Occasionally there comes a time, and more importantly a situation, where you have to say “No!” to a customer. The old expression, ‘the customer is always right!’ is BS and if you truly believe in your offering, then you have to make a simple decision – stand strong in certain situations and turn th Read More
My cell phone contract is due for renewal and I was looking forward to getting an Apple iPhone. However, after reading The New York Times articles about the horrible conditions of the workers in the Chinese Foxconn factories that produce Apple’s iPhones, I am hesitant to buy one.

As The NY Tim Read More
Are you looking for new employees? Well, don’t feel your search is limited to those in your own backyard. I’m not talking about virtual employees or outsourcing, either: A new study by CareerBuilder of workers nationwide found nearly half (44 percent) of respondents would willing to relocate for a Read More
Recently, Startup America campaign celebrated its first anniversary. This campaign was launched on January of last year by President Obama to promote new businesses and in turn, create jobs by bringing together the corporate giants such as Intel, IBM, Google and government agencies. The Startup Ame Read More
I believe that entrepreneurship can be taught. Here are some entrepreneurial traits you need to acquire and master in order to be a successful entrepreneur. Read More
Our regular readers here will know, that I very much enjoy/follow/put-up-on-a-pedestal the folks over at Chitika and their research into the search world, using their own index of millions of pages. (disclaimer – we do no biz with Chitika, nor do we have any mutual clients etc. etc. – I just like t Read More
Gaining visibility through ranking high on the first page of search results has been an essential characteristic of successful businesses ever since the beginning of e-commerce. However, many start ups and small businesses decide to decline from allocating resources for search engine optimization ( Read More
All companies aim to build brand awareness and improve their website's SEO. However, most of the time building brand awareness and improving SEO doesn't align with some marketing efforts. Read More
The headline says it all. More books were self-published this week than in all of 1950. Pretty amazing statistic about the future of publishing and the state of today's marketplace. Read More
One of the most important decisions a business owner has to make is whether to operate as a sole trader/partnership or via a Limited Company. Company tax rates have fallen in recent years and this has made the Company route more attractive even to those posting relatively low levels of profits. How Read More
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