http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Find information to help grow your online business with business plans, Thomas Register, news articles and more http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114107-m-4-sc-26-is_your_business_idea_protected-i Entrepreneurs lose millions of dollars each year due to intellectual property theft and business espionage. Here are five tips to make sure your idea ... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114107 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113670-m-4-sc-26-evade_the_copywriting_text_trap-i People are busy--too busy to read or listen to copious amounts of marketing copy. The key to writing effective copy is to get to the ... 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