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Posted by macromax under Online Marketing
From http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com 5968 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 10:49 pm

In order to gain insight into the effectiveness of your Web site (and, ultimately, your interactive campaigns), you must have some form of Web analytics in place. While there are numerous tools available, such as those from WebTrends, Omniture and Coremetrics -- all of which will help you to track and monitor the traffic performance of your site - Read More

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MarketingSherpa: Get Famous Using Twitter to Market Your Company & Yourself

Posted by jlawlor under Online Marketing
From http://www.marketingsherpa.com 5970 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 10:48 pm

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that costs nothing for users to access and little effort to keep in touch with busy friends. It can also help you build your brand or brand you as an expert. Here's a guide to help you get started “tweeting.” Includes 10 strategies to market your company and 5 to market yourself, plus lo Read More

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Why you should avoid "merchant cash advances"

Posted by ArmadaIG under Raising Capital
From http://www.businessweek.com 5967 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 7:49 pm

While most financial-services firms are floundering, those that specialize in so-called merchant cash advances are thriving. That's a mixed blessing for small business owners who increasingly are turning to these sources for quick cash: Their money can come with a high price tag. Read More

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Seth Godin explains why word of mouth doesn't happen

Posted by JohnH under Marketing
From http://sethgodin.typepad.com 5967 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 7:48 pm

Sometimes, what you do is done as well as it can be done. It's a service that people truly love, or a product they can't live without. You're doing everything right, but it's not remarkable, at least not in the sense of "worth making a remark about." What's up with that? Read More

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Don't upgrade to Windows XP SP3 just yet!

Posted by macromax under Technology
From http://www.eweek.com 5968 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 5:50 pm

A rebooting problem related to the release of the Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 is continuing to cause problems with certain Hewlett-Packard desktops that use AMD processors, although a new patch is expected in a few days. The problem with SP3 first began appearing a few days after Microsoft released SP3 for its XP operating system. In a Read More

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Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too

Posted by JuliePower under Marketing
From http://discussionleader.hbsp.com 5967 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 20, 2008 5:04 pm

It is a great pity you can't bottle zappos' marketing secrets ... Here are some more insights into why this company keeps winning and growing. Read More

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Improving Executive Function: How Time Management Systems Strengthen Performance

Posted by dlanders under Resources
From http://www.productivitytoday.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 19, 2008 7:09 pm

To limit sustained harm to your brain's executive functioning, you need to find ways to lessen daily stress that can result from multitasking. To counter this need for multitasking: Read More

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Fifteen places you must put your Keyword Phrase and the why behind it—

Posted by jlawlor under Online Marketing
From http://www.nichebot.com 5970 days ago
Made Hot by: marthyvp on May 19, 2008 7:03 pm

The heart of every search engine optimization strategy are keywords and keyphrases. This article does a great job with the hows, wheres and whys of integrating keywords and keyphrases into your marketing mix. Read More

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YouTube-like Site for Businesses - PRNewsChannel.com

Posted by publicityagent under Online Marketing
From http://www.prnewschannel.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 19, 2008 1:40 pm

share your commercials, products and innovative ideas on the free video sharing site that geared to small business. Expose your company to new audiences. Read More

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Forget branding, invest in relations

Posted by morecowbell under Marketing
From http://www.financialpost.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 19, 2008 1:39 pm

The majority of business owners could be headed for disaster this year. Small business does best when it acts like small business. It does poorly when it blindly attempts to copy big business. The results of an Ipsos-Reid poll in March, 2008, should scare you. It found "a majority (59%) of small to medium-sized business owners have identified Read More