Our latest round-up has some good stuff to help your social media planning and your small business.

Mark Evans asks on the Sysomos blog whether social media equals social sales. He explains that brands aren’t transparent about why they use social media and perhaps it’s time to readjust the return on social investment.  (more…)

This week on the Small Business blog, we’re talking the holidays. Tannette Johnson-Elie takes a look at how to gear up for the holidays.

If you’re not ready for the holidays just yet, entrepreneur Brett Markinson discusses fear can lead to “entrepreneuritis” while Mark Evans takes us through the Cloud and the tools that can help your business.

On the Sysomos blog, Mark Evans shows how Reddit can help you market your product.

Of course, don’t forget to read our MOvember article to see what people are saying about facial fuzz.

Update: Sheldon Levine updates us on the latest MOvember  news.

This week on our Small Business blog we have tips on how to keep your company’s information safe if you use cloud storage. Writer Kelli Korducki asked a few experts about security best practices for cloud.

Aaron Broverman takes a look at how bartering can save money for your small business, providing you’ve got an in-demand product or service.

This week on our Small Business blog we’re looking at problem solving. What do you do when you have an angry customer, why every entrepreneur should have an elevator speech and how outsiders can help solve problems that stump experts. We’ve also launched our new column, Small Spaces.

Oh, here’s a question for you: One of our readers asked in 10 tips for today’s business bloggers, “But what about how to keep the idea fountain flowing? Any tips for when it’s running a bit dry?”

We’ll have an article covering this topic soon but I wanted to put it out to you- what do you do to keep the ideas flowing?