February 2012

We asked some area business owners who inspired them. Here is what they told us.

If we think of leadership styles on the most basic of levels, a few obvious techniques come to mind.

If used correctly, Google Analytics is almost like reading your customers’ minds.

No matter how you view the economic climate, if you are serious about business, then you should be serious about marketing.

When budgets are tight and raises are not a realistic possibility, how can you keep employees productive and committed to your company?

Opportunities to find clients abroad could come from anywhere, and you should always be ready to convert a chance encounter into a sale.

Among entrepreneurs, Mark Cuban’s success story is legend.

What’s the fastest way to get from point A to point B? Ask a New Yorker, and the answer won’t always be a straight line.

Here are some highlights from the responses we received.

In a blog I posted last August, I asked, “Why does your company exist”? I also admitted that I couldn’t effectively communicate why NY Report exists.

According to a survey of the owners of 300 businesses in New York State with 50 employees or fewer, the majority of respondents are in favor of health insurance exchanges.

In the US, determining when a government official is asking for a bribe in exchange for helping your company get business is fairly cut and dried, but that isn’t always the case abroad.

Story is a new retail model that reinvents itself every four to six weeks, with new products for sale in a new environment, like an art gallery or a museum show.

Three tools to make digital marketing easier for your business.

At NY Report’s annual International Business Opportunities Conference, sponsored by Citibank, several experts spoke about international growth opportunities.

There has been more than a 20 percent increase in the amount of time and money small business contractors invested seeking federal contracting opportunities.