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    Business Platinum Membership Rewards: Earn & Redeem
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    Business Platinum Travel Benefits
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    No Preset Spending Limit
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    Pay Over Time
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    Julie Pauly, The Able Baker, Maplewood, NJ
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    Articles
    How Using a Business Credit Card Can Help Your Small Business
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    Safeguarding Security, Unlocking Innovation: Exploring The New Era In B2B Payments
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    Getting More Back from What You Spend: Unlocking Value with Business Platinum
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    Virtual Cards 101: What Is a Virtual Credit Card and Why Might You Need It?
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    What Is a Business Line of Credit?
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    Testimonials
    The Perfect Pairing: With American Express Business Blueprint™ and Resy, the Gourmet Brunch Potential is Bottomless
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    Raising the Standard: How American Express Helps Power the Legacy of Electrolift Inc.
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    How a Mother-Daughter Team Designed Their Dream Business with Help from American Express
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    How Amex Business Products Helped Smart Birdy Take Flight
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    Prescription for Progress: How Sree Gari Took His Pharmacy Further with Support from American Express
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  • Cash Flow
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  • Celebs Talk Business
    Patti Labelle Talks Digital Transformation
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    Nick Offerman Talks Supply Chains
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    Patti Labelle Talks Expense Management
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    Nick Offerman Talks Spend Capacity
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    Small Business Stories
    Pascal and Daneen Lewis, Harlem Wine Gallery, New York, NY
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    Julie Pauly, The Able Baker, Maplewood, NJ
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    Maria Christie, Christie’s Seafood & Steaks, Houston, TX
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    Alex Magruder and Julia Schnabel, The Little, East Hampton, NY
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    Corporate
    Common Business Expenses and the Credit Cards That Can Help You Manage Them
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    What Is Corporate Travel Management and Why Do You Need It?
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    Virtual Cards 101: What Is a Virtual Credit Card and Why Might You Need It?
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    Let’s Talk Business Travel: Hotels
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    Employee Cards
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    Member Resources
    How to Engage With Online Communities
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    Earning and Using Membership Rewards® Points with Business Platinum
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    4 Ways to Optimize Corporate Travel Management
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    How to Calculate Net Income
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    American Express Membership Guide: Backing Your Business, Backing You
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    • Getting More Back from What You Spend: Unlocking Value with Business Platinum

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    • How Using a Business Credit Card Can Help Your Small Business

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    • Business Platinum Travel Benefits

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    • Cash Flow
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    • Celebs Talk Business
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    • Earning and Using Membership Rewards® Points with Business Platinum

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    • American Express Membership Guide: Backing Your Business, Backing You

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    • Let’s Talk Business Travel: Airports

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    • Getting More Back from What You Spend: Unlocking Value with Business Platinum

      1 min read
    • How Using a Business Credit Card Can Help Your Small Business

      5 min read
    • Business Platinum Travel Benefits

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    • Cash Flow
    • Financing
    • Growth Opportunities
    • Strategy
    • Celebs Talk Business
    • Small Business Stories
    • Earning and Using Membership Rewards® Points with Business Platinum

      6 min read
    • American Express Membership Guide: Backing Your Business, Backing You

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    • Let’s Talk Business Travel: Airports

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Competitive Research

The competition can help offer key lessons for anyone trying to carve out a marketplace niche—start by learning how to conduct, prepare and analyze your competitor research.

    • Unlocking the Value of Competitive Intelligence in Your Business Plan

      Competitive Research

      Unlocking the Value of Competitive Intelligence in Your Business Plan
      You can gain an edge against your competitors when you understand the importance of competitive intelligence in your business plan.
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      Competitive Research

      Unlocking the Value of Competitive Intelligence in Your Business Plan
      You can gain an edge against your competitors when you understand the importance of competitive intelligence in your business plan.

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      Unlocking the Value of Competitive Intelligence in Your Business Plan
    • 4 Ways to Build Your Competitive Advantage

      Competitive Research

      4 Ways to Build Your Competitive Advantage
      Competitors can be a boost to your business if you respond thoughtfully and use their tactics to improve your own business.
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      Competitive Research

      4 Ways to Build Your Competitive Advantage
      Competitors can be a boost to your business if you respond thoughtfully and use their tactics to improve your own business.

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      4 Ways to Build Your Competitive Advantage
    • How to Stand Out in Business: 7 Ways to Make Yourself Memorable

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      How to Stand Out in Business: 7 Ways to Make Yourself Memorable
      What makes something – a person, a brand – memorable? Learn tips and tricks on how to help stand out from the business crowd, so people remember you – and your company.
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      Branding

      How to Stand Out in Business: 7 Ways to Make Yourself Memorable
      What makes something – a person, a brand – memorable? Learn tips and tricks on how to help stand out from the business crowd, so people remember you – and your company.

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      How to Stand Out in Business: 7 Ways to Make Yourself Memorable
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