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Stop giving it away! We asked successful young entrepreneurs to brainstorm creative ways that small businesses can spread word and boost sales without resorting to the likes of daily deals sites. The Young Entrepreneur Council asked 11 successful young entrepreneurs to share a creative way to market a business without resorting to daily deal sites

If your growth has stalled, encouraging innovation on the front line will make all the difference. This past week, our team was working with members of a family-owned manufacturing business who had watched their product sales shrink over the past 10 years. Highly motivated to keep sales up as their core profitable products started to lose traction, they took whatever work they could find.

Want $20 back from Whole Foods when you use your AmEx card? Tweet #AmExWholeFoods. Here's what's behind the new deals for the sharing generation

Turns out, the line between promoting your brand and cyber-stalking your customers is thinner than you think. Getting "liked" online in some form or another has become a de rigueur part of marketing. But a recent poll of consumers who use social networks suggests just how easy it is for companies to unwittingly convince people to click that invisible, but oh so potent, "hate" button.

Most would say you'd have to be crazy. But this Chinese gadgetmaker proves being crazy can make you $100 million a year

Shopping anywhere can make consumers lonely, because they keep going from online to offline searching for the same thing--relevancy. Offline offers a different reality than online and vice versa.

Amid e-commerce glitches and technology's growing pains, retailers can still win the loyalty of customers. Here's how.

Business owners sound off about determining customer value.

A New York brick-and-mortar entrepreneur takes a cue from e-commerce: She curates limited-time-only themes and product lines, hosts community events, and sells sponsorships. An In-Store Revolution A New York brick-and-mortar entrepreneur takes a cue from e-commerce: She curates limited-time-only themes and product lines, hosts community events, and sells sponsorships

Before you ring in 2012, you'll want to get a head start on taxes, insurance, suppliers, among other things.

Your online customers need help, not template e-mails.

Two serial entrepreneurs set out to succeed where Pets.com failed. It's worked -- so far -- because they've followed these key principles. At first glance , Alex Zhardanvosky and Joe Speiser don’t practice the “stick to your core competencies” mantra they preach.

There is a lot of money riding on the daily deals phenomenon.

Can't do doorbusters or sweeping discounts? Brooklyn Industries's Lexy Funk explains small-retail's tricks for profiting big this shopping season. This year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping weekend was a significant boost for U.S.

On the next important front of The Great Tech War, 2012.