Yes.  You are a small business owner.  You are one of the few people in your community who does not rely on a paycheck to survive and feed your family.  Your money comes from your own efforts.  If business is great, your pay is great.  However; if business is bad, your pay can be non-existent!

I found a great blog post that explains this cycle in detail.  Read the article and let me know what you think.  Do you have any strategies that you use to help minimize risk?  Click Here to read the article.

Skype has announced that it has included Facebook integration with it's latest release.  You can now communicate with your Facebook friends directly from within the Skype interface.

This may be a big boost for Skype.  Most people only use Skype for communicating with their friends or family that also has Skype.  Now, you can communicate with friends even if they don't have the Skype application themselves.  This should boost the amount of time that people spend using Skype.

Here is video that explains the new updates.

It looks like Google has just updated it's search algorithm so that it puts more importance on websites that update their content on a regular basis.  So, that means if you don't update your website and keep the content fresh, then your website will be at the bottom of the list in the search results.

Google wants to offer their searchers more up to date and relevant results.  They want to offer them fresh and up to date content at the top of the list.  Do you update your website on a regular basis?  If not, you may want to consider hosting your website with Stephen Wicks Internet Development Company.  We include up to one hour of webmaster time each month in our hosting packages.  We'll keep your website content fresh and up to date.

Here is the link to the article that explains in detail the changes that Google has made.

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Very good advice on why you should never lower your price in a down economy.  Let me know if it is helpful to you in YOUR business! - Stephen

I just read a very great article about the non-profit organization that we have partnered with for Thanksgiving this year.  According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper, Hosea Feed The Homeless fed over 15, 000 people last year for Thanksgiving.  Now you can see why we chose them to work with this year.

The organization also expects there to be more demand this year over last year.  With the current state of the economy we can understand why this would be true.

Let's all "dig deep" this year and try to help those who are in need.  We are attempting in our own humble way to help.  Will you stand with us?

Here is a link to the article that I referenced above: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/hosea-feed-the-hungry-1221446.html