• COUPONS
    Drug makers use co-pay coupons to help mask their rising drug prices

    Drug maker-funded coupons and patient assistance programs are proving to be an uncertain and often questionable way for patients to afford what a new report shows are increasingly expensive specialty and other brand name drugs. Growth in drug spending by commercial and government insurance plans slowed last year to 5.8% — less than half the growth […]

  • COUPONS
    Study: Most shoppers use grocery coupons

    A new study shows most shoppers use coupons at the grocery store. According to the 2017 Coupon Intelligence Report, nine out of 10 shoppers said they use coupons when they buy groceries. 15% of shoppers said they always use coupons. That’s up from 10% in 2016. More than half of shoppers — 64% — said […]

  • NEWS
    How to Use Facebook Live for Your Small Business

    Should you be using Facebook Live for your business? Is it worth your time and effort? According to Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), videos (live and otherwise) are viewed more than four billion times per day. And with Facebook giving priority to live videos in the news feed, you certainly may want to consider this service for getting […]

  • COUPONS
    No need for motorists to use old parking coupons at pro-rated rates: MND

    URA/HDB parking coupons on Dec 26, 2013. (Photo: Edric Sng/TODAY) ENLARGE CAPTION  275 Email More A A SINGAPORE: Authorities have concluded there is no need for motorists to use old parking coupons at pro-rated rates, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 7). Mr Lee, responding to […]

  • ALL DEALS
    One Way to Use Widgets for Your Business

    Web widgets are little interactive boxes of updatable content that you can place on websites.  The content updates dynamically.  Widgets can consist of polls, games or lists of updated content.  Or even audio.  They are quite a growing trend — I bump into them everywhere online. Staci Wood, our Program Manager here at Small Business Trends, has been playing […]

  • NEWS
    How to Use Amazon Affiliate Marketing: A Step by Step Guide

    Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is no doubt one of the world’s most famous online marketplaces. But the company also offers n opportunity to some small business owners — particularly online marketers. The platform offers a well-known Affiliate program. Interested? Here’s a step-by-step process on how you can become am Amazon affiliate. How to Become an Amazon Affiliate […]

  • COMPUTERS
    You Can Use Microsoft Bot Framework to Build Small Business Bots

    You have heard of bots, so by now you probably know they are applications that perform automated tasks. So how can the new Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bot Framework help you build one for your small business? Microsoft wants to help you build a chatbot that the company says will, “Interact with your users naturally wherever they are.” […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    10 Electronic Signature Options and Why You Should Use Them

    Electronic signatures are as valid for business contracts as signatures signed in ink on paper. That’s been the case since the year 2000, when a U.S. Federal law known as the Electronic Signatures in Global and International Commerce act, was enacted. According to Nolo.com, people have “several different ways to indicate their electronic signatures, including […]

  • COUPONS
    Women can use cash coupons to buy ration

    To deal with the problem of abrupt increase in prices of pulses, the Centre will look for creation of a buffer stock.. BENGALURU: In what is being labelled as a likely replacement of the government’s flagship scheme of providing foodgrainsat dirt-cheap prices, the food and civil supplies department will launch a pilot project of providing […]