Weekly Roundup: Grow Your Small Business

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This past week, we learned about how to save money on products and services you regularly buy for your small business, work smarter from home and generate more referrals (get the live Twitter chat transcript here.)

The larger blogosphere covered a ton of issues, but here are a few we think you’ll find particularly interesting:

The more social networks you belong to, the higher your chances of generating more sales. Follow these tips grow your small business via LinkedIN. Read

If you don’t adapt, you’ll die. It’s the basic rule of human survival, war, parenting and even running your small business. Check out this entry from Small Business Trends that explores how to assess if it’s time to change your business structure. Read

As you know, Steve Jobs passed last week. The Web is chock-full of articles on the tech icon, but Guy Kawasaki’s entry really sums up some of the most salient lessons to be learned from Mr. Jobs. Follow these nuggets of advice to business greatness. Read

This week’s Weekly Roundup was contributed by Ryan Morris, Social Media Manager for Verizon Small Business.