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From the restrictions and lost sales of cash only to credit anywhere, mobile payments have revolutionized small food service businesses. How mobile payments started, who is benefiting from the technology, and where the industry is going from here. Read More

A great blog design can come down to many things. Here, For Bloggers By Bloggers looks at the anatomy of a great blog design. Read More

Publicized slander can destroy a brand, regardless of truth. How Toyota went down on a wave of ridiculous hysteria, with zombie infection parallels. Read More

Tim Berry, president of Palo Alto Software Inc., offers a new approach to building a business plan: Don't think of it as a formal document but as a collection of your stories, combined with concrete goals. Read More

Given how much data we're trusting to online sites these days — email, search history, even voice calls — the repercussions to having our account passwords phished, hacked, or guessed are worse than ever. But today, Google is making things much, much better for those who want it. Read More

Even companies serious about innovation can fall victim to their own, well-meaning creative process. Read More

For Skype, 2011 is undoubtedly going to be a pivotal year. The VoIP giant is preparing to go public, and armed with a new CEO, Skype is looking to add new products for both its consumer and enterprise businesses and boost revenue. Already, Skype launched video chat capability to its iPhone app, acq Read More

I used Crowdspring about three months ago to get a cover design for my first novel (comes out on February 8th on Amazon and B&N). If you are a freelancer and you are looking for ways to use Crowdspring as a lead generation tool, below is my experience from the buyer perspective. Read More

You’ve no doubt heard the hype that a blog is the way to for marketing (along with its good friend social media). And it’s true that blogs are excellent marketing channels for many online businesses. But is that true for online stores? Are blogs worth it? Can they boost sales?

They can Read More

Outspoken Media's Lisa Barone consistently posts thoughtful insights about current topics. This post about community managers - and managing online corporate identity through brand ambassadors and social media - is a great example and a great read. Read More