Outdoor Flags Rule in Virginia Helpping Small Business To Advertise

Posted on January 20th, 2012 by admin

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No matter what size your small business is, the cost of advertising online or offline can be very expensive. This is a ongoing cost that you always need to consider in order to get more clients and customers into your door. There are many affordable ways to advertise.

Using banners and outdoor flags is a common way for small businesses to advertise, but in Suffolk, Virginia this practice can now result in a fine. According to city rules, the only flags that are allowed to be flown in Suffolk are the American and Virginia state flags.

However, the enforcement of this law has been selective, with city zoning inspectors telling some businesses must remove their banners and flags while others are allowed to remain.

This random enforcement has predictably led to complaints by small business owners who feel unfairly targeted while big companies are being given preferential treatment. If businesses ignore a request from the city to take down a banner or flag, they can be taken to court and fined up to $3,000. However, none of the large companies in the city displaying flags or banners had acquired a permit to do so, and none had been visited by a zoning inspector.

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Better Internet Services for Small Business

Posted on December 7th, 2011 by admin

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Small business houses will now have benefit of better internet services to yield more results as the government funded company announced it is to offer telecoms and internet service providers new high speed wholesale broadband services that provide speeds of up to 40Mbps for small business. NBN Co head of product development and industry relations Jim Hassel said that the offer to is to allow telecos and service providers to design plans higher level services to small business houses cost effective services to suit a range of increasing needs. With more pricing options, telcos and ISPs will be able to tailor more internet services plans to small business houses and this means more opportunity for small business to choose best services at best affordable prices.

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Startup Weekend to Highlight Global Entrepreneurship Week

Posted on December 7th, 2011 by admin

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This year's Global Entrepreneurship Week will again feature the Startup Weekend. This 54-hour event allows creative minds to come together and conceptualize new businesses. This year Startup Weekend will be hosting more than 50 events across the USA.
Startup Weekends are three day events usually on weekends where a number of designers, developers and startup enthusiasts form teams and launch business ideas. This happens over the course of three days and the participants usually submit their demo or prototype by Sunday evening.
Carl Schramm, the President of the Kauffman Foundation which organizes the GEW states that the Startup Weekend is one of the best initiatives of the GEW since it combines talent from the globe and helps them with resources and expertise.
The GEW will be on from Nov. 14 – 20 this year and Startup Weekend events will be held at New York, San Francisco, and Washington. The winner from each city will participate in the Global Startup Battle beginning Nov. 21 where they have the opportunity to win the title of Global Startup Weekend Champion and many prizes.

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