant down payment to reduce the deficit ? finding savings in both defense and domestic spending."

Associated Press

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Is It Time To Upgrade Your Bathroom? | Topics Info | Home and Family

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Condo 101: Advantages of Condo Living

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Many people are thinking of living in a condo considering the fact that the price of buying a house and lot is more expensive and less convenient compared to condo living. Condominiums may have more advantages than single family homes. Aside from the price, there are other benefits in condo living not specifically available in single family homes.

If you are trying to decide if they you should go for condo living, you have to be aware of the pros and cons so that you can think of what is the best for your financial need now as well as your family?s preference. Here are the benefits of living in a condo:

In condominiums, there will be someone who is going to clean the exterior and interior of the building. Repairs, snow removal issues, as well as melting supplies are all included in condo living and this is possible with the monthly fees you pay to the condo association. You don?t need to worry about taking care of the outside or who will take care of the lawn, the garden, and so on. The small monthly fee will take care of everything.

Moreover, you are not going to worry about putting your garbage out. There is a garbage room in every floor. The garbage bags are placed in a chute, which are taken down to the main floor garbage room.

Unlike in a single home arrangement where you have to hire someone to carry the person and wheelchair up and down the stairs, the elevator can take them up and down without any hassle. Going up and down your house is not a problem especially if you have a handicapped member of the family and for parents who have children, they don?t have to use the stairs and risk their children falling down in a condo.

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Robert Kendrick, U.S. Tennis Player, Banned 1 Year After Testing Positive

LONDON -- Former top-100 player Robert Kendrick of the United States has been suspended for a year by the International Tennis Federation after testing positive for a banned stimulant at the French Open.

After failing the May 22 test, Kendrick said the stimulant got into his system because of a capsule he took to combat jet lag. He denied he was trying to enhance his performance. Kendrick lost in the first round at Roland Garros.

The ITF accepted his account, but said a player is responsible for any banned substance in his body. His suspension runs until May 21, 2012.

The 31-year-old Kendrick was born in California and now lives in Florida. He reached a career-best ranking of 69th in 2009 and is currently 105th.

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