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Advocacy and Governance 2.0

Association Adviser

From approximately 2010 to 2012, the federal government allowed SBA 504 loans to be used for refinancing since there were so many enterprises going out of business, particularly those that had investments in real estate. These types of loans are one of the most popular sources of money for starting a business.

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Google SEO Changes: It’s Time to Do Some Soul-Searching

Associations Now

After a series of algorithm changes by Google in 2011 and 2012, a few SEO-focused companies, most notably Demand Media , had to alter their entire business models—which had been focused on stuffing the ballot with thousands of lower-quality articles that lost their rankings.