All business start small. Some remain small and others get bought out by bigger business and grow. No matter how big or small the business is the main goal is to increase profits and reduce costs. Day to day regular office supplies can cost a business a ton of money especially if it is a [...]

Foreclosuresare the fastest growing sector of the real estate market. Everyone is looking to buy a foreclosed property before the real estate market takes off on a high again. There have been numerous articles, books written and training seminars held to find these hidden jewels. But to an average Joe this information can be way too [...]

Advertising is important to any business. But let’s face it, it does cost to advertise. Here are 25 ways to get the greatest bang for your advertising budget: Radio, newspapers and magazine specialists will frequently give free help in developing an advertising strategy. Things like demographic information, money-saving ways to produce your ads etc. Place [...]

As much as technical skills are important to get you hired there are soft skills which will help to keep your current job and even advancing in your career. In a tough economy people need to pay special attention to their attitudes, the way they communicate and demonstrating that they add value to the organization. [...]

There are only  two problems  in  life.  Isn’t  that nice  to  know? You only have  two  things  you ever need  to be concerned about. Not only are there only two problems – they are really quite simple. Ready? Problem #1: You know what you want, and you don’t know how to get it. Problem #2: [...]

Managing  the  flood  of  email messages  that most  of  us  need  to  interact with  on  a  daily  basis  is  a  growing challenge.  No one’s volume is diminishing.  That “beast is out of the barn,” and we’re not going to be able to shove it back in!  So, getting a grip on it with a good [...]

Given tight travel budgets, video conferencing is looking increasingly appealing. There are a lot of companies offering video conferencing solutions but as always we all want the best bang for our buck. With budgets being tight we all are looking for open source free solutions which will trim our expenditures.  In order to video conference [...]

With the explosion of the Internet and almost every individual trying to launch a site or a blog it is becoming very difficult to find unique website names or domain names as they are more commonly called. FFABP was on a quest to solve this dilemma and came across a site called WordFuse. This website [...]

The product offering is called Office Live Small Business by Microsoft which offers everything needed to create a professional web presence for free, including easy-to-use website design and management tools, and 100 email accounts. You also get a free suite of professional business applications that will allow you to manage customers, projects, and documents and [...]

Determining your own hours, deciding where to set up office and keeping all of the profits are some of the main advantages of working for yourself. Entrepreneurs can benefit from numerous free business services and social networking tools available online. Today’s economy isn’t doing anyone any favors, and if you’re one of the unfortunate folks [...]