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01/20/2010

BBB Small Business Advice: Five Tips for Ensuring Social Media Success in 2010

Better Business Bureau recommends that small business owners ease into the waters thoughtfully when planning to launch a social media strategy; otherwise, they risk abandoning the ship in frustration.

12/01/2006

FTC - Ads for Business Opportunities: How To Detect Deception

It’s not hard to see why ads for business opportunities that promote the benefits of being your own boss and making money quickly are appealing. But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the government agency that monitors advertising for deception, says that some ads for business opportunities feature empty promises and false claims that potential entrepreneurs could never realize.

06/01/2004

FTC - Information Compromise and the Risk of Identity Theft: Guidance for Your Business

These days, it is almost impossible to be in business and not collect or hold personally identifying information — names and addresses, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, or other account numbers — about your customers, employees, business partners, students, or patients. If this information falls into the wrong hands, it could put these individuals at risk for identity theft.

04/01/2001

FTC - Frequently Asked Advertising Questions: A Guide for Small Business

GENERAL ADVERTISING POLICIES What truth-in-advertising rules apply to advertisers? Under the Federal Trade Commission Act:


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