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By Rieva Lesonsky

The life of a business owner is a busy one. If I had my way, days would be 30 hours long—and there’d be, like the Beatles sang: “8 days a week.” But there aren’t. So to help you stay on top of important small business news, information and advice essential to running your business, here’s my weekly Reading List.

If you have articles you’d like to share, get them to me by end of day Wednesday every week.

Best Practices

  • New every week: 3 books every entrepreneur should read
  • There’s more to Pasadena than just the Rose Bowl. Open an office there.
  • How would data loss affect your small business?
  • How would a data loss affect your small business?

Happy holidays!

  • How marketing on Twitter can boost your holiday sales.
  • 6 ways to ignore holiday distractions

Inspiring!

  • $6 million+ from selling ugly sweaters
  • From Star Trek fan to busy mom to tech entrepreneur.

Marketing Smart

  • Can your business benefit from brand enthusiasts?
  • 3 online marketing trends for 2015
  • Do social media and customer service mix?
  • Solving your content marketing challenges
  • How Americans communicate impacts your marketing

Money Matters

  • Get a grip on your financesbefore year-end
  • The financial behind a pre-payment penalty

People Power

  • Can ex- (or unhappy) employees destroy your business?

Sell More

  • Can you afford to ignore social commerce?
  • How to use Big Data to improve your retail sales

Trending

  • 5 trends you NEED TO KNOW for 2015

Women Entrepreneurs

  • Would you benefit from a woman-focused co-working space?

Rieva Lesonsky is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a media and custom content company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. Email Rieva at rieva@smallbizdaily.com, follow her on Google+   and Twitter.com/Rieva.