Topics related to Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Small Business Saturday were the most read and shared items to appear on SmallBusiness.com during the month of November. Here are the articles, tips and how-tos our users found most engaging:

Veterans Day Small Business Motivation From General Patton

November 11 was Veterans Day, and also the 129th anniversary of the birth of George Patton, one of the most effective U.S. battlefield generals in history. For the day, we posted Patton’s 10 best motivational quotes for those who own and run a small business. (…)

Six Reasons for a Small Business Owner to Be Thankful

On Thanksgiving, we shared just a few things small business owners have to be thankful for. (Illustrated with historical images created by Norman Rockwell.) (…)

The Affordable Care Act and the Rise of the 49-Employee Business

Growing companies find alternatives to hiring employees in order to avoid costs, including mandated benefits. (…)

Small Business Cloud Wars Update: Why Microsoft and Dropbox are Cooperating

On November 4, Microsoft and Dropbox jointly announced they are making it easy for users of Office to use Dropbox for file storage and users of Dropbox to use Office apps. Why? We have a one-word answer: “Google.” (…)

What Business Owners and Managers can Learn From Philosophers

There is a growing number of businesses are applying insights from philosophy to everything from product development to solving operations challenges.(…)

Forget Facebook if Communicating With Customers is Why You Have a Business Page

Unless they are willing to pay to achieve any sort of reach, a Facebook Business Page is no longer the place to sell or promote your business. (…)

It’s Small Business Saturday: Enjoy!

One of our most popular posts of the month was a TV commercial created by American Express to support Small Business Saturday. Set to the song, America, by Simon and Garfunkel, the 30-second ad is a beautiful tribute to the country’s small businesses: