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Newsletter September 30, 2014
Home Check It Out! Free Webinar Today: How Latinos Can Overcome Small Business Financing Hurdles Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. and are among the most entrepreneurial of all groups. However, Latino entrepreneurs face steeper challenges than others in securing financing. Join us today for a free webinar starting at 3pm ET as we discuss the results of a special Latino Small Business Financing report.
What's Hot Announcing The Small Business Influencer Awards Champions and Honorees for 2014 The Judges for the 2014 Small Business Influencer Awards have spoken, and the Top 100 Champions have been selected! The list, as always, is a fabulous mix of up-and-comers and well-known small business enthusiasts, as well as companies and members of the media. What's New The Employee Benefit That Costs Little But Delivers Big Amanda Stillwagon - September 30, 2014 Some high-flying Silicon Valley companies are famous for the perks they provide to their employees. One of those perks at the top of the list consists of free food and… When to Give Business Gifts and Who to Give Them to Annie Pilon - September 30, 2014 How to Handle Talented Employees Who Exhibit Destructive Behavior Barry Moltz - September 30, 2014 Samsung Throws a Curve with a Giant Display on the Gear S Smartwatch Joshua Sophy - September 29, 2014 Using Awesome Video to Debut and Display Your Products John Follis - September 29, 2014 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Wade Foster of Zapier: When Computers Do More, Humans Create New Businesses Brent Leary - September 26, 2014 With all of us relying on more and more apps to do business today, it gets complicated to get things done if those apps don't work with each other. But… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? 14 WordPress Content Marketing Plugins Megan Totka - October 03, 2013 If you're using WordPress for your small business website, you have access to thousands of WordPress content marketing plugins that can enhance your site's functionality and effectiveness.Nearly all companies… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Craig Sutton Craig Sutton is the owner of Sutton Brand Management. Using his background in tech, including 5 years managing the servers and networking team for a major regional Internet provider and also owner of an IT and Web software development firm, he harnesses the power of digital and traditional marketing to help small to medium sized businesses excel. … More	Hot on BizSugar 10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors 6 Tools You Could Be Using To Make Your Business Better Customer Motivation: The Secret To Your Franchise Communications Strategy
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Best Car For Drivers and Greatest Drag Race 4

BEST DRIVER'S CAR & WORLD'S GREATEST DRAG RACE 4      NEW CARS USED CARS ROAD TESTS AUTO SHOWS FUTURE PHOTOS VIDEOS FEATURES BLOGS FORUMS WOT

Best Driver's Car Is Here! We tested track athletes from Japan, America, Germany and Italy and the U.K. Which car won? It was the best of times, it was the worst … Oh, who are we kidding? Best Driver's Car is always the best of times. It's that special time of year when we gather all of the hottest, best-handling, performance-first new vehicles on sale in the USA and do impossibly cool things with them. Like having our pals at the California Highway Patrol shut down a 4-mile stretch of one of the Golden State's great roads as we run up and down it. We also invade Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca -- this year for three days with 62 people! -- where pro shoe Randy Pobst whips all the contenders around the 2.2-mile track. Finally, we line 'em all up and drag race 'em because -- to quote Angus MacKenzie -- we can. To wit, and in alphabetical order, here's this year's cohort: Alfa Romeo 4C, BMW i8, BMW M4, Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, Ford Fiesta ST, Jaguar F-Type R Coupe, Nissan GT-R Nismo, Porsche 911 Turbo S, Subaru STI, and Volkswagen GTI. Something for everyone in every possible configuration, no? And for every budget­ -- $25K up to $190K. How can a hopped-up, tuner-friendly hatchback like the Fiesta ST compete with a plug-in hybrid supercar like the i8? Quite easily, as it turns out. Because Best Driver's Car isn't simply about numbers. If it were, we'd bring in a $1,000,000 ringer like the Porsche 918 Spyder and call it a day. Instead, Best Driver's Car is, and always has been, all about determining which new car is the best to drive on both a canyon road and a racetrack. Sadly, older cars are ineligible; otherwise the first-gen Mazda Miata would have embarrassed quite a few of the newbies. Now, your particular favorite sports car probably isn't in this test. Why not? First of all, we limit each year's BDC to performance machines that are either new or significantly updated for 2014. The cars also have to be available, either currently on sale or in a manufacturer's fleet. That's why there's no 2015 Mustang, Corvette Z06, Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, or Porsche GT3. Worst of all, sometimes we ask and the carmakers say no. We want a Ferrari 458 Speciale to compete more than you do. But even with a few absentees, this year's event was Christmas in July. Any guesses as to the winner? Keep reading. HERE'S THE FULL REPORT, INCLUDING OUR WINNER Backstage at BDC: How We Test... and Test... and Test "But What About!?..." Why Your Favorite Isn't Here 2013 Best Driver's Car: Another Competitive Crop Premiere: World's Greatest Drag Race 4 Cadillac To Name Flagship Sedan CT6 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 First Look 2015 Toyota Camry V-6 First Drive: Faster 2014 Ram EcoDiesel Crew Cab 4x4 Arrival Check Out Our YouTube Channel Subscribe to Motor Trend MOTOR TREND'S GREATEST HITS OF 2014 FUTURE CARS Previewing The Most Promising Debuts That Are On The Way 2015 CAMRY Toyota's Hit Gets Almost 2000 New Parts, New Sport Treatment MT CLASSIC 15 Cars That Helped Shape The Ford Motor Company TO OUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS: YOUR PRIVACY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL IN ERROR OR WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE CLICK HERE. Write to us at: Motor Trend Digital Newsletter 831 S. Douglas Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Privacy Policy (c) 2013 Source Interlink Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Honoring The 2014 #SMBInfluencer Awards Winners

