In the profit-centered business, customer happiness is merely a means to an end: maximizing profits. In the customer-centered business, customer happiness is an end in itself, and will be pursued with greater interest, passion, and empathy than the profit-centered business is capable of.
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Social Responsibility and the Small Business
Posted by JohnH under Public RelationsFrom http://searchengineland.com 5976 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 22, 2008 11:00 pm
What's Wrong with Market Segmentation?
Posted by alphalife under MarketingFrom http://www.bnet.com 5974 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 22, 2008 7:14 pm
Fifty-nine percent of recently surveyed companies executed a major market-segmentation initiative in the previous two years. Yet only 14% derived real value from the exercise. What's wrong with market segmentation?
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SEO Strategies 7 Effective keyword research techniques
Posted by netgeek06 under Online MarketingFrom http://www.directoryone.com 5977 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 22, 2008 7:13 pm
Keyword research is more of an art than a science. Finding keyword phrases is one of the fundamental components of search engine optimization, but yet it is one of the the least talked about optimization techniques. If you are not doing effective keywords research, your SEO efforts will go astray.
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10 Incredibly Awesome Documents to Help You Start a Company
Posted by ZaneSafrit under StartupsFrom http://www.jasonnazar.com 5977 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 22, 2008 12:50 am
As the title says, here's a list of 10 documents you need to start a business. Link is from @nfib on Twitter.
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Businesswomen, bookmark these websites
Posted by ginalee under ResourcesFrom http://www.usatoday.com 5977 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 21, 2008 3:34 am
Whether you are looking for business financing, technical support or want to increase your client base, help is only a click away.
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When workers need a raise but you can't afford it
Posted by ginalee under Employee BenefitsFrom http://www.usatoday.com 5977 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 19, 2008 11:36 pm
Many small business owners are finding themselves in painful conversations with employees these days, chats that start with "Boss, I'm really strapped for cash — I need a raise." But many companies are also hurting and an owner may need find a way to help a staffer without involving money.
Human resources professionals say that by being crea
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Small Business Funding Boost
Posted by ArmadaIG under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.nytimes.com 5978 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 19, 2008 11:17 pm
The Senate has approved an extra $107 million in funding for federal small-business programs overseen by the Small Business Administration.
A bill passed late last week by the Senate Appropriations Committee boosts funding for some of the agency's core programs by as much as 50%, including more resources for women, veterans and native American
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Are you really getting what you paid for from paid blog reviews?
Posted by ILuvMktg under Public RelationsFrom http://www.highrankings.com 5977 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 19, 2008 11:17 pm
You just paid big bucks to get your product or website reviewed on a PR5 or higher rated blog. Does that high PageRank really translate to a high quality link to your website. That's the top of discussion in Jill Whalen's post, "Are Websites Ranked as a Whole?"
Jill also mentions that Google may strip off any link juice if it can figure out
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Yahoo/Google Search Deal Could Increase PPC Rates by 22%
Posted by ArmadaIG under Online MarketingFrom http://www.marketingvox.com 5978 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 19, 2008 11:16 pm
New data from SearchIgnite finds that the Google/Yahoo sponsored search deal will increase Yahoo search rates by about 22 percent.
Yahoo has higher keyword ad rates than Google for certain terms, including the first three results on searches for premium terms like "insurance." It also outdoes Google in the #1 result for keywords containing a
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Obama Promises A Small Biz Tax Credit For Health
Posted by luckycharmer under NewsFrom http://blog.inc.com 5978 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 18, 2008 11:51 pm
Barack Obama unveiled a tax credit to encourage small firms to buy health insurance for employees.
The proposal, elaborated in a conference call with reporters by the campaign's Economic Policy Adviser, Jason Furman, would provide small firms with a 50% tax credit against the cost of employee premiums. To receive it, a company would have to
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