According to the FBI, hackers targeting small businesses, non-profits, and other small organizations have attempted to make off with about $100 million in fraudulent transfers so far. It’s getting bad enough that both the feds and the American Banking Association are now advising businesses to use a completely separate PC just to do online banking with.

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Tags: banking trojan, hacker, malware, online security, phishing, security, Small Business, spam

Do you have a blog? Ever thought about taking things one step further and making it a steady source of revenue? Whether you built your blog to solidify yourself as an authority, or to drive awareness for your brand, there’s a lot of potential in the world of blogging.

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Tags: blog revenue, blogger tips, blogging, blogging for profit, building a blog following, building a community, how to create revenue with your blog

There are lots of really wonderful and rewarding things about launching your own business. Certainly, the reasons you broke ground (or commenced virtual operations) vary across the board, but when it comes to small business owner gripes, the list probably looks a bit similar.

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Tags: delivery of funds, get paid faster, getting paid, merchant processing, NewtPay, small business challenges

Welcome to Part Two of the DIYPR series, where we discuss the next level of self promotion: don’t think like a reporter…become one.

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Tags: citizen reporting, community news, creating awareness for your business, how to score media hits, Newtek, PR, public relations, small business promotion

If I were to take a wild guess, I’m betting most of you don’t have marketing/PR budgets that parallel Starbucks, Google or Apple. If you do, please ignore what I’m about to say and call your big city PR firm to set up your next campaign brainstorm session.

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Tags: DIY, HARO, Help a Reporter, media relations, Peter Shankman, PR, public relations, publicity, small business marketing and PR