Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community. It is an official site of the U.S. Government. For resources specific to microbusinesses and home business owners, check out the Business.gov blog on Sparkplugging. Whether your small business is feeling the economic pinch or not, it’s [...]

As more advertisers move into social media, you may have noticed that the blogosphere is all abuzz with posts about “Sponsored Conversations”. When the medium first emerged years ago, a thriving economy cropped up around paid posts, with companies angling to help match bloggers with paid writing opportunities. But in the fall of 2007, Google [...]

Last summer, the Today Show decided to change their Twitter strategy. They had been using Twitter for over a year, but were simply pushing out links to their content. But after the Olympics, they put a real person behind their account, and they started interacting with the community. Of course, the Twitter community responded – [...]

This last weekend, my husband Dave decided he wanted to start a blog. He’s been watching what I’ve been doing with Sparkplugging, and has been talking about doing it for over a year. This meant that I, of course, was doomed to a weekend of WordPress tinkering. *sigh* I think he was jealous of my [...]

Thanks for visiting Sparkplugging! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I am so happy to have you here at my little humble abode. I’ve poured love into this site for nearly 3 years, and there’s a lot of information buried all over the place. Lucky for you I’m here [...]

Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community. It is an official site of the U.S. Government. For resources specific to microbusinesses and home business owners, check out the Business.gov blog on Sparkplugging. One certainty about running a small business is that each day presents [...]

I’ve had some really amazing things happen since I started blogging. Though I have to say that few compare to what is going to happen next Tuesday, when I am going to be on the Today Show!!! Quick details: Show airing on NBC, Tuesday March 10th 2009. I really don’t know what time I will [...]