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The number of Gamma women in America - those who influence a wide network of consumers and generate and disseminate new ideas and trends - is estimated at 55 million and growing, according to a report from Meredith Corporation. As the social and technological environment becomes more suited to their communication styles, their influence in the Read More

As life-long employment fades and the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, many companies look to hire skilled, experienced workers to improve productivity quickly. Those workers, however, often bring baggage from prior jobs that can negate the benefits of their prior experience, according to new Wharton research. Companies might be better of Read More

United Parcel Service Inc has launched a bridge loan for small U.S. businesses that import goods into the country. Under the UPS Capital Cargo Finance program, the company will advance 50 percent of the value of goods to U.S. importers for up to 60 days upon pickup of the merchandise in a foreign country. The goods themselves will serve as coll Read More

We all love to share our success stories in business. But, there is so much to learn from our failures. One key to learning from our failures is to be prepared for failure, develop the humility to deal with problems and develop the keys that we need in order to be resilient. Barry Moltz explains how to do these things in his book - Bounce! Failure Read More

Michael Taylor of Slate's BizBox argues that small businesses' natural low-debt conditions puts them at a tremendous advantage as credit becomes increasingly scarce. Read More

Slate has a new business site, The Big Money. Check it out! Read More

Learn how alpha companies — businesses that dominate their industry or product category — earn top-dog position, according to Wes Ball, author of The Alpha Factor (thealphafactor.com). The article includes tested ways to increase revenues, knock out competitors, and create a winning brand. Read More

Making promises is easy. Delivering is not. If you deliver more than expected, the customer talks positively about you to some people. Read More

What exactly is semantic advertising? This article describes 4 different kinds of advertising that take advantage of semantic web technology. Read More

When marketer Tom Fishbourne started drawing cartoons poking fun at senior management, all his marketing friends thought he was committing career suicide. But then, he started seeing executives pop up his distribution list too. Today he has 10,000 subscribers to his weekly cartoon and he landed his recent hot job because of his cartoons, not in sp Read More