Promoting Independent Businesses

If you own your own independent business, there are two organizations that hopefully you are already aware of. They are doing great work promoting small, locally owned independents by promoting community and government involvement. It takes all of us, working together, to improve our communities and the local business environment. The National Federation of Independent Businesses (www.nfib.com) helps individual business owners with planning, taxes, and legislative matters. They have representatives in all 50 states in in D.C. I visit their site often for advice and articles. I guarantee that you will find several items of useful information within their site. The American Independent Business Alliance (www.amiba.net), based in Bozeman, MT, promotes independents by he View the rest of this article