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Google is offering free ads for businesses in Google Maps

June 28, 2020 by smbstar

From now through September 2020, promote your business on Google Maps for free. Google has started rolling out Promoted pins to Smart campaign advertisers with a Google My Business profile, and it will be fully available in the coming weeks. Smart campaigns help you to get Google ads up and running in as little as 15 minutes, according to Google. Promoted … [Read more...] about Google is offering free ads for businesses in Google Maps

SBA will resume accepting PPP applications on April 27

April 26, 2020 by smbstar

U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that it will resume accepting Paycheck Protection Program applications from participating lenders on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 10:30am EDT. This comes after the President signed the bill providing an additional $320 billion to refill the Paycheck Protection Program on Friday, April 24th. The original outlay for the Paycheck … [Read more...] about SBA will resume accepting PPP applications on April 27

PayPal, Intuit and Square Capital can now offer loans to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program

April 13, 2020 by smbstar

PayPal, Intuit and Square Capital are some of the non-bank institutions that are now also approved to participate in the SBA's Paycheck Protection Plan, which is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for … [Read more...] about PayPal, Intuit and Square Capital can now offer loans to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program

Bank of America has already received over 122,000 PPP loan applications from small businesses totaling over $27 Billion

April 4, 2020 by smbstar

By mid-morning of only the second day since the loan applications under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) began, Bank of America reported that over 122,000 small business clients have already applied for the program, totaling over $27B in loans. Bank of America has also expanded the process to include all current business account holders, irrespective of whether … [Read more...] about Bank of America has already received over 122,000 PPP loan applications from small businesses totaling over $27 Billion

US Govt’s $2 Trillion Relief Package and PPP loan details for SMBs

April 2, 2020 by smbstar

Letting go of some of your amazing and hard-working staff is a very tough call for any business, especially in these difficult times. Now, there is some relief announced by the government as part of their $2 Trillion Relief package. If you had to let go of your employees in the last couple of weeks in an effort to stay afloat during these uncertain times, please read on. The US … [Read more...] about US Govt’s $2 Trillion Relief Package and PPP loan details for SMBs

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