With the U.S. economy not exactly booming, Microsoft is pointing to Office Live Business for the right source of answers. The software giant's Office Live Small Business is a service designed to permit small and midsize companies to develop an online business. In 

Microsoft's perspective, its unified Cloud-based service for small businesses contains not only the right toolkit to enable clients to easily build an Internet presence, but is also offering a selection of guidance to help with tasks such as marketing and customer management. And with Office Live Small Business positioned as a sturdy ship in an economic storm, Microsoft is in fact telling small businesses it's time to invest, albeit carefully, and cutting as much costs as possible.

“It may seem counterintuitive, but increased marketing and sales activity can be an effective way to bolster your business and weather economic storms.” In fact, marketing is a key component to your small business’ survival,” explained Rieva Lesonsky, former editor of Entrepreneur and blogger for Microsoft Office Live Small Business. 

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