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Watching the ads on the night of the SuperBowl LI, I was feeling the pain—and the exhilaration—of the business owners and marketing folks who must have worked very hard for over a year for this 30-second, $5 million moment when their ad  was presented to over the more than 111 million people watchi Read More

More and more people are finding your business online, but that is only half the story. If you have a great location, you can also appeal to new people who are walking past your business every day. I can’t tell you how many countless times I have used a new business based on their business signs. Read More

In the past decade, the rise of online communities, forums and social networks has fundamentally changed our travel habits. A decade ago, a lot of my trips started with a visit to the AAA office and the library to collect AAA Trip Tiks, guidebooks, maps and other destination information. Read More

Social media expert Shashi Bellamkonda is getting into the real estate business. Bellamkonda is slated to start March 18 as vice president of digital marketing at Greenbelt-based The Bozzuto Group. We chatted with him about real estate and social media Read More

A study of over 500 members of the D.C.-based National Association of Women Business Owners across the country in partnership with Web.com (parent company of Network Solutions and the company I work for) was released this week.
The survey asked women business owners their motivations for starting Read More

For a special treat this month, we get to spend an hour talking with Web.com’s Chief People Officer Roseann Duran and NAWBO’s president Diane L. Tomb! It’s such an incredible opportunity. We’ve never had two guest experts, not to mention how Read More

At a high level Treater solves several problems, specially with the holidays coming and a lot of us scrambling to make sure we thank all those who helped us be successful this year. I was on the phone with my friend Duncan Alney of Firebelly Marketing and challenged him to send a gift using Treater Read More

You can also choose to send a gift for no particular reason. You can select from a list of categories, including Caffeine, Drinks, Sweet Treats, and Good Grub. Within those categories are specific retailers, including Starbucks, Pete’s Coffee, Chipolte, Shake Shack, Potbelly and others. Listed und Read More

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you Read More

The takeaway here is that the company is listening to the customers and is not afraid to back track on it's decision.

Netflix is already abandoning its controversial plan to spin out its DVD business and go streaming only.
It is giving up on the Qwikster brand, which would have been DVD-only. Read More