Newsletter September 23, 2014
Home Check It Out! Save the Date: Small Business Summit and Influencer Awards Gala Join us on October 22, 2014 at the Small Business Summit to honor the winners of the 2014 Small Business Influencer Champions in New York City. There will be plenty of networking opportunities, as well as helpful workshops and sessions at the Summit. And what better end to a great day than to attend the Small Business Influencer Awards Gala? There, we'll present awards to the Top 100 Champions, as well as the Community Choice winners.
What's Hot 10 Resources for Using Tech to Keep Your Team on Track Technology connects people all over the globe. Now it also gives small business owners the ability to manage employees even if they're not physically in the same location. This is the reason why online outsourcing and telecommuting are becoming part of the norm. With the help of technology, you can literally create a virtual office and communicate through online channels and keep your team on track. What's New Indiegogo Will Allow Extended Campaigns Joshua Sophy - September 23, 2014 Indiegogo is trying something new in the online crowdfunding world.The company says it has started to permit selected campaigns to extend beyond their deadlines so long as they have reached… 3 Foundational Tips to Beat Negative Online Reviews Ivan Widjaya - September 23, 2014 How Your Body Language Can Influence Sales Barry Moltz - September 23, 2014 Find Your Soul and You May Just Find Your Niche Aubrielle Billig - September 22, 2014 Sage To Acquire Payroll Provider PayChoice Anita Campbell - September 22, 2014 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Mike Volpe of HubSpot: On Sales and Marketing Alignment, New CRM System Brent Leary - September 16, 2014 At Inbound 2014, marketing platform provider HubSpot announced the launch of its sales platform. The sales platform includes Sidekick, a sales acceleration product, and HubSpot CRM, a free product.In this exclusive interview with… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? Is Etsy Still About Handmade Goods – Or Mass Produced Stuff? Shawn Hessinger - September 23, 2013 When it was founded back in 2005, Etsy was created for a special kind of small business owner. The platform promoted itself as a place for the artisan or… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Joshua Sophy Joshua Sophy is a staff writer for Small Business Trends, covering technology and business news. He is a journalist and editor with 15 years experience in media. A former newspaper reporter and editor, Joshua also serves as President of the Board of Directors of a curling club and is editor of a regional newsletter focused on the sport of curling in the Eastern U.S. … More	Hot on BizSugar Entrepreneurial Leadership Can Save Any Business 4 Questions to Ask Before Taking the Entrepreneurial Plunge Don't Parrot Integrate!
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2015 Ford Mustang GT and 2.3 First Tests

Mustang GT, EcoBoost First Tests New Truck & SUV Buyer's Guide      NEW CARS USED CARS ROAD TESTS AUTO SHOWS FUTURE PHOTOS VIDEOS FEATURES BLOGS FORUMS WOT

2015 Ford Mustang GT First Test: Ponycar Cure for a Broken Heart I was resigned to living a life full of sorrow, …until this bright yellow 2015 Ford Mustang GT showed up at our doorstep. It's often said that the cure for a broken heart is to just suck it up and get back out in the game. That's often easier said than done, as most folks would rather drown their sorrows in a pint of ice cream (or beer) after a breakup. I've been fortunate enough to not have to deal with real heartbreak since high school, that is, at least, until last week, when my dear companion of five years left me. I sold my first car, a 2000 Ford Mustang GT, last Monday. I was resigned to living a life full of sorrow, thinking things would never be the same again…until this bright yellow 2015 Ford Mustang GT showed up at our doorstep. We also tested the 2015 Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost There's nothing like getting over old love with new, better love. And, boy, is the 2015 Mustang GT better than my old New Edge Mustang GT -- and the more recent Mustang GTs that have come since. The key to the new Mustang's greatness is beneath its gorgeous new sheetmetal. First there's the pony's beating heart: a 5.0-liter V-8, which procures 435 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque, thanks to the old Mustang Boss 302's valves, springs, connecting rods, and more. Then there are its legs: its new independent rear suspension, the first on a Mustang since the Terminator Mustang Cobras from the turn of the century. On the road, the new Mustang GT is perhaps the most livable yet. For starters, it rides worlds better than its immediate predecessor. While the last Mustang was easily upset by pavement imperfections and pitched fore and aft a lot on poor pavement, the new Mustang just eats up the road. And unlike our limit-handling tests showed, the Mustang GT appears to handle pretty well too. Turn-in is sharp, and steering feedback is good especially with the steering in Sport mode. WANNA SEE THE NUMBERS? CLICK HERE Thrifty One: 2015 Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost First Test Shelby Mustang GT350 to get 5.2-Liter Flat-Plane V-8 Your Call: Would You Take Mustang GT or BMW M4? 2015-2016 Trucks, SUVs, and Vans: The Ultimate Buyer's Guide 2015 Porsche Macan S, Turbo First Test Video: The Challenger Hellcat on Ignition Car Sales Confidential: How Much We Make 2014 Nissan Rogue SL Long-Term Update 2 Check Out Our YouTube Channel Subscribe to Motor Trend FROM OUR FRIENDS TRUCKIN' The High Roller: Luxury Ford F-350 Lariat Has a Home in the Dirt MUSTANG 360 Sleeping Beauty: '70 Boss 429 Slumbered Away for 40+ Years HOT ROD World's Quickest Street-Legal Vehicle From Drag Week 2014! TO OUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS: YOUR PRIVACY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL IN ERROR OR WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE CLICK HERE. Write to us at: Motor Trend Digital Newsletter 831 S. Douglas Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Privacy Policy (c) 2013 Source Interlink Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

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