The state of the economy has entrepreneurs cutting back everywhere they can. But one area where you shouldn't cut back is in giving back. The OC Register recently spotlighted Earth Friendly Products , a Southern California company that makes environmentally friendly cleaning products. Thanks to record-breaking quarterly profits, the company is giving its employees bonuses equal to a week's...

Have you ever tried to market your products or services to the federal government? The government is a great client — and the feds are required to award a percentage of their contracts to small businesses. But for a small company, navigating the processes, acronyms, and requirements of dealing with such a big customer can be intimidating and frustrating. Marketing to the government requires a...

My colleague Skip Chilcott recently posted about new ways that you can customize the look and function of your website. I'd like to add that we've created step-by-step instructions for these four new features to help you get started improving your site right now: Add a PayPal button to your website : If you have a PayPal Merchant account (see PayPal’s website for details) you can place...

Last week, I told you about some changes we're making to Office Live Small Business to make it easier for you to use. Now I want to give you a heads-up on a few high-impact changes that will allow you to do some cool new things with your website. The past few months we've been tweaking our site design tools based on your feedback and requests — and our latest improvements are now live...