-- 13% don't separate personal and professional social media activities -- 10% of micro small business owners don't achieve a good work/life balance NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from specialist insurer Hiscox shows that small business owners are flexible when it comes to managing their work/life balance – in order to spend time with the family and to maximize opportunities for their ...

SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Online-marketing collective, eMarketingVids, has had their catalog of small business marketing instructional videos added to Microsoft's Zune Podcast Marketplace. Starting immediately, entrepreneurs, business owners and anyone with an interest in fine-tuning Web marketing techniques can access the videos on their Zune and Windows Phone 7. "We couldn't be more excited ...

Lead-Generating Q&A Tool Adds Campaign Configurator and Makes Platform Available on Web SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InboxQ, an innovative web service that mines Twitter for sales leads, today released a major product update designed to help a wider range of businesses take advantage of its powerful platform. The addition of a web-based version of its software and an automatic campaign c ...

SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TheInvestorCenter.com is pleased to announce that a brand new small business assistance portal, www.theinvestorcenter.com, has officially launched today.  An operating portal of Greenzone Ventures, theinvestorcenter.com was built to offer growing small businesses advanced consulting and funding tools that will allow them to rapidly grow and expand their businesses.  T ...

New survey reveals social media adoption still in its infancy among businesses SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) located in the Great Plains and Southeast states of the U.S. are embracing social media at a quicker pace than other areas of the country, according to a recent survey conducted by Zoomerang Online Surveys and Polls. The survey polled more than 50 ...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Feintuch Communications (www.feintuchcommunications.com) has been tapped by award winning author, researcher and tech industry pundit Jonathan Spira to get the word out about his new book chronicling society's battle with Information Overload. Overload! How Too Much Information Is Hazardous to Your Organization (John Wiley & Sons, May 31, 2011), tells how we arrive ...

A 100% Hype-Free 2-Day Social Business Workshop for Real People doing Real Business WILMINGTON, N.C., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SocialCrush, a collaboration of experienced thought leaders in the social media industry, will kick off their new 'social business' national conference tour this summer. First stop is Wilmington, NC, at the Wilmington Convention Center, June 7 and 8, 2011. This national tour of h ...

Irvine Chamber of Commerce Free Weekly Webinar Provides Valuable Insight on National Policy and Innovation for Small Businesses IRVINE, Calif., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Irvine Micropreneur Program presented by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce discusses and addresses the needs of small businesses. The program hosted by Robert Coleman, President of Pacific Venture Club, is designed to teach entreprene ...

CHICAGO, IL, April 07, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jill Salzman is growing her third business the old-fashioned way. She constantly connects with people and generates word-of-mouth buzz. But she does it all online. By utilizing only social media, she's built a new network of entrepreneurs worldwide - in a very short amount of time. The Founding Moms is a collective of meetups for mom entrepreneurs. Currently ...

Facebook virus and spam protection now offered at usingprotection.com. SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UsingProtection.com announced today the availability of the Using Protection service, which protects Facebook users from unwanted spam, viruses or malware posted on their wall. The Using Protection service scans for viruses whenever you view Facebook pages, making it impossible for you to spr ...