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From Google, Credit Cards for Small Business

by Victoria Stilwell (Reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek)

Google is offering a select number of smaller advertisers a new way to pay for online search ads: a credit card that can only be used to pay for AdWords, the Internet search giant’s keyword advertising program.

Google is teaming up with World Financial Capital Bank to offer a “beta” version of a new AdWords Business MasterCard. The card is being offered to a randomly selected group of U.S.-based advertisers.

The card will allow small and mid-sized businesses to spend on advertising when they need to, such as before a peak selling season, and pay for it when revenue comes in, a Google spokesman says. The card, which carries an 8.99 percent rate and no annual fees, must be used exclusively for Google AdWords purchases. Google says the credit limit will vary by cardholder but declined to be more specific. The company won’t say how many cards it plans to issue.

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10 New Words Every Business Owner Should Know

BY JASON FELL

Do you have a "bajillion" things to do? Have you ever had a "light-bulb moment"?

Entrepreneurs need to keep up with the new business-related words and lingo that pop up almost every day. The publishers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary have added 400 new words to the 12th edition of the publication, so we thought it might be useful to take a look at the new terms. Turns out several apply to business.

We've selected the 10 need-to-know new words. Whether or not you start using them in your own business dialogues is, well, up to you.

1. Light-bulb moment
Definition: (noun) A moment of sudden realization, enlightenment, or inspiration.
Example: "Sales at my company were plummeting, but then had a light-bulb moment and knew exactly how to turn things around."

2. Cross-functional
Definition: (adjective) Denoting or relating to a system whereby people from different areas of an organization work together as a team.
Example: "If we're ever going to boost productivity, everyone will need to improve their cross-functional capabilities."

3. Retweet
Definition: (verb) On the social networking service Twitter, to repost or forward a message posted by another user. (noun) A reposted or forwarded message on Twitter.
Example: "My company is blowing up on Twitter. My posts are retweeted constantly."

4. Geolocation
Definition: (noun) The process or technique of identifying the location of a person or device by means of digital information processed via the Internet.
Example: "Business is up at my restaurant since I started this geolocation-based mobile marketing campaign."

5. Contractionary
Definition: (adjective) Causing or relating to the contraction of a country's economy.
Example: "This darn contractionary economy has really stifled my business growth this year."

For the remaining 5 words, visit entrepreneur.com and CLICK HERE

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