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The 2015 holiday shopping season is in the rear-view mirror, and for most retailers, that means slower sales.
Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are on the horizon, but is that all your retail store has to look forward to? Not if you take advantage of the many other obscure holidays that can be Read More

Think about when you go to a networking event. Everyone is primed and ready with their routine, polished, standard and canned 30-second commercial. They are so routine that nobody listens to them anymore. They are totally ineffective.
Moreover, calling them a 30-second pitch, or 30-second commerci Read More

If you are a workaholic, committed to work too much or just spend your time between work and office while doing nothing else during the week, then, chances are that you may start to feel overwhelmed, exhausted and even depressed. Below you can find some hints for motivating yourself and avoid feeli Read More

Sprout Social, a social media engagement software vendor, has raised $42 million from Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and New Enterprise Associates. The company has now raised a total of $60 million across five rounds of funding.
The investment will help the company expand its product ran Read More

Successful marketing plans need many different facets in order to be effective. You need to consider things like search ads, email marketing and more. And this week, marketers got some news that impacts the way that both their search ads and marketing emails might be displayed. Get these headlines Read More

The Internet provides small businesses with an incredible amount of access to resources, but this access comes with some caveats, and security happens to be one of them. The new Cisco Small Business Routers: the RV320 and RV325 with Web filtering look to add a layer of protection by preventing acce Read More

The rise of self-publishing has spawned a huge flood of eBooks in the market. What hasn’t grown along with this flood, however, is a step-by-step guide for how to market those eBooks. That’s where “Online Marketing for Busy Authors: A Step-by-Step Guide” steps in. Written by a veteran of the book p Read More

If you have an ecommerce site, you know it is not just enough to get potential customers to visit. The goal is to convert those visits to sales, and there are many ways to make that happen. But in its latest infographic, Vebology looks at ways to optimize your ecommerce checkout forms.
You are pro Read More

So exactly what is the Dark Web? The submerged part of the iceberg, the scary part of the Internet — these are just some depictions of the so-called “Dark Web.”
Here’s an exploration what’s behind this part of the Web’s infamous reputation.
You might have heard some news or already read some arti Read More

Deciding on a franchise to purchase can be a difficult task, but securing franchise financing to get your startup off the ground and growing — that can be harder.
Franchise lending came to a grinding halt during the global economic crisis of 2008, but since that time there has been a gradual uptur Read